In the year 1870
106 Notable deaths
Orla Lehmann
Danish politician (1810-1870).
Born May 19th, 1810 in Copenhagen.
Died September 13th, 1870 at 60 years old in Copenhagen.
Javier Espinosa y Espinosa
President of ecuador (1868 - 1869).
Born December 2nd, 1815 in Quito.
Died September 4th, 1870 at 54 years old in Quito (myocardial infarction).
Daniel Sheldon Norton
American politician (1829-1870).
Born April 12th, 1829 in Mount Vernon.
Died July 13th, 1870 at 41 years old in Hibbing.
Valeriano Bécquer
Spanish painter (1833-1870).
Born December 15th, 1833 in Seville.
Died September 23rd, 1870 at 36 years old in Madrid.
Pascual Madoz
Spanish politician, statistician (1806–1870).
Born May 17th, 1806 in Pamplona.
Died December 13th, 1870 at 64 years old in Genoa.
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.
William Allen Miller
British scientist.
Born December 17th, 1817 in Ipswich.
Died September 30th, 1870 at 52 years old in Liverpool.
Augustus Volney Waller
British neurophysicist (1816–1870).
Born December 21st, 1816 in Faversham.
Died September 18th, 1870 at 53 years old in Geneva.
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]
Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol
French diplomat (1829–1870).
Born August 8th, 1829 in Paris.
Died July 20th, 1870 at 40 years old in Washington, D.C. (gunshot wound).
Max Emanuel Ainmiller
Glass painter, artist (1807-1870).
Born February 14th, 1807 in Munich.
Died December 9th, 1870 at 63 years old in Munich.
Johan Fredrik Eckersberg
Norwegian painter (1822-1870).
Born June 16th, 1822 in Drammen.
Died July 13th, 1870 at 48 years old in Bærum Municipality (tuberculosis).
Joaquín Gaztambide
Composer of zarzuelas from navarre, spain.
Born February 7th, 1822 in Tudela.
Died March 18th, 1870 at 48 years old in Madrid (liver disease).
Philipp Jaffé
German historian (1819–1870).
Born February 17th, 1819 in Swarzędz.
Died April 3rd, 1870 at 51 years old in Wittenberge.
Albrecht von Graefe
German ophthalmologist (1828–1870).
Born May 22nd, 1828 in Berlin.
Died July 20th, 1870 at 42 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis).
Franz Joseph Ruprecht
Physician and botanist (1814–1870).
Born November 1st, 1814 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died August 4th, 1870 at 55 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Christen Mikkelsen Kold
Danish teacher (1816–1870).
Born March 29th, 1816 in Thisted.
Died April 6th, 1870 at 54 years old in Dalum.
Władysław Hieronim Sanguszko
Polish noble (1803–1870).
Born September 20th, 1803 in Gumniska. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1870 at 66 years old in Cannes. [ref]
Jean Théodore Lacordaire
French entomologist (1801-1870).
Born February 1st, 1801 in Châtillon-sur-Seine.
Died July 18th, 1870 at 69 years old in Liège.
Johann Heinrich Blasius
German zoologist (1809-1870).
Born October 7th, 1809 in Nümbrecht.
Died May 26th, 1870 at 60 years old in Brunswick.
Pierre Rambur
French physician and entomologist (1801-1870).
Born July 21st, 1801 in Ingrandes-de-Touraine.
Died August 10th, 1870 at 69 years old in Geneva.
Thomas Anderson
Scottish botanist (1832-1870).
Born February 26th, 1832 in Edinburgh.
Died October 26th, 1870 at 38 years old in Edinburgh.
Théodore Labarre
French musician (1805-1870).
Born January 21st, 1809 in former 12th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1870 at 61 years old in rue Nollet. [ref]
Emerico Amari
Italian jurist and politician (1810-1870).
Born May 10th, 1810 in Palermo.
Died February 21st, 1870 at 59 years old in Palermo.
Anton Martin Schweigaard
Norwegian jurist and economic reformer (1808-1870).
Born April 11th, 1808 in Kragerø.
Died February 1st, 1870 at 61 years old in Christiania.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 106
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain