Famous Deaths In 1878

Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died in the year 1878.  

Jan 09 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 in the year 1878.  

Jan 18 On this day in history death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19 On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

Feb 01 In the year 1878 george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

Feb 07 Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 08 On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83  

Feb 17 In the year 1878 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59  

Feb 18 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 in the year 1878.  

Feb 19 In the year 1878 charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61  

Feb 22 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Mar 16 In the year 1878 william Banting, English undertaker, dies  

Mar 20 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814) died in the year 1878.  

Mar 24 In the year 1878 albin Masek, composer, dies at 73  

Mar 27 Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Apr 01 In the year 1878 eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56  

Apr 04 In the year 1878 death of richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)  

Apr 05 Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1878.  

Apr 12 In the year 1878 william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies  

Apr 21 On this day in history temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62  

Apr 23 In the year 1878 friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies  

Apr 25 Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820) died on this day in history.  

May 14 On this day in history death of ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)  

May 22 Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1878.  

May 27 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1878.  

May 28 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) died in the year 1878.  

Jun 06 On this day in history gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70  

Jun 12 Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26 on this day in history.  

Jun 16 Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815) died on this day in history.  

Jun 23 George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81 in the year 1878.  

Jun 26 Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860) died in the year 1878.  

Jul 02 On this day in history francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61  

Jul 07 Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847) died on this day in history.  

Jul 17 In the year 1878 aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65  

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Jan 01 Edwin Franko Goldman, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 01 Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)  

Jan 04 Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 06 Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 06 In the year 1878 birth of dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)  

Jan 11 In the year 1878 birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)  

Jan 12 In the year 1878 birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)