In the year 1877
118 Notable deaths
Brigham Young
American religious leader (1801–1877).
Born June 1st, 1801 in Whitingham.
Died August 29th, 1877 at 76 years old in Salt Lake City (peritonitis).
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Confederate states army general (1821-1877).
Born July 13th, 1821 in Chapel Hill.
Died October 29th, 1877 at 56 years old in Memphis (complications of diabetes mellitus).
Saigō Takamori
Samurai of the satsuma domain, supreme commander of japanese army, one of the three great nobles who led the meiji restoration (1828-1877).
Born January 23rd, 1828 in Kajiya-chō.
Died September 24th, 1877 at 49 years old in Yamashita-chō (decapitation, gunshot wound).
Gustave Courbet
French painter (1819–1877).
Born June 10th, 1819 in Ornans. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1877 at 58 years old in La Tour-de-Peilz (myocardial infarction).
William Henry Fox Talbot
British inventor and photographer (1800–1877).
Born February 11th, 1800 in Melbury Sampford.
Died September 17th, 1877 at 77 years old in Lacock.
Toru Dutt
Bengali poet and translator (1856–1877).
Born March 4th, 1856 in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency.
Died August 30th, 1877 at 21 years old in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency (tuberculosis).
Jung Bahadur Rana
Nepalese prime minister and maharaja of lamjung and kaski (1817–1877).
Born June 18th, 1817 in Kathmandu.
Died February 25th, 1877 at 59 years old in Borlang (disease).
Walter Bagehot
British journalist, businessman, and essayist (1826-1877).
Born February 3rd, 1826 in Langport.
Died March 24th, 1877 at 51 years old in Somerset.
Sophie of Württemberg
Queen consort of the netherlands (1818–1877).
Born June 17th, 1818 in Stuttgart.
Died June 3rd, 1877 at 58 years old in Huis ten Bosch.
Urbain Le Verrier
French astronomer (1811-1877).
Born March 11th, 1811 in Saint-Lô.
Died September 23rd, 1877 at 66 years old in Paris.
Antoine Patek
Polish watchmaker (1812–1877).
Born June 14th, 1812 in Piaski Szlacheckie.
Died March 1st, 1877 at 64 years old in Geneva.
Caroline Chisholm
19th century english humanitarian who provided support for immigrant females in australia.
Born May 30th, 1808 in Wootton.
Died March 25th, 1877 at 68 years old in Highgate.
Kido Takayoshi
Japanese samurai of the mito domain and one of the three great nobles who led the meiji restoration (1833-1877).
Born August 11th, 1833 in Hagi.
Died May 26th, 1877 at 43 years old in Kyoto.
Raphael Semmes
Confederate army general (1809–1877).
Born September 27th, 1809 in Charles County.
Died August 30th, 1877 at 67 years old in Mobile.
Caroline Norton
English feminist, social reformer, and author, editor (1808-1877).
Born March 22nd, 1808 in London. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1877 at 69 years old in London. [ref]
Hermann Grassmann
German polymath, linguist and mathematician (1809–1877).
Born April 15th, 1809 in Szczecin.
Died September 26th, 1877 at 68 years old in Szczecin.
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Finland’s national poet, author of finland’s national anthem, swedish-speaking writer and poet (1804–77).
Born February 5th, 1804 in Jakobstad. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1877 at 73 years old in Grand Duchy of Finland, Porvoo. [ref]
Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine
Prince of hesse and by rhine and german general (1809-1877).
Born April 23rd, 1809 in Darmstadt.
Died March 20th, 1877 at 67 years old in Darmstadt.
Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse
Grand duke of hesse and by rhine (1806–1877).
Born June 9th, 1806 in Darmstadt.
Died June 13th, 1877 at 71 years old in Seeheim-Jugenheim.
Antoine Augustin Cournot
French economist and mathematician (*1801 – †1877).
Born August 28th, 1801 in Gray.
Died March 31st, 1877 at 75 years old in Paris.
Elizabeth F. Ellet
American writer, poet, translator (1818–1877).
Born October 18th, 1818 in Sodus Point.
Died June 3rd, 1877 at 58 years old in New York City (nephritis).
José de Alencar
Brazilian writer (1829–1877).
Born May 1st, 1829 in Fortaleza.
Died December 12th, 1877 at 48 years old in Rio de Janeiro (tuberculosis).
John Lothrop Motley
American historian and diplomat (1814-1877).
Born April 15th, 1814 in Dorchester.
Died May 29th, 1877 at 63 years old in Dorset.
Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Princess of saxe-wiemar-eisenach by birth, and by marriage a princess of prussia.
Born February 3rd, 1808 in Weimar.
Died January 18th, 1877 at 68 years old in Berlin.
Oliver P. Morton
American politician (1823–1877).
Born August 4th, 1823 in Wayne County.
Died November 1st, 1877 at 54 years old in Indianapolis.
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