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In the year 1878
137 Notable deaths
Henri Victor Regnault
French physicist (1810–1878).
Born July 21st, 1810 in Aachen.
Died January 19th, 1878 at 67 years old in Paris.
Maurice Joly
French satirist and lawyer (1829–1878).
Born September 22nd, 1829 in Lons-le-Saunier.
Died July 15th, 1878 at 48 years old in Paris.
Paul Cullen
Irish catholic cardinal (1803–1878).
Born April 29th, 1803 in Narraghmore.
Died October 24th, 1878 at 75 years old in Dublin.
Hermann Goedsche
German writer (1815–1878).
Born February 12th, 1816 in Żmigród.
Died November 8th, 1878 at 62 years old in Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój.
Karl Gutzkow
German writer (1811-1878).
Born March 17th, 1811 in Berlin.
Died December 16th, 1878 at 67 years old in Frankfurt.
Ludwik Mierosławski
Polish general (1814-1878).
Born January 17th, 1814 in Nemours.
Died November 22nd, 1878 at 64 years old in Paris.
Josip Runjanin
Croatian composer (1821–1878).
Born December 8th, 1821 in Vinkovci.
Died February 2nd, 1878 at 56 years old in Novi Sad.
Henry Huntly Haight
Governor of california (1825-1878).
Born May 20th, 1825 in Rochester.
Died September 2nd, 1878 at 53 years old in San Francisco.
Temistocle Solera
Italian opera librettist.
Born December 25th, 1815 in Ferrara.
Died April 21st, 1878 at 62 years old in Milan.
Charles Magill Conrad
American politician (1804–1878).
Born December 24th, 1804 in Winchester.
Died February 11th, 1878 at 73 years old in New Orleans.
Cuthbert Ottaway
English sportsman (1850–1878).
Born July 19th, 1850 in Dover.
Died April 2nd, 1878 at 27 years old in Westminster.
Ulises Francisco Espaillat
President of the dominicana republica (1823-1878).
Born February 9th, 1823 in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Died April 25th, 1878 at 55 years old in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Theodoros Vryzakis
Greek painter (1814-1878).
Born October 19th, 1814 in Thebes.
Died December 6th, 1878 at 64 years old in Munich.
August Heinrich Petermann
German cartographer (1822-1878).
Born April 18th, 1822 in Bleicherode. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1878 at 56 years old in Gotha. [ref]
Edward Shepherd Creasy
English historian and jurist (1812-1878).
Born September 12th, 1812 in Bexley.
Died January 17th, 1878 at 65 years old in London.
John S. Carlile
American politician (1817-1878).
Born December 16th, 1817 in Winchester.
Died October 24th, 1878 at 60 years old in Clarksburg.
Miguel García Granados
Guatemalan politician (1809-1878).
Born September 29th, 1809 in El Puerto de Santa María.
Died September 8th, 1878 at 68 years old in Guatemala City.
François Schubert
German composer (1808–1878).
Born July 22nd, 1808 in Dresden.
Died April 12th, 1878 at 69 years old in Dresden.
Max Hödel
German anarchist, failed assassin (1857–1878).
Born May 27th, 1857 in Leipzig.
Died August 16th, 1878 at 21 years old in Zellengefängnis Lehrter Straße (decapitation).
Bruno Hildebrand
German economist (1812-1878).
Born March 6th, 1812 in Naumburg.
Died January 29th, 1878 at 65 years old in Jena.
William Stokes
Irish physician (1804-1878).
Born October 1st, 1804 in Dublin.
Died January 10th, 1878 at 73 years old in Dublin.
Thomas George Montgomerie
English surveyor who worked in india (1830-1878).
Born April 23rd, 1830 in Ayrshire. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1878 at 47 years old in Bath. [ref]
Félix Dupanloup
French bishop (1802-1878).
Born January 3rd, 1802 in Saint-Félix.
Died October 11th, 1878 at 76 years old in La Combe-de-Lancey.
Jaroslav Čermák
Czech painter (1830–1878).
Born August 1st, 1830 in Prague. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1878 at 47 years old in Paris. [ref]
Cirilo Antonio Rivarola Acosta
Politician from paraguay, president in 1870.
Born May 10th, 1834 in Eusebio Ayala.
Died December 31st, 1878 at 44 years old in Asunción.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 137
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou