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 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 on this day in history.

Feb 07 In the year 1878 pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85

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

Feb 17 On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59

Feb 18 In the year 1878 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 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.

Mar 16 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

Mar 27 Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1878.

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

Apr 04 In the year 1878 death of richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)

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

Apr 12 On this day in history william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies

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

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 on this day in history.

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

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

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

Jun 26 Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860) died in the year 1878.

Jul 02 In the year 1878 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 in the year 1878.

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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 On this day in history 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 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 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.