Famous Deaths 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 on this day in history.

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 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 on this day in history.

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 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 Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1878.

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

Apr 05 Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1878.

Apr 12 William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies in the year 1878.

Apr 21 Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.

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

Apr 25 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

May 22 On this day in history 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 In the year 1878 gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70

Jun 12 In the year 1878 hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26

Jun 16 Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815) died on this day in history.

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 On this day in history francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61

Jul 07 Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847) died in the year 1878.

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 Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born in the year 1878.

Jan 04 In the year 1878 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 On this day in history birth of carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)

Jan 06 In the year 1878 birth of dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)

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 on this day in history.