In the year 1870
106 Notable deaths
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
Italian ballet dancer (1853–1870).
Born November 23rd, 1853 in Milan.
Died November 23rd, 1870 at 17 years old in Paris (smallpox).
Perucho Figueredo
Cuban musician (1818–1870).
Born February 18th, 1818 in Bayamo. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1870 at 52 years old in Santiago de Cuba. [ref]
Carl August von Steinheil
German physicist (1801-1870).
Born October 12th, 1801 in Alsace, Ribeauvillé.
Died September 14th, 1870 at 68 years old in Munich.
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Norwegian poet and journalist (1818–1870).
Born April 6th, 1818 in Vinje. [ref]
Died July 30th, 1870 at 52 years old in Gran Municipality (stomach cancer).
Gustav Struve
German revolutionary and journalist (1805-1870).
Born October 11th, 1805 in Munich.
Died August 21st, 1870 at 64 years old in Vienna.
Janet Taylor
English astronomer and navigation expert (1804–1870).
Born May 13th, 1804 in England.
Died January 25th, 1870 at 65 years old
Alexander Kasimovich Kazembek
Russian orientalist, historian and philologist.
Born June 22nd, 1802 in Rasht.
Died December 9th, 1870 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Princess Sophie Dorothea of Thurn and Taxis
German princess (1800–1870).
Born March 4th, 1800 in Regensburg.
Died December 20th, 1870 at 70 years old in Regensburg.
Jean Auguste Margueritte
French general (1823-1870).
Born January 15th, 1823 in Manheulles.
Died September 6th, 1870 at 47 years old in Beauraing.
Auguste Duméril
French zoologist (1812–1870).
Born November 30th, 1812 in Paris.
Died November 13th, 1870 at 57 years old in Paris.
Lucas Velázquez
Spanish painter (1817-1870).
Born February 9th, 1817 in Madrid.
Died September 11th, 1870 at 53 years old in Madrid.
Alexander Henry Haliday
Irish entomologist (1807–1870).
Born November 21st, 1807 in Holywood.
Died July 13th, 1870 at 62 years old in Lucca.
Pierre Dupont
French songwriter (1821-1870).
Born April 23rd, 1821 in Lyon. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1870 at 49 years old in 1st arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Prilidiano Pueyrredón
Argentine artist (1823-1871).
Born January 24th, 1823 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 3rd, 1870 at 47 years old in Buenos Aires.
Theodore Oesten
German musician (1813–1870).
Born December 31st, 1813 in Berlin.
Died March 16th, 1870 at 56 years old in Berlin.
Alexander Veltman
Russian writer (1800–1870).
Born July 20th, 1800 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 23rd, 1870 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets
Russian engineer (1803–1870).
Born November 19th, 1803 in Tomsk Governorate.
Died June 12th, 1870 at 66 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Camille-Marie Stamaty
French musician (1811–1870).
Born March 23rd, 1811 in Rome.
Died April 19th, 1870 at 59 years old in Paris.
Franz Unger
Austrian botanist and paleontologist (1800-1870).
Born November 30th, 1800 in Leutschach.
Died February 13th, 1870 at 69 years old in Graz.
William Chauvenet
American academic 1820-1870.
Born May 24th, 1820 in Milford.
Died December 13th, 1870 at 50 years old in Saint Paul.
Herman Severin Løvenskiold
Norwegian composer (1815–1870).
Born July 30th, 1815 in Ulefoss.
Died December 5th, 1870 at 55 years old in Frederiksberg.
Marianna Marquesa Florenzi
Italian philosopher (1802–1870).
Born November 9th, 1802 in Ravenna.
Died April 15th, 1870 at 67 years old in Florence.
Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato
Russian botanist, diplomat and art collector (1812-1870).
Born April 17th, 1812 in Moscow, Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1870 at 58 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Alfred Lefébure-Wély
French composer and organist (1817–1869).
Born November 13th, 1817 in Paris.
Died January 1st, 1870 at 52 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Michal Miloslav Hodža
Slovak poet and linguist (1811–1870).
Born September 22nd, 1811 in Rakša. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1870 at 58 years old in Cieszyn. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 75 of 106
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson