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In the year 1879
154 Notable deaths
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]
Bernadette Soubirous
French saint (1844–1879).
Born January 7th, 1844 in Lourdes.
Died April 16th, 1879 at 35 years old in Nevers (tuberculosis).
William Lloyd Garrison
American journalist and abolitionist (1805–1879).
Born December 10th, 1805 in Newburyport. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1879 at 73 years old in New York City (kidney disease).
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).
Joseph Hooker
American union army general (1814–1879).
Born November 13th, 1815 in Hadley.
Died October 31st, 1879 at 63 years old in Garden City (stroke).
Catherine Dickens
Née hogarth, spouse of charles dickens (1815-1879).
Born May 19th, 1815 in Edinburgh.
Died November 22nd, 1879 at 64 years old in London (cancer).
Emma Smith
American mormon leader (1804-1879).
Born July 10th, 1804 in Harmony Township.
Died May 30th, 1879 at 74 years old in Nauvoo House.
Julia Margaret Cameron
British photographer (1815–1879).
Born June 11th, 1815 in Garden Reach.
Died January 26th, 1879 at 63 years old in Kalutara.
Lionel de Rothschild
Uk art collector and politician (1808-1879); member of parliament.
Born November 22nd, 1808 in London.
Died June 3rd, 1879 at 70 years old in London.
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
French architect (1814-1879).
Born January 27th, 1814 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1879 at 65 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
Honoré Daumier
French artist (1808–1879).
Born February 26th, 1808 in Marseille. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1879 at 70 years old in Valmondois. [ref]
Napoléon, Prince Imperial
French prince (1856–1879).
Born March 16th, 1856 in Paris.
Died June 1st, 1879 at 23 years old in Ulundi.
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]
Angelina Grimké
American abolitionist and feminist.
Born February 20th, 1805 in Charleston.
Died October 26th, 1879 at 74 years old in Hyde Park.
Adolf Anderssen
German chess champion, after paul morphy (1858-1860), second unofficial world chess champion (1851-1858, 1860-1865, 1867-1871), chess publicist.
Born July 6th, 1818 in Wrocław.
Died March 13th, 1879 at 60 years old in Wrocław (myocardial infarction).
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).
Camille Doncieux
French artists' model (1847–1879).
Born January 15th, 1847 in Lyon.
Died September 5th, 1879 at 32 years old in Vétheuil (cancer).
Jefferson C. Davis
Union general in the american civil war (1828–1879).
Born March 2nd, 1828 in Clark County.
Died November 30th, 1879 at 51 years old in Chicago.
William Kingdon Clifford
English mathematician and philosopher.
Died March 3rd, 1879 at 33 years old in Madeira Island (tuberculosis).
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville
French printer (1817–1879).
Born April 25th, 1817 in Paris.
Died April 26th, 1879 at 62 years old in Paris.
Albrecht von Roon
Prussian general (1803-1879).
Born April 30th, 1803 in Pleśna, West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Died February 23rd, 1879 at 75 years old in Berlin.
George Caleb Bingham
American artist (1811–1879).
Born March 20th, 1811 in Augusta County.
Died July 7th, 1879 at 68 years old in Kansas City.
Gottfried Semper
German architect (1803–1879).
Born November 29th, 1803 in Hamburg.
Died May 15th, 1879 at 75 years old in Rome.
John Lawrence
British viceroy of india (1811-1879).
Born March 4th, 1811 in Richmond.
Died June 27th, 1879 at 68 years old in London.
Anthony Durnford
British army officer (1830–1879).
Born June 24th, 1830 in County Leitrim.
Died January 22nd, 1879 at 48 years old in Isandlwana.
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