In the year 1877
118 Notable deaths
Facundo Machaín
Briefly the president of paraguay in 1870.
Born November 26th, 1845 in Asunción.
Died October 29th, 1877 at 31 years old in Asunción.
Julia Kavanagh
Irish author (1824-1877).
Born January 7th, 1824 in Thurles.
Died October 28th, 1877 at 53 years old in Nice.
Johann Christian Konrad von Hofmann
German theologian and historian (1810-1877).
Born December 21st, 1810 in Nuremberg.
Died December 20th, 1877 at 66 years old in Erlangen.
Karel Sabina
Czech writer, poet, journalist, philosopher, translator, literary critic and politician (1813–1877).
Born December 28th, 1814 in Prague. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1877 at 62 years old in Prague. [ref]
Carl Huns
Baltic german painter (1831-1877).
Born November 13th, 1831 in Madliena. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1877 at 45 years old in Davos (tuberculosis). [ref]
Janko Matúška
Slovak poet and playwright (1821–1877).
Born January 10th, 1821 in Dolný Kubín.
Died January 11th, 1877 at 56 years old in Dolný Kubín. [ref]
Azélie-Marie Guérin Martin
French laywoman, saint and the mother of saint thérèse de lisieux (1831–1877).
Born December 23rd, 1831 in Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon.
Died August 28th, 1877 at 45 years old in Alençon (breast cancer).
Ernest Picard
French lawyer and politician (1821–1877).
Born December 24th, 1821 in Paris.
Died May 13th, 1877 at 55 years old in Paris.
Eduard Devrient
German opera singer (1801-1877).
Born August 11th, 1801 in Berlin.
Died October 4th, 1877 at 76 years old in Karlsruhe.
Hermann Brockhaus
German orientalist (1806–1877).
Born January 28th, 1806 in Amsterdam.
Died January 5th, 1877 at 70 years old in Leipzig.
Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer
German physician, zoologist and botanist (1805–1877).
Born July 4th, 1805 in Kassel.
Died October 2nd, 1877 at 72 years old in Kassel.
Johann Jacoby
Prussian politician (1805-1877).
Born May 1st, 1805 in Königsberg.
Died March 6th, 1877 at 71 years old in Königsberg.
Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann
German physiologist, anatomist, and philosopher (1801-1877).
Born July 1st, 1801 in Leipzig.
Died April 21st, 1877 at 75 years old in Halle (Saale).
Louis d'Aurelle de Paladines
French general (1804-1877).
Born January 9th, 1804 in Le Malzieu-Ville.
Died December 16th, 1877 at 73 years old in Versailles.
Alexandre Debain
French harmonium inventor (1809-1877).
Died December 3rd, 1877 at 68 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Errico Petrella
Italian opera composer (1813-1877).
Born December 10th, 1813 in Palermo.
Died April 7th, 1877 at 63 years old in Genoa.
Ottilie Wildermuth
German writer, editor (1817–1877).
Born February 22nd, 1817 in Rottenburg am Neckar. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1877 at 60 years old in Tübingen (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Joseph Autran
French poet (1813–1877).
Born June 20th, 1813 in Marseille.
Died March 6th, 1877 at 63 years old in Marseille.
Hugh Algernon Weddell
Anglo-french botanist, physician, and explorer (1819-1877).
Born June 22nd, 1819 in Painswick.
Died July 22nd, 1877 at 58 years old in Poitiers.
Sisto Riario Sforza
Italian cardinal (1810–1877).
Born December 5th, 1810 in Naples.
Died September 29th, 1877 at 66 years old in Naples.
Théodore Barrière
French dramatist (1821–1877).
Born April 16th, 1821 in former 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1877 at 56 years old in rue Bergère (pneumonia). [ref]
Timothy Abbott Conrad
American paleontologist, malacologist, and geologist (1803–1877).
Born June 21st, 1803 in Trenton.
Died August 9th, 1877 at 74 years old in Trenton.
Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz
Prussian general (1809–1877).
Born July 16th, 1809 in Seesen.
Died April 14th, 1877 at 67 years old in Wiesbaden.
Carl Ferdinand Becker
German organist and musicologist (1804–1877).
Born July 17th, 1804 in Leipzig.
Died October 26th, 1877 at 73 years old in Plagwitz.
William Mundy
(1801-1877); esq, of markeaton, j.p. and d.l., m.p. for south derbyshire, high sheriff of derby (1843).
Born September 14th, 1801 in Derby. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1877 at 75 years old in Markeaton Hall. [ref]
Deaths 76 to 100 of 118
By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene