Notable Deaths - 1876
1876 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 7 |
Juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807) |
Jan 9 |
Samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801) |
Jan 10 |
Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 |
Jan 15 |
Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810) |
Jan 22 |
John B. Dykes, The Perfect Storm |
Feb 3 |
Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83 |
Feb 10 |
Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 |
Feb 21 |
Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70 |
Feb 24 |
Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 |
Feb 24 |
Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first President of Liberia (b. 1809) |
Feb 26 |
Ede Tóth, The Exile |
Feb 28 |
Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 |
Mar 4 |
Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38 |
Mar 5 |
Marie d'Agoult, [pen name Daniel Stern], French author and mother of composer Franz Liszt's children, dies at 70 |
Mar 5 |
Francesco Maria Piave, La traviata |
Mar 18 |
F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65 |
Mar 19 |
Jozef Stefani, composer, dies at 75 |
Apr 2 |
Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78 |
Apr 3 |
Henriette Davidis, writer, dies |
Apr 9 |
Charles Goodyear, American politician (b. 1804) |
Apr 16 |
Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer, dies at 83 |
Apr 19 |
Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65 |
Apr 27 |
George L. Aiken, Uncle Tom's Cabin |
May 7 |
Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69 |
May 7 |
William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (b. 1795) |
May 8 |
Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies |
May 12 |
Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63 |
May 12 |
Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary, brutally killed by the Turks (b. 1843) |
May 19 |
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74 |
May 20 |
Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old |
May 20 |
Khristo Botev, Bulgarian poet, dies |
May 24 |
Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46 |
May 26 |
Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 |
May 27 |
Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies |
Jun 1 |
Christo Botew, writer, dies |
Jun 7 |
George Sand, writer, dies at 71 |
Jun 8 |
George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71 |
Jun 8 |
George Sand, Jutrzenka |
Jun 17 |
Harriet Scott, American ex-slave, who with husband Dred Scott unsuccessfully sued for their freedom |
Jun 18 |
August Rockel, composer, dies at 61 |
Jun 20 |
Antonio L de Santa Ana, pres Mexico, dies at 79 |
Jun 21 |
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79 |
Jun 25 |
Boston Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn |
Jun 25 |
George Armstrong Custer, US General, dies at the Battle of Little Bighorn aged 36 |
Jun 25 |
John Patton, trumpeter, dies at Little Bighorn |
Jun 25 |
Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn |
Jun 25 |
Myles Keogh, US officer, dies at Little Bighorn |
Jun 25 |
Thomas W Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn |
Jun 27 |
Christian G Ehrenberg, German zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 81 |
Jun 28 |
August W Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59 |
Jul 8 |
Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78 |
Jul 11 |
Ottho G Heldring, vicar (H-gestichten), dies at 72 |
Jul 14 |
Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder (b. 1816) |
Jul 15 |
Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 |
Jul 15 |
Aleksander Fredro, The Revenge |
Jul 24 |
Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66 |
Jul 27 |
Walter Channing, American physician who was the first to use anesthesia during childbirth, dies at 90 |
Aug 2 |
Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's |
Aug 19 |
George Smith, English Archaeologist and assyriologist (cuneiform script), dies of fever at 36 |
Aug 29 |
Felicien Alpar David, Un pique-nique chez Osiris |
Sep 3 |
Felix, cricketer (legendary All-England player), dies |
Sep 5 |
Manuel Blanco Encalada, first president of Chile (b. 1790) |
Sep 9 |
American Horse, Sioux chief, dies in battle |
Sep 25 |
A Glabbrenner, writer, dies at 66 |
Sep 25 |
Adolf Glasbrenner, 'Ne scheene jejend is det hier |
Sep 27 |
Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b. 1817) |
Oct 1 |
Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77 |
Oct 1 |
James Lick, California land baron (b. 1796) |
Oct 10 |
Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (b. 1814) |
Oct 18 |
Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 |
Oct 20 |
Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 68 |
Oct 29 |
Jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59 |
Nov 6 |
Giacomo Antonelli, secretary of state of Pius IX, dies at 70 |
Nov 7 |
Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (Michigan), dies at 65 |
Nov 28 |
Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 84 |
Dec 3 |
Hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35 |
Dec 20 |
Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US |
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