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In the year 1879
154 Notable deaths
Claude-Étienne Minié
French army officer (1804–1879).
Born February 13th, 1804 in Paris.
Died December 14th, 1879 at 75 years old in Paris.
Michel Chevalier
French statesman (1806–1879).
Born January 13th, 1806 in Limoges. [ref]
Died November 28th, 1879 at 73 years old in Chateau de Montplaisir.
Richard H. Anderson
Confederate army general (1821-1879).
Born October 7th, 1821 in Sumter County.
Died June 26th, 1879 at 57 years old in Beaufort.
Hércules Florence
French artist, photographer and inventor (1804-1879).
Born February 28th, 1804 in Nice.
Died March 27th, 1879 at 75 years old in Campinas.
Johann Friedrich von Brandt
German naturalist (1802–1879).
Born May 25th, 1802 in Jüterbog.
Died July 15th, 1879 at 77 years old in Meriküla.
Ambroise Auguste Tardieu
French pathologist (1818–1879).
Born April 10th, 1818 in former 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1879 at 60 years old in rue Saint-Honoré.
Robert Ward Johnson
American politician (1814-1879).
Born July 22nd, 1814 in Scott County.
Died July 26th, 1879 at 65 years old in Little Rock (dysentery).
Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre
Brazilian poet, playwright and painter (1806-1879).
Born November 29th, 1806 in Rio Pardo.
Died December 30th, 1879 at 73 years old in Lisbon.
Grand Duke Vyacheslav Constantinovich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1862–1879).
Born July 13th, 1862 in Warsaw.
Died February 27th, 1879 at 16 years old in Saint Petersburg (meningitis).
Rudolf Buchheim
German pharmacologist (1820-1879).
Born March 1st, 1820 in Bautzen.
Died December 25th, 1879 at 59 years old in Giessen.
Paul Gervais
French paleontologist and entomologist (1816-1879).
Born September 26th, 1816 in former 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 11th, 1879 at 62 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Kawaji Toshiyoshi
Japanese politician.
Born June 17th, 1834 in Hishijima.
Died October 13th, 1879 at 45 years old in Tokyo.
Maria Teresa of Savoy
Sardinian and parmese royal.
Born September 19th, 1803 in Rome.
Died July 16th, 1879 at 75 years old in Lucca (atherosclerosis).
Lyuben Karavelov
Bulgarian writer (1834–1879).
Born May 2nd, 1834 in Koprivshtitsa.
Died January 21st, 1879 at 44 years old in Ruse (tuberculosis).
Duke Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Prussian general.
Born March 5th, 1827 in Ludwigslust.
Died July 28th, 1879 at 52 years old in Heidelberg.
Aleksandr Baryatinsky
Russian field marshal and advisor to tsar alexander ii (1815-1879).
Born May 14th, 1815 in Kursk Governorate.
Died March 9th, 1879 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Miguel Grau
Peruvian admiral (1834-1879).
Born July 27th, 1834 in Piura.
Died October 8th, 1879 at 45 years old in Huáscar.
Heinrich Geißler
Physicist (1814–1879).
Born May 26th, 1814 in Igelshieb.
Died January 24th, 1879 at 64 years old in Bonn.
Princess Maria Cristina of Orléans
Spanish infanta (1852–1879).
Born October 29th, 1852 in Seville. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1879 at 26 years old in Seville (tuberculosis).
Karl Friedrich Mohr
German chemist (1806-1879).
Born November 4th, 1806 in Koblenz.
Died September 28th, 1879 at 72 years old in Bonn.
Edward Matthew Ward
British painter (1816–1879).
Born July 14th, 1816 in London.
Died January 15th, 1879 at 62 years old in Windsor.
Sergey Solovyov
Russian historian (1820–1879).
Born May 17th, 1820 in Moscow.
Died October 16th, 1879 at 59 years old in Moscow.
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).
Octave Crémazie
Canadian poet (1827-1879).
Born April 16th, 1827 in Quebec City.
Died January 16th, 1879 at 51 years old in Le Havre (peritonitis).
Bernhard Wolff
German media mogul (1811-1879).
Born March 3rd, 1811 in Berlin.
Died May 11th, 1879 at 68 years old in Berlin.
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