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 on this day in history.  

Jan 18 In the year 1878 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 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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 17 In the year 1878 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59  

Feb 18 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 in the year 1878.  

Feb 19 On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61  

Feb 22 In the year 1878 franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84  

Mar 16 On this day in history 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 Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1878.  

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 On this day in history 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 in the year 1878.  

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 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

May 28 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 26 In the year 1878 death of mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)  

Jul 02 Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)  

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

Jan 06 Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 06 Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 11 In the year 1878 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)