Famous Deaths Happened In 1878

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

Jan 09 In the year 1878 victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57  

Jan 18 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died on this day in history.  

Jan 19 In the year 1878 henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

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 in the year 1878.  

Feb 08 In the year 1878 elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83  

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 in the year 1878.  

Feb 18 On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 24 On this day in history albin Masek, composer, dies at 73  

Mar 27 Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 12 On this day in history william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies  

Apr 21 In the year 1878 temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62  

Apr 23 Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1878.  

May 22 In the year 1878 franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52  

May 27 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history death of crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815)  

Jun 23 George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81 in the year 1878.  

Jun 26 On this day in history death of mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)  

Jul 02 In the year 1878 francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61  

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 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 Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes) was born in the year 1878.  

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

Jan 11 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)