Famous Deaths Happened In 1878

Jan 07 On this day in history death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)  

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

Jan 18 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died on this day in history.  

Jan 19 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 in the year 1878.  

Feb 01 On this day in history 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 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 in the year 1878.  

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 19 Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Feb 22 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1878.  

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

Mar 20 On this day in history death of julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)  

Mar 24 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)  

Apr 05 Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Apr 12 On this day in history william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies  

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

Apr 23 On this day in history friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies  

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

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

May 22 On this day in history franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52  

May 27 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 06 Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jun 12 In the year 1878 hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 26 Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860) died on this day in history.  

Jul 02 Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1878.  

Jul 07 On this day in history death of yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)  

Jul 17 Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 01 In the year 1878 birth of agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)  

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

Jan 04 In the year 1878 birth of augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)  

Jan 06 Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 11 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 12 Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born on this day in history.