Famous Deaths Happened In 1878

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

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

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

Feb 17 On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59  

Feb 18 On this day in history peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76  

Feb 19 Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 16 In the year 1878 william Banting, English undertaker, dies  

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

Mar 24 In the year 1878 albin Masek, composer, dies at 73  

Mar 27 In the year 1878 dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44  

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

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

Apr 05 In the year 1878 wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87  

Apr 12 William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 21 Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Apr 23 On this day in history 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 in the year 1878.  

May 22 Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

May 28 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) died in the year 1878.  

Jun 06 On this day in history 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 Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815) died on this day in history.  

Jun 23 George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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 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 In the year 1878 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 Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)  

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