In the year 1878
137 Notable deaths
Jean Laborde
Adventurer and early industrialist in madagascar.
Born October 16th, 1805 in Auch.
Died December 27th, 1878 at 73 years old in Antananarivo.
Eugène Belgrand
French civil engineer (1810–1878).
Born April 23rd, 1810 in Ervy-le-Châtel.
Died April 8th, 1878 at 67 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (stroke). [ref]
Charles Pickering
American anthropologist, botanist, and physician (1805-1878).
Born November 10th, 1805 in Susquehanna Depot.
Died March 17th, 1878 at 72 years old in Boston.
Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša
Serbian writer and politician (1824-1878).
Born February 29th, 1824 in Budva.
Died November 11th, 1878 at 54 years old in Vienna.
Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau
French politician (1823-1878).
Born January 11th, 1823 in Saint-Maixent-l'École.
Died May 11th, 1878 at 55 years old in Versailles.
Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja
Serbian poet (1830–1878).
Born June 6th, 1828 in Bukovac.
Died July 25th, 1878 at 50 years old in Belgrade.
William McGuckin de Slane
Irish orientalist (1801–1878).
Born August 12th, 1801 in Belfast.
Died August 4th, 1878 at 76 years old in Paris.
Francisco Linares Alcántara
President of venezuela (1825–1878).
Born April 13th, 1825 in Turmero.
Died November 30th, 1878 at 53 years old in La Guaira (pneumonia).
Mélanie Hahnemann
French painter and homeopathic physician (1800-1878).
Born February 2nd, 1800 in Brussels.
Died May 27th, 1878 at 78 years old in Paris.
Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès
French politician (1803-1878).
Born July 10th, 1803 in Marseille. [ref]
Died October 31st, 1878 at 75 years old in Paris.
Aleardo Aleardi
Italian poet and politician (1812-1878).
Born November 14th, 1812 in Verona.
Died July 17th, 1878 at 65 years old in Verona.
Tranquillo Cremona
Italian painter (1837-1878).
Born April 10th, 1837 in Pavia.
Died June 10th, 1878 at 41 years old in Milan (poison).
Palladiy
Russian sinologist (1817–1878).
Born September 28th, 1817 in İske Çişmä.
Died December 18th, 1878 at 61 years old in Marseille (myocardial rupture).
Leon Sapieha
Prince leon sapieha (1803–1878).
Born September 18th, 1803 in Warsaw.
Died September 1st, 1878 at 74 years old in Krasiczyn Castle.
Alexandre Antigna
French painter (1817–1878).
Born March 7th, 1817 in Orléans.
Died February 26th, 1878 at 60 years old in Paris.
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad
Swedish composer (1801-1878).
Born February 1st, 1801 in Skänninge.
Died August 23rd, 1878 at 77 years old in Skeda.
Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen
Brazilian historian (1816–1878).
Born February 17th, 1816 in Iperó.
Died June 29th, 1878 at 62 years old in Vienna.
José María Medina
President of honduras (1826-1878).
Born March 19th, 1826 in Sensenti.
Died January 23rd, 1878 at 51 years old in Santa Rosa de Copán (gunshot wound).
Józef Dietl
Austrian member of austrian empire council and doctor (1804-1878).
Born January 24th, 1804 in Pidbuzh. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1878 at 73 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Anton Dominik Fernkorn
Austrian sculptor (1813–1878).
Born March 17th, 1813 in Erfurt. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1878 at 65 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale
Soldier and ornithologist from britain (1824-1878).
Born November 9th, 1824 in East Lothian.
Died December 29th, 1878 at 54 years old in London.
Carl Stål
Swedish entomologist (1833–1878).
Born March 21st, 1833 in Stockholm, Karlberg Palace.
Died June 13th, 1878 at 45 years old in Stockholm.
Andrew Bloxam
English clergyman and naturalist (1801-1878).
Born September 22nd, 1801 in Rugby.
Died February 2nd, 1878 at 76 years old in Harborough Magna.
Johann Georg Kohl
German geographer (1808–1878).
Born April 28th, 1808 in Bremen.
Died October 28th, 1878 at 70 years old in Bremen.
William Chapman Hewitson
British naturalist (1806–1878).
Born January 9th, 1806 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died May 28th, 1878 at 72 years old
Deaths 76 to 100 of 137
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon