Famous Deaths Happened In 1878

Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 in the year 1878.  

Jan 18 On this day in history 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 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 07 On this day in history pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85  

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

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 in the year 1878.  

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 On this day in history franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84  

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

Mar 20 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814) died on this day in history.  

Mar 24 On this day in history 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 in the year 1878.  

Apr 05 On this day in history wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87  

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

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

Apr 23 On this day in history 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 On this day in history franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52  

May 27 In the year 1878 carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49  

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

Jun 06 On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1878.  

Jul 02 In the year 1878 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 On this day in history aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65  

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Jan 01 Edwin Franko Goldman, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 01 Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born in the year 1878.  

Jan 04 Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1878 birth of theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)  

Jan 12 Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born on this day in history.