In the year 1879
154 Notable deaths
Franz Christian Boll
German physiologist and histologist (1849–1879).
Born February 26th, 1849 in Neubrandenburg.
Died December 19th, 1879 at 30 years old in Rome.
Arturo Prato
Chilean lawyer and navy officer (1848-1879).
Born April 3rd, 1848 in Ninhue.
Died May 21st, 1879 at 31 years old in Iquique.
Camille Doncieux
French artists' model (1847–1879).
Born January 15th, 1847 in Lyon.
Died September 5th, 1879 at 32 years old in Vétheuil (cancer).
László Paál
Hungarian artist (1846-1879).
Died March 4th, 1879 at 32 years old in Charenton-le-Pont.
Alfred Henry Garrod
English zoologist (1846-1879).
Born May 18th, 1846 in London Borough of Islington.
Died October 17th, 1879 at 33 years old
William Kingdon Clifford
English mathematician and philosopher.
Died March 3rd, 1879 at 33 years old in Madeira Island (tuberculosis).
José Pedro Varela
Uruguayan sociologist, journalist and politician (1845-1879).
Born March 19th, 1845 in Montevideo.
Died October 24th, 1879 at 34 years old in Montevideo (pneumonia).
Bernadette Soubirous
French saint (1844–1879).
Born January 7th, 1844 in Lourdes.
Died April 16th, 1879 at 35 years old in Nevers (tuberculosis).
Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis
German prince (1843–1879).
Born May 27th, 1843 in Donaustauf.
Died March 10th, 1879 at 35 years old in Cannes (tuberculosis).
Anna Nordlander
Swedish artist from skellefteå (1843-1879).
Born March 26th, 1843 in Skellefteå.
Died April 28th, 1879 at 36 years old in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari
British east india company army officer (1841-1879).
Born July 4th, 1841 in Stenay.
Died September 3rd, 1879 at 38 years old in Kabul.
Carl Göring
German chess player (1841-1879).
Born April 28th, 1841 in Brüheim.
Died April 2nd, 1879 at 37 years old in Eisenach.
William, Prince of Orange
Dutch and luxembourger royal heir (1840–1879).
Born September 4th, 1840 in The Hague, Logement van Amsterdam.
Died June 11th, 1879 at 38 years old in Paris (typhus).
Abigail May Alcott Nieriker
American artist (1840-1879).
Born July 26th, 1840 in Concord. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1879 at 39 years old in Paris (maternal death). [ref]
Adolf Jensen
German pianist, composer and music teacher (1837–1879).
Born January 12th, 1837 in Königsberg.
Died January 23rd, 1879 at 42 years old in Baden-Baden (tuberculosis).
Frances Ridley Havergal
British poet and hymn-writer (1836-1879).
Born December 14th, 1836 in Astley.
Died June 3rd, 1879 at 42 years old in Wales, Gower Peninsula (peritonitis).
Miguel Grau
Peruvian admiral (1834-1879).
Born July 27th, 1834 in Piura.
Died October 8th, 1879 at 45 years old in Huáscar.
Kawaji Toshiyoshi
Japanese politician.
Born June 17th, 1834 in Hishijima.
Died October 13th, 1879 at 45 years old in Tokyo.
Lyuben Karavelov
Bulgarian writer (1834–1879).
Born May 2nd, 1834 in Koprivshtitsa.
Died January 21st, 1879 at 44 years old in Ruse (tuberculosis).
Adèle d'Affry
Swiss painter and sculptor (1836-1879).
Born July 6th, 1836 in Fribourg.
Died July 16th, 1879 at 43 years old in Castellammare di Stabia (tuberculosis).
John Bell Hood
Confederate general (1831–1879).
Born June 29th, 1831 in Owingsville.
Died August 30th, 1879 at 48 years old in New Orleans (yellow fever).
James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist (1831–1879).
Born June 13th, 1831 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1879 at 48 years old in Cambridge (stomach cancer). [ref]
Halil Şerif Pasha
Ottoman diplomat and art collector (1831–1879).
Born June 20th, 1831 in Cairo.
Died January 12th, 1879 at 47 years old in Istanbul.
Anthony Durnford
British army officer (1830–1879).
Born May 24th, 1830 in County Leitrim.
Died January 22nd, 1879 at 48 years old in Isandlwana.
Peter Arnold Heise
Danish composer (1830-1879).
Born February 11th, 1830 in Copenhagen.
Died September 12th, 1879 at 49 years old in Taarbæk.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot