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 on this day in history.

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 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 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 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1878.

Mar 16 On this day in history william Banting, English undertaker, dies

Mar 20 In the year 1878 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 In the year 1878 dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44

Apr 01 In the year 1878 eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56

Apr 04 On this day in history death of richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)

Apr 05 On this day in history wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87

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 On this day in history friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies

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

May 14 On this day in history death of ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)

May 22 On this day in history 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 in the year 1878.

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 on this day in history.

Jun 23 In the year 1878 george Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81

Jun 26 Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860) died on this day in history.

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 In the year 1878 aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65

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Jan 01 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1878 birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)

Jan 12 Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born in the year 1878.