Famous Deaths Happened In 1870

Jan 03 Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 [NS] on this day in history.  

Jan 07 Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jan 11 Adolf Ganz, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 21 Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812) died in the year 1870.  

Jan 26 Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1870.  

Jan 29 Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797) died on this day in history.  

Feb 11 Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76 in the year 1870.  

Feb 14 In the year 1870 death of st. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)  

Feb 26 In the year 1870 death of wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched  

Mar 01 Francisco S Lopez, Pres of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Mar 09 In the year 1870 theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65  

Mar 10 On this day in history isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer, dies at 75  

Mar 11 King Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho died on this day in history.  

Mar 18 Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Mar 28 George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816) died in the year 1870.  

Apr 01 Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98 on this day in history.  

Apr 04 Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802) died on this day in history.  

Apr 08 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Apr 16 Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 19 Andreas Schelfhout, painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83 in the year 1870.  

May 01 On this day in history death of francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay  

May 14 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

May 30 In the year 1870 gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89  

Jun 08 Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1870.  

Jun 09 Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies at 58 in the year 1870.  

Jun 20 In the year 1870 jules de Goncourt, writer, dies at 39  

Jul 08 John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jul 21 Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

Jul 22 Josef Strauss, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1870.  

Aug 14 David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies in the year 1870.  

Aug 16 Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1870.  

Aug 18 On this day in history felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle  

Aug 21 Ma Xinyi Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China,(b. 1821) died in the year 1870.  

Sep 02 In the year 1870 charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48  

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Jan 02 Ernst Barlach, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 Henry Eichheim, composer was born in the year 1870.  

Jan 03 In the year 1870 birth of henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney)  

Jan 06 Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07 Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30)  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)  

Jan 11 In the year 1870 birth of alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945)