Famous Deaths Happened In 1878

Jan 07 François-vincent raspail: French chemist (b. 1794)  

Jan 09 Victor emmanuel ii: King of sard (1849-61)/italy (1861-78),  

Jan 18 Antoine césar becquerel: French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19 Henri v regnault: French physicist/chemist,  

Feb 01 George cruikshank: English illustrator (grimm),  

Feb 07 Pius ix: "pio nono", [giovanni ferretti], pope (1846-78),  

Feb 08 Elias m fries: Swedish botanist (mycologicum),  

Feb 17 Jose amador de los rios: Spanish historian/poet,  

Feb 18 Peter d regout: Industrialist (sphinx, maastricht),  

Feb 19 Charles f daubigny: French restaurateur/painter,  

Feb 22 Franz hunten: Composer,  

Mar 16 William banting: English undertaker,  

Mar 20 Julius robert von mayer: German physician and physicist (b. 1814)  

Mar 24 Albin masek: Composer,  

Mar 27 Dobri voynikov: Composer,  

Apr 01 Eugene gautier: Composer,  

Apr 04 Richard brewer: American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)  

Apr 05 Wilhelm speyer: Composer,  

Apr 12 William m "boss" tweed: Ny politician,  

Apr 21 Temistocle solera: Composer,  

Apr 23 Friedrich preller: Landscape painter,  

Apr 25 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)  

May 22 Franz von holstein: Composer,  

May 27 Carlo marsili: Composer,  

May 28 John russell: 1st earl russell, prime minister of the united kingdom (b. 1792)  

Jun 06 Gottfried herrmann: Composer,  

Jun 12 Hendrik j jut: Dutch murderer [head of jut],  

Jun 16 Crawford long: American physician (b. 1815)  

Jun 23 George backing: English sea officer/explorer (b's river),  

Jun 26 Mercedes of orleans: Queen of spain (b. 1860)  

Jul 02 Francois-emmanuel-joseph bazin: Composer,  

Jul 07 Yegor ivanovich zolotarev: Russian mathematician (b. 1847)  

Jul 17 Aleardo [gaetano] aleardi: Italian/aust poet (tre fiumi),  

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Jan 01 Edwin franko goldman: Composer  

Jan 01 Agner krarup erlang: Danish scientist and engineer  

Jan 04 Alfred edgar coppard: England, writer (black dogs & other stories)  

Jan 04 Augustus john: Welsh painter  

Jan 06 Carl sandburg: Us, poet/biographer of lincoln (the people, yes)  

Jan 06 Dame adeline genée: Danish-british ballerina  

Jan 11 Theodorus pangalos: Greek general/dictator (1926)  

Jan 12 Ferenc molnar: Hungarian/us playwright (a pal utrai fiuk)