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In the year 1876
120 Notable deaths
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
French botanist (1801-1876).
Born January 14th, 1801 in Paris.
Died February 18th, 1876 at 75 years old
Karl Joseph Simrock
German poet and scholar (1802-1876).
Born August 28th, 1802 in Bonn.
Died July 18th, 1876 at 73 years old in Bonn.
Meta Brevoort
American mountain climber (1825-1876).
Born November 8th, 1825 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 1876 at 51 years old in Dorking.
Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel
German mycologist (1821-1876).
Born February 3rd, 1821 in Reichelsheim.
Died May 8th, 1876 at 55 years old in Vienna (stroke).
Ludwig Traube
German physician (1818–1876).
Born January 12th, 1818 in Racibórz.
Died April 11th, 1876 at 58 years old in Berlin.
Theodor von Heuglin
German explorer and ornithologist (1824-1876).
Born March 20th, 1824 in Ditzingen.
Died November 5th, 1876 at 52 years old in Stuttgart.
August Wilhelm Ambros
Czech music reviewer, composer and musicologist (1816–1876).
Born November 11th, 1816 in Mýto. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1876 at 59 years old in Vienna.
August Söderman
Swedish composer (1832-1876).
Born July 17th, 1833 in Hedvig Eleonora parish.
Died February 10th, 1876 at 42 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish.
Todor Kableshkov
Bulgarian revolutionary (1851–1876).
Born January 13th, 1851 in Koprivshtitsa.
Died June 16th, 1876 at 25 years old in Gabrovo.
Paulina Wright Davis
American activist (1813-1876).
Born August 7th, 1813 in Bloomfield.
Died August 24th, 1876 at 63 years old in Providence.
Pyotr Bagration
Russian general.
Born September 24th, 1818 in Kizlyar.
Died January 29th, 1876 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Giuseppe Ferrari
Italian historian, philosopher and politician (1811-1876).
Born March 7th, 1811 in Milan.
Died July 2nd, 1876 at 65 years old in Rome.
Louis van Houtte
Belgian horticulturist (1810-1876).
Born June 29th, 1810 in Ypres.
Died May 9th, 1876 at 65 years old in Ghent.
Julius Heinrich Petermann
German orientalist (1801–1876).
Born August 12th, 1801 in Glauchau.
Died June 10th, 1876 at 74 years old in Bad Nauheim.
Wilhelm Eduard Albrecht
German jurist, one of the göttingen seven (1800-1876).
Born March 4th, 1800 in Elbląg.
Died May 22nd, 1876 at 76 years old in Leipzig.
Yuri Samarin
Russian philosopher (1819–1876).
Born May 3rd, 1819 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 31st, 1876 at 56 years old in Berlin.
Josef Kling
German-born british chess player (1811-1876).
Born March 19th, 1811 in Mainz.
Died December 1st, 1876 at 65 years old in London.
Hermann von Barth
German mountaineer and geologist (1845-1876).
Born June 5th, 1845 in Eurasburg. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1876 at 31 years old in Luanda. [ref]
Seweryn Goszczyński
Polish writer (1801–1876).
Born November 4th, 1801 in Illintsi.
Died February 25th, 1876 at 74 years old in Lviv.
Giacinto Gigante
Italian painter (1806-1876).
Born July 10th, 1806 in Naples.
Died November 29th, 1876 at 70 years old in Naples.
Edmond de Coussemaker
French musicologist, writer and activist for the flemish movement; collector of medieval music manuscripts (1805–1876).
Born April 19th, 1805 in Bailleul.
Died January 10th, 1876 at 70 years old in Lille.
Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville
French scientist (1814-1876).
Born February 26th, 1814 in Saint Thomas.
Died October 10th, 1876 at 62 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Imre Mikó
Hungarian politician and academic (1805-1876).
Born September 4th, 1805 in Zăbala.
Died September 16th, 1876 at 71 years old in Cluj-Napoca (liver cirrhosis).
Mortimer Collins
British writer (1827–1876).
Born June 29th, 1827 in Plymouth. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1876 at 49 years old in Berkshire. [ref]
Aleksander Czekanowski
Polish explorer and geologist (1833–1876).
Born February 24th, 1833 in Kremenets.
Died October 30th, 1876 at 43 years old in Saint Petersburg.
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