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In the year 1878
137 Notable deaths
Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer
German composer, conductor and violinist.
Born February 2nd, 1879 in Potsdam. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1878 at -1 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Wilhelm Siegmund Teuffel
German classicist (1820-1878).
Born September 27th, 1820 in Ludwigsburg.
Died March 8th, 1878 at 57 years old in Tübingen.
Giovanni Spano
Italian priest and linguist (1803–1878).
Born March 3rd, 1803 in Ploaghe.
Died April 13th, 1878 at 75 years old in Cagliari.
Carl Anton Bretschneider
Mathematician.
Born May 27th, 1808 in Schneeberg.
Died November 6th, 1878 at 70 years old in Gotha.
Thomas Thomson
Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878).
Born December 4th, 1817 in Glasgow.
Died April 18th, 1878 at 60 years old in London.
George Foster Shepley
Union army general, politician (1819–1878).
Born January 1st, 1819 in Saco.
Died July 20th, 1878 at 59 years old in Portland.
Rafael Carvajal
Vicepresident of ecuador.
Born December 15th, 1819 in Ibarra.
Died August 10th, 1878 at 58 years old in Lima Department.
José Amador de los Ríos
Spanish historian (1818-1878).
Born April 30th, 1818 in Baena.
Died February 17th, 1878 at 59 years old in Seville.
Wilhelm Zimmermann
Württembergian protestant theologian, university professor, historian, politician and poet (1807-1878).
Born January 2nd, 1807 in Stuttgart.
Died September 22nd, 1878 at 71 years old in Bad Mergentheim.
Mihály Horváth
Catholic bishop, historian, and politician (1809-1878).
Born October 20th, 1809 in Szentes.
Died August 19th, 1878 at 68 years old in Karlovy Vary.
François Bazin
French opera composer (1816–1878).
Born September 4th, 1816 in Marseille. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1878 at 61 years old in Paris. [ref]
Hugh Alexander Kennedy
English chess master (1809-1878).
Born August 22nd, 1809 in Bath.
Died October 22nd, 1878 at 69 years old in Reading.
Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz
German botanist (1834-1878).
Born May 5th, 1834 in Augsburg.
Died January 15th, 1878 at 43 years old in Penang.
Alessandro Franchi
Italian cardinal in the roman catholic church (1819-1878).
Died July 31st, 1878 at 59 years old in Rome (malaria).
Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow
Prussian-born swiss soldier and military writer (1821–1878).
Born May 25th, 1821 in Brandenburg an der Havel.
Died August 14th, 1878 at 57 years old in District 4.
Manuel Pardo
Peruvian politician and the first civilian president of peru (1834-1878).
Born August 9th, 1834 in Lima.
Died November 16th, 1878 at 44 years old in Lima (gunshot wound).
Thomas Vernon Wollaston
English entomologist (1822-1878).
Born March 9th, 1822 in Lincolnshire.
Died January 4th, 1878 at 55 years old in Teignmouth.
Ede Szigligeti
Hungarian writer (1814–1878).
Born March 8th, 1814 in Oradea.
Died January 20th, 1878 at 63 years old in Budapest.
Osip Petrov
Russian singer (1806–1878).
Born November 15th, 1807 in Kropyvnytskyi.
Died March 12th, 1878 at 70 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Johann Jakob Scherer
Member of the swiss federal council (1825-1878).
Born November 10th, 1825 in Schönenberg.
Died December 23rd, 1878 at 53 years old in Winterthur (appendicitis).
Dobri Voynikov
Bulgarian writer and theatre director (1833–1878).
Born November 22nd, 1833 in Shumen.
Died March 27th, 1878 at 44 years old in Veliko Tarnovo (typhus).
Patricio de la Escosura
Spanish writer (1807-1878).
Born November 5th, 1807 in Madrid.
Died January 22nd, 1878 at 70 years old in Madrid.
Friedrich J. Haberlandt
Austro-hungarian scientist (1826-1878).
Born February 21st, 1826 in Bratislava.
Died May 1st, 1878 at 52 years old in Vienna.
Marie Pape-Carpantier
French educator (1815–1878).
Born September 10th, 1815 in La Flèche.
Died July 31st, 1878 at 62 years old in Villiers-le-Bel.
Hermann Lebert
German physician (1813-1878).
Born June 9th, 1813 in Wrocław.
Died August 1st, 1878 at 65 years old in Bex.
Deaths 101 to 125 of 137
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