Famous Deaths Happened In 1878

Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died in the year 1878.  

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

Feb 01 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 08 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 in the year 1878.  

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 16 William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 20 On this day in history death of julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)  

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

Mar 27 On this day in history dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44  

Apr 01 Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1878.  

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

Apr 05 Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Apr 12 In the year 1878 william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies  

Apr 21 Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1878.  

Apr 23 In the year 1878 friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies  

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 on this day in history.  

May 22 Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1878.  

May 27 On this day in history carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49  

May 28 In the year 1878 death of john Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)  

Jun 06 Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1878.  

Jun 12 Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26 in the year 1878.  

Jun 16 Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 07 Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847) died in the year 1878.  

Jul 17 On this day in history aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65  

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

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)  

Jan 04 Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 12 In the year 1878 birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)