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Scottish physicist (1831–1879).
Born June 13th, 1831 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1879 at 48 years old in Cambridge (stomach cancer). [ref]
French saint (1844–1879).
Born January 7th, 1844 in Lourdes.
Died April 16th, 1879 at 35 years old in Nevers (tuberculosis).
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).
Confederate general (1831–1879).
Born June 29th, 1831 in Owingsville.
Died August 30th, 1879 at 48 years old in New Orleans (yellow fever).
American union army general (1814–1879).
Born November 13th, 1815 in Hadley.
Died October 31st, 1879 at 63 years old in Garden City (stroke).
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).
American mormon leader (1804-1879).
Born July 10th, 1804 in Harmony Township.
Died May 30th, 1879 at 74 years old in Nauvoo House.
British photographer (1815–1879).
Born June 11th, 1815 in Garden Reach.
Died January 26th, 1879 at 63 years old in Kalutara.
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.
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]
French artist (1808–1879).
Born February 26th, 1808 in Marseille. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1879 at 70 years old in Valmondois. [ref]
French prince (1856–1879).
Born March 16th, 1856 in Paris.
Died June 1st, 1879 at 23 years old in Ulundi.
American artist (1840-1879).
Born July 26th, 1840 in Concord. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1879 at 39 years old in Paris (maternal death). [ref]
American abolitionist and feminist.
Born February 20th, 1805 in Charleston.
Died October 26th, 1879 at 74 years old in Hyde Park.
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).
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).
French artists' model (1847–1879).
Born January 15th, 1847 in Lyon.
Died September 5th, 1879 at 32 years old in Vétheuil (cancer).
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.
English mathematician and philosopher.
Died March 3rd, 1879 at 33 years old in Madeira Island (tuberculosis).
French printer (1817–1879).
Born April 25th, 1817 in Paris.
Died April 26th, 1879 at 62 years old in Paris.
Prussian general (1803-1879).
Born April 30th, 1803 in Pleśna, West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Died February 23rd, 1879 at 75 years old in Berlin.
American artist (1811–1879).
Born March 20th, 1811 in Augusta County.
Died July 7th, 1879 at 68 years old in Kansas City.
German architect (1803–1879).
Born November 29th, 1803 in Hamburg.
Died May 15th, 1879 at 75 years old in Rome.
British viceroy of india (1811-1879).
Born March 4th, 1811 in Richmond.
Died June 27th, 1879 at 68 years old in London.
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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