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 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 On this day in history george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

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

Feb 08 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 in the year 1878.  

Feb 18 On this day in history 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 William Banting, English undertaker, dies in the year 1878.  

Mar 20 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814) died on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1878 eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56  

Apr 04 In the year 1878 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 21 Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1878.  

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

Apr 25 Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820) died on this day in history.  

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 Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

May 27 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

May 28 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) died in the year 1878.  

Jun 06 In the year 1878 gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70  

Jun 12 Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26 on this day in history.  

Jun 16 Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815) died in the year 1878.  

Jun 23 On this day in history george Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81  

Jun 26 In the year 1878 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 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 In the year 1878 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 Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1878.  

Jan 06 Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 11 In the year 1878 birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)  

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