Famous Deaths In 1878

Jan 07 In the year 1878 death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)

Jan 09 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 on this day in history.

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

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

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

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 in the year 1878.

Feb 18 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 on this day in history.

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

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

Apr 01 Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.

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

Apr 05 In the year 1878 wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87

Apr 12 William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies on this day in history.

Apr 21 Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.

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

Apr 25 Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820) died in the year 1878.

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 In the year 1878 franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52

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

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

Jun 06 Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1878.

Jun 12 Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26 in the year 1878.

Jun 16 On this day in history 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 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 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 Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.

Jan 04 In the year 1878 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 On this day in history 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)