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 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 On this day in history george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

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

Feb 08 In the year 1878 elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83  

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

Feb 18 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Feb 19 Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 in the year 1878.  

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

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 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 On this day in history death of richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)  

Apr 05 Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1878.  

Apr 12 William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies in the year 1878.  

Apr 21 On this day in history temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62  

Apr 23 Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies in the year 1878.  

Apr 25 Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820) died in the year 1878.  

May 14 In the year 1878 death of ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)  

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

May 27 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jun 23 In the year 1878 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 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926) was born in the year 1878.  

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