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 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 on this day in history.

Feb 07 On this day in history 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 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 on this day in history.

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 In the year 1878 william Banting, English undertaker, dies

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

Apr 12 In the year 1878 william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies

Apr 21 Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1878.

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

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

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 Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1878.

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

May 28 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

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

Jun 23 On this day in history 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 Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.

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 Edwin Franko Goldman, composer was born in the year 1878.

Jan 01 In the year 1878 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 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 on this day in history.

Jan 12 Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born on this day in history.