Notable Deaths - 1879
1879 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 9 |
Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 |
Jan 13 |
WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 |
Jan 16 |
Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) |
Jan 22 |
Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in Battle of Isandlwana |
Jan 22 |
George Shepstone, British political affiliate, dies in battle |
Jan 23 |
Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 |
Jan 29 |
Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 |
Feb 10 |
Honoré Daumier, De vlieg |
Feb 11 |
Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies |
Feb 11 |
Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author/novelist/writer, dies at 67 |
Feb 21 |
Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 |
Feb 23 |
Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803) |
Mar 1 |
Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1825) |
Mar 13 |
Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60 |
Mar 24 |
Hans Ernst Krøyer, Kristeligt Folkepartis landsmøde |
Mar 30 |
David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74 |
Mar 30 |
Thomas Couture, French painter/author, dies at 63 |
Mar 30 |
Teodoro Cottrau, Nobel's Last Will |
Apr 4 |
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (b. 1803) |
Apr 9 |
Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer, dies at 70 |
Apr 16 |
Bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France |
Apr 18 |
Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies |
May 4 |
William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 |
May 7 |
Charles de Coster, Legenda o Tile |
May 15 |
Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803) |
May 17 |
Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805) |
May 21 |
Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848) |
May 24 |
William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 |
Jun 2 |
E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 |
Jun 11 |
Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39 |
Jul 6 |
Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65 |
Jul 16 |
Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (b. 1800) |
Jul 17 |
Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856) |
Aug 3 |
Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793) |
Aug 4 |
Charles Fechter, Monte Cristo |
Aug 8 |
Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797) |
Aug 22 |
Friedrich August Kummer, composer, dies at 82 |
Aug 27 |
Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84 |
Aug 30 |
John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48 |
Aug 31 |
William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies |
Sep 8 |
Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58 |
Sep 12 |
Peter Arnold Heise, composer, dies at 49 |
Sep 14 |
Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist (b. 1808) |
Sep 17 |
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (b. 1814) |
Sep 28 |
Nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered |
Oct 8 |
Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (b. 1834) |
Oct 14 |
F Kornberger, writer, dies at 58 |
Oct 28 |
Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French writer (b. 1799) |
Oct 31 |
Big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies |
Oct 31 |
Jacob Abbott, American author (b. 1803) |
Oct 31 |
Joseph Hooker, American General (b. 1814) |
Oct 31 |
J.B. Buckstone, Married Life |
Nov 5 |
James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48 |
Nov 30 |
August Bournonville, I Am a Dancer |
Dec 6 |
Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) |
Dec 26 |
Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies |
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