Famous Deaths Happened In 1878

Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 18 In the year 1878 death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19 In the year 1878 henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

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 in the year 1878.  

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 in the year 1878.  

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

Mar 16 William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.  

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

Mar 24 Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1878.  

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

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

Apr 04 On this day in history death of richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)  

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

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 Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81 in the year 1878.  

Jun 26 On this day in history death of mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)  

Jul 02 In the year 1878 francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61  

Jul 07 Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847) died in the year 1878.  

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

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

Jan 06 Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970) was born on this day in history.  

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

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