Famous Deaths Happened 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 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 01 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

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 In the year 1878 peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76  

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

Feb 22 On this day in history franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84  

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

Mar 20 In the year 1878 death of julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)  

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

Mar 27 On this day in history dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44  

Apr 01 Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1878.  

Apr 04 Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

Apr 05 On this day in history wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87  

Apr 12 William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies in the year 1878.  

Apr 21 In the year 1878 temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62  

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

Apr 25 In the year 1878 death of anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)  

May 14 In the year 1878 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 In the year 1878 carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49  

May 28 In the year 1878 death of john Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)  

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

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

Jun 16 In the year 1878 death of crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of edwin Franko Goldman, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06 In the year 1878 birth of carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)  

Jan 11 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)