In the year 1870
106 Notable deaths
Charles Durkee
American politician (1805-1870).
Born December 10th, 1805 in Royalton.
Died January 14th, 1870 at 64 years old in Omaha.
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]
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).
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.
Gustav Struve
German revolutionary and journalist (1805-1870).
Born October 11th, 1805 in Munich.
Died August 21st, 1870 at 64 years old in Vienna.
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.
Janet Taylor
English astronomer and navigation expert (1804–1870).
Born May 13th, 1804 in England.
Died January 25th, 1870 at 65 years old
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.
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.
Jean Auguste Margueritte
French general (1823-1870).
Born January 15th, 1823 in Manheulles.
Died September 6th, 1870 at 47 years old in Beauraing.
Alexander Henry Haliday
Irish entomologist (1807–1870).
Born November 21st, 1807 in Holywood.
Died July 13th, 1870 at 62 years old in Lucca.
Theodore Oesten
German musician (1813–1870).
Born December 31st, 1813 in Berlin.
Died March 16th, 1870 at 56 years old in Berlin.
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]
Camille-Marie Stamaty
French musician (1811–1870).
Born March 23rd, 1811 in Rome.
Died April 19th, 1870 at 59 years old in Paris.
Alexander Veltman
Russian writer (1800–1870).
Born July 20th, 1800 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 23rd, 1870 at 69 years old in Moscow.
William Chauvenet
American academic 1820-1870.
Born May 24th, 1820 in Milford.
Died December 13th, 1870 at 50 years old in Saint Paul.
Prilidiano Pueyrredón
Argentine artist (1823-1871).
Born January 24th, 1823 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 3rd, 1870 at 47 years old in Buenos Aires.
Franz Unger
Austrian botanist and paleontologist (1800-1870).
Born November 30th, 1800 in Leutschach.
Died February 13th, 1870 at 69 years old in Graz.
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.
Herman Severin Løvenskiold
Norwegian composer (1815–1870).
Born July 30th, 1815 in Ulefoss.
Died December 5th, 1870 at 55 years old in Frederiksberg.
Gustav Leberecht Flügel
German orientalist (1802–1870).
Born February 18th, 1802 in Bautzen.
Died July 5th, 1870 at 68 years old in Dresden.
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]
Marianna Marquesa Florenzi
Italian philosopher (1802–1870).
Born November 9th, 1802 in Ravenna.
Died April 15th, 1870 at 67 years old in Florence.
Mihály Mosonyi
Hungarian composer (1815-1870).
Born September 2nd, 1815 in Frauenkirchen.
Died October 31st, 1870 at 55 years old in Pest.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 106
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr