Famous Deaths Happened In 1878

Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1878 henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

Feb 01 On this day in history george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

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

Feb 08 In the year 1878 elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83  

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Feb 18 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Feb 19 On this day in history 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 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 Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1878.  

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

Apr 04 Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850) died in the year 1878.  

Apr 05 Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 21 In the year 1878 temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62  

Apr 23 On this day in history friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies  

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

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 in the year 1878.  

May 28 In the year 1878 death of john Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)  

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 On this day in history death of crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815)  

Jun 23 In the year 1878 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 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 In the year 1878 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 Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1878 birth of alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)  

Jan 04 Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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.