Deaths 1878

king victor emmanuel ii of italy



pope pius ix



anna sewell



january 5 – alfonso ferrero la marmora, 6th prime minister of italy (b. 1804)
january 8 – nikolay nekrasov, russian poet (b. 1821)
january 9 – king victor emmanuel ii of italy (b. 1820)
january 18 – antoine césar becquerel, french scientist (b. 1788)
february 7 – pope pius ix (b. 1792)
february 11 – gideon welles, american politician (b. 1802)
february 18 – john tunstall, american rancher , merchant, first man killed in lincoln county war (b. 1853)
february 19 – charles-françois daubigny, french painter (b. 1817)
february 26 – angelo secchi, italian astronomer (b. 1818)
march 8 – archduke franz karl of austria (b. 1802)
march 20 – julius von mayer, german physician , physicist , 1 of founders of thermodynamics (b. 1814)
march 27 – george gilbert scott, british architect (b. 1811)
april 4

richard m. brewer, american gunslinger , cowboy (b. 1850)
buckshot roberts, american buffalo hunter killed richard m. brewer (shot) (b. 1831)


april 8 – henrietta treffz, soprano, first wife of johann strauss ii (b. 1818)
april 11 – robert wentworth little, british occultist (b. 1840)
april 12 – william m. tweed, american politician (b. 1823)
april 25 – anna sewell, english author (b. 1820)
may 12 – anselme payen, french chemist (b. 1795)
may 13 – joseph henry, american scientist (b. 1797)
may 14 – Ōkubo toshimichi, japanese samurai , later leader of meiji restoration (b. 1830)
may 28 – john russell, 1st earl russell, prime minister of united kingdom (b. 1792)
june 6

achille baraguey d hilliers, marshal of france (b. 1795)
robert stirling, scottish clergyman , inventor (b. 1790)


june 12 – george v of hanover (b. 1819)
june 27 – sidney breese, u.s. senator illinois known father of illinois central railroad (b. 1800)

july–december

saint mariam baouardy



july 1 – catherine winkworth, english translator of hymns (b. 1827)
july 17 – aleardo aleardi, italian poet (b. 1812)
july 23 – carl freiherr von rokitansky, bohemian pathologist, philosopher , politician (b. 1804)
august 13 – henry james montague, english-born actor (b. 1844)
august 16 – richard upjohn, english-american architect (b. 1802)
august 26 – mariam baouardy, syrian discalced carmelite , melkite greek catholic nun , saint, canonized (b. 1846)
august 30 – james geiss, english businessman (b. 1820)
september 7 – mehmed ali pasha, prussian-born ottoman military leader (b. 1827)
october 20 – hiram paulding, american admiral (b. 1797)
november 20 – william thomas (islwyn), welsh poet (b. 1832)
november 28 – orson hyde, american religious leader (b. 1805)
december 10 – henry wells, american businessman (b. 1805)
december 14 – princess alice, grand duchess of hesse , rhine (b. 1843)
december 25 – henry k. hoff, american admiral (b. 1809)