Famous Deaths 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 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died in the year 1878.

Jan 19 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.

Feb 01 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 in the year 1878.

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

Feb 08 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 in the year 1878.

Feb 17 In the year 1878 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59

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 on this day in history.

Feb 22 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.

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 On this day in history albin Masek, composer, dies at 73

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

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

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

Jun 06 Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

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 In the year 1878 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 In the year 1878 birth of edwin Franko Goldman, composer

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)

Jan 04 Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born in the year 1878.

Jan 04 Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) was born in the year 1878.

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 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.