Famous Deaths Happened In 1879

Jan 09 On this day in history don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86  

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

Jan 16 Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) died on this day in history.  

Jan 22 On this day in history anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle  

Jan 23 On this day in history adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42  

Jan 29 Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 in the year 1879.  

Feb 11 On this day in history honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies  

Feb 21 In the year 1879 peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69  

Feb 23 Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803) died on this day in history.  

Mar 01 On this day in history death of joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1825)  

Mar 13 On this day in history adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60  

Mar 30 David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74 in the year 1879.  

Apr 04 In the year 1879 death of heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (b. 1803)  

Apr 09 Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1879.  

Apr 16 Bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France in the year 1879.  

Apr 18 On this day in history anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies  

May 04 William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848) died in the year 1879.  

May 24 William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 in the year 1879.  

Jun 02 On this day in history e Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23  

Jun 11 On this day in history willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39  

Jul 06 Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1879.  

Jul 16 On this day in history death of edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (b. 1800)  

Jul 17 Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856) died in the year 1879.  

Aug 03 On this day in history death of joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)  

Aug 08 On this day in history 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 Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84 in the year 1879.  

Aug 30 John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1879.  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)  

Jan 01 In the year 1879 birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)  

Jan 01 On this day in history 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 Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born in the year 1879.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)  

Jan 05 Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946) was born in the year 1879.