Famous Deaths Happened In 1879

Jan 09 Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Jan 13 WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 in the year 1879.  

Jan 16 In the year 1879 death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)  

Jan 22 In the year 1879 anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle  

Jan 23 In the year 1879 adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42  

Jan 29 Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Feb 11 Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies in the year 1879.  

Feb 21 Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 in the year 1879.  

Feb 23 In the year 1879 death of albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803)  

Mar 01 Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1825) died on this day in history.  

Mar 13 Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60 in the year 1879.  

Mar 30 David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Apr 04 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (b. 1803) died on this day in history.  

Apr 09 Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Apr 16 On this day in history bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France  

Apr 18 Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies on this day in history.  

May 04 William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 in the year 1879.  

May 15 Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803) died in the year 1879.  

May 17 On this day in history death of asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805)  

May 21 On this day in history death of arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)  

May 24 In the year 1879 william Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73  

Jun 02 In the year 1879 e Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23  

Jun 11 Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39 in the year 1879.  

Jul 06 Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jul 16 Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (b. 1800) died in the year 1879.  

Jul 17 On this day in history death of maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856)  

Aug 03 Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793) died on this day in history.  

Aug 08 In the year 1879 death of immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797)  

Aug 22 On this day in history friedrich August Kummer, composer, dies at 82  

Aug 27 In the year 1879 rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84  

Aug 30 In the year 1879 john B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48  

Aug 31 William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 08 In the year 1879 nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58  

Sep 12 Peter Arnold Heise, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 In the year 1879 birth of edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)  

Jan 01 In the year 1879 birth of emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)  

Jan 01 Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born in the year 1879.  

Jan 01 In the year 1879 birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)  

Jan 02 In the year 1879 birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)  

Jan 02 In the year 1879 birth of pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)  

Jan 03 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) was born in the year 1879.  

Jan 05 In the year 1879 birth of hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)