Famous Deaths Happened In 1878

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

Jan 09 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jan 18 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died in the year 1878.  

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 in the year 1878.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 19 In the year 1878 charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61  

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

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

Mar 20 In the year 1878 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 On this day in history dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44  

Apr 01 In the year 1878 eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56  

Apr 04 Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850) died in the year 1878.  

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

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

Apr 21 In the year 1878 temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62  

Apr 23 On this day in history friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies  

Apr 25 On this day in history death of anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)  

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

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 Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26 on this day in history.  

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 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 Edwin Franko Goldman, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 01 In the year 1878 birth of agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)  

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

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)  

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

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)