Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1878

Jul 23 Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jul 28 George Law Curry, Newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon (b. 1820) died in the year 1878.  

Aug 17 In the year 1878 death of richard Upjohn, US architect, died  

Aug 23 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1878.  

Sep 09 On this day in history jacobo Ficher, composer, dies at 18  

Sep 12 On this day in history friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83  

Oct 25 On this day in history ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer, dies at 89  

Nov 28 Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Dec 19 In the year 1878 death of bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)  

Dec 25 Anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies on this day in history.  

Dec 28 In the year 1878 jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90  

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Jan 01 Edwin Franko Goldman, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 04 Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 04 On this day in history 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 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 12 Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born in the year 1878.