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 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 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 In the year 1878 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59  

Feb 18 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 in the year 1878.  

Feb 19 Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 in the year 1878.  

Feb 22 On this day in history franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84  

Mar 16 In the year 1878 william Banting, English undertaker, dies  

Mar 20 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814) died in the year 1878.  

Mar 24 In the year 1878 albin Masek, composer, dies at 73  

Mar 27 In the year 1878 dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44  

Apr 01 On this day in history eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56  

Apr 04 Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 25 Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820) died in the year 1878.  

May 14 In the year 1878 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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1878 hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26  

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

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

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

Jul 02 Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1878.  

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 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 11 On this day in history 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.