Famous Deaths In 1878

Jan 07 On this day in history death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)

Jan 09 On this day in history victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57

Jan 18 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died in the year 1878.

Jan 19 On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67

Feb 01 In the year 1878 george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85

Feb 07 In the year 1878 pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85

Feb 08 On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83

Feb 17 In the year 1878 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 On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61

Feb 22 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.

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

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

Mar 24 Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1878.

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

Apr 21 On this day in history temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62

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

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 Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.

May 27 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.

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

Jul 07 On this day in history death of yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)

Jul 17 On this day in history 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 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 In the year 1878 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 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.