In the year 1878
137 Notable deaths
Hilarión Eslava
Spanish composer and pedagogue (1807-1878).
Born October 21st, 1807 in Burlada/Burlata.
Died July 23rd, 1878 at 70 years old in Madrid.
Fabio Maria Asquini
Italian cardinal (1802–1878).
Born August 14th, 1802 in Fagagna.
Died December 23rd, 1878 at 76 years old in Rome. [ref]
Andrew Dickson Murray
British scientist (1812-1878).
Born February 19th, 1812 in Edinburgh.
Died January 10th, 1878 at 65 years old in Kensington.
Johann Baptist Alzog
German theologian and catholic church historian (1808–1878).
Died March 1st, 1878 at 69 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Józef Kowalewski
Polish orientalist (1800–1878).
Born December 28th, 1800 in Vialikaja Bierastavica, Stare Lewkowo.
Died November 7th, 1878 at 77 years old in Warsaw.
Henri de Dion
French engineer (1828-1878).
Born December 21st, 1828 in Montfort-l'Amaury.
Died April 13th, 1878 at 49 years old in Paris.
Raphael Kühner
German classical philologist and lexicographer (1802–1878).
Born March 22nd, 1822 in Gotha.
Died April 18th, 1878 at 56 years old in Hanover.
Władysław Tarnowski
Polish composer (1836–1878).
Born June 4th, 1836 in Voroblevychi.
Died April 19th, 1878 at 41 years old in Pacific Ocean (myocardial infarction).
Roberto de Visiani
Italian botanist (1800-1878).
Born April 8th, 1800 in Šibenik.
Died May 4th, 1878 at 78 years old in Padua.
Niels Ludvig Westergaard
Danish orientalist.
Born October 27th, 1815 in Copenhagen.
Died September 9th, 1878 at 62 years old in Copenhagen.
Giovanni Zanardini
Italian phycologist (1804-1878).
Born June 16th, 1804 in Venice.
Died April 24th, 1878 at 73 years old in Venice.
Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev
Russian mathematician (1847-1878).
Born April 12th, 1847 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 19th, 1878 at 31 years old in Saint Petersburg (railway accident).
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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather