In the year 1879
154 Notable deaths
August Grisebach
German botanist and phytogeographer (1814-1879).
Born April 17th, 1814 in Hanover.
Died May 9th, 1879 at 65 years old in Göttingen.
Joseph Poelaert
Architect (1817–1879).
Born March 21st, 1817 in Brussels.
Died November 3rd, 1879 at 62 years old in Brussels.
Karl Rosenkranz
German philosopher (1805–1879).
Born April 23rd, 1805 in Magdeburg.
Died July 14th, 1879 at 74 years old in Königsberg. [ref]
Bernhard Ernst von Bülow
Danish and german politician (1815-1879).
Born August 2nd, 1815 in Cismar.
Died October 20th, 1879 at 64 years old in Frankfurt (stroke).
Ivan Lazarev
Russian general (1820–1879).
Born October 17th, 1820 in Shusha.
Died August 14th, 1879 at 58 years old in Kurgan Dadakumbet.
Frances Browne
Irish writer (1816–1879).
Born January 16th, 1816 in Stranorlar.
Died August 21st, 1879 at 63 years old in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Fredrika Runeberg
Finland swedish novelist, finland's first female journalist (1807–1879).
Born September 2nd, 1807 in Jakobstad. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1879 at 71 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
French physician, entomologist (lepidopterist) and botanist (1799–1879).
Born June 17th, 1801 in Ticheville. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1879 at 78 years old in Ticheville.
Rosalie von Rauch
German countess (1820–1879).
Born August 29th, 1820 in Berlin.
Died March 5th, 1879 at 58 years old in Dresden.
Aristotelis Valaoritis
Greek poet (1824–1879).
Born September 1st, 1824 in Lefkada.
Died July 24th, 1879 at 54 years old in Lefkada (myocardial infarction).
Anna Kern
19th-century russian socialite and memoirist.
Born February 22nd, 1800 in Oryol.
Died June 8th, 1879 at 79 years old in Torzhok.
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).
Epameinondas Deligiorgis
Greek politician, lawyer and journalist (1829-1879).
Born January 22nd, 1829 in Tripoli.
Died May 26th, 1879 at 50 years old in Athens.
August Krönig
German scientist (1822–1879).
Born September 20th, 1822 in Schildesche.
Died June 5th, 1879 at 56 years old in Berlin.
Apollinaire de Kontski
Violinist (1825-1879).
Born October 23rd, 1825 in Poznań. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1879 at 53 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Juan Antonio Pezet
President of peru (1809-1879).
Died March 24th, 1879 at 69 years old in Chorrillos District.
Hortense Allart
French-italian writer and feminist.
Born September 7th, 1801 in Milan.
Died February 28th, 1879 at 77 years old in Montlhéry.
Ignacio Ramírez
Mexican writer of the 19th century (1818–1879).
Born June 22nd, 1818 in San Miguel de Allende.
Died June 15th, 1879 at 60 years old in Mexico City.
Adelaide Kemble
British opera singer (1815-1879).
Born February 13th, 1815 in London.
Died August 4th, 1879 at 64 years old in Warsash.
Nikolai Zaremba
Russian composer (1821-1879).
Born June 12th, 1821 in Ludza County.
Died April 8th, 1879 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Béla Wenckheim
Hungarian prime minister (1811-1879).
Born February 16th, 1811 in Pest.
Died July 7th, 1879 at 68 years old in Budapest.
Émile Prisse d'Avennes
French egyptologist (1807-1879).
Born January 27th, 1807 in Avesnes-sur-Helpe. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1879 at 71 years old in rue Dutot. [ref]
Hermann Loew
German entomologist (1807-1879).
Born July 19th, 1807 in Weißenfels.
Died April 21st, 1879 at 71 years old in Halle (Saale).
Amédée de Noé
Caricaturist (1819-1879).
Born January 26th, 1818 in Paris.
Died September 6th, 1879 at 61 years old in Paris, 17th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis).
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris