Famous Deaths Happened In 1878
Saturday, 22 March 2025
Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died in the year 1878.
Jan 09 On this day in history 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 In the year 1878 henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67
Feb 01 In the year 1878 george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85
Feb 07 On this day in history 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 On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59
Feb 18 In the year 1878 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 In the year 1878 death of julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
Mar 24 On this day in history albin Masek, composer, dies at 73
Mar 27 On this day in history dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44
Apr 01 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
Apr 21 Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1878.
Apr 23 Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.
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 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 in the year 1878.
May 28 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) died on this day in history.
Jun 06 Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1878.
Jun 12 In the year 1878 hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26
Jun 16 Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815) died in the year 1878.
Jun 23 In the year 1878 george Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81
Jun 26 On this day in history death of mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)
Jul 02 On this day in history francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61
Jul 07 Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847) died in the year 1878.
Jul 17 On this day in history aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65
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