Famous Deaths 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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1878 george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

Feb 07 Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 08 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 22 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1878.  

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

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

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

Apr 04 In the year 1878 death of richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)  

Apr 05 Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1878.  

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 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 On this day in history death of ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)  

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

May 27 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1878.  

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 On this day in history 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 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 In the year 1878 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 On this day in history birth of agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 11 In the year 1878 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.