Famous Deaths 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 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 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 In the year 1878 elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83

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 On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61

Feb 22 In the year 1878 franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84

Mar 16 On this day in history 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 Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

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

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

Apr 23 Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies in the year 1878.

Apr 25 On this day in history death of anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)

May 14 Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830) died in the year 1878.

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

May 27 In the year 1878 carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49

May 28 On this day in history death of john Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)

Jun 06 In the year 1878 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 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 On this day in history death of mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)

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 On this day in history birth of agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)

Jan 04 In the year 1878 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 Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes) was born on this day in history.

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 in the year 1878.

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