Celebrity Deaths in 1878
25 notable figures died in 1878. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
1820 – 1878 · Royalty Jan 9 -
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George Cruikshank
1791 – 1878 · Artists and Architects Feb 2 -
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George Cruikshank
1791 – 1878 · Artists and Architects Feb 2 -
Gottlieb Heileman
1824 – 1878 Feb 2 -
Claude Bernard
1813 – 1878 · Authors and Writers, Educators, Scientists and Inventors Feb 10 -
Joseph Bonomi
1796 – 1878 · Artists and Architects Mar 3 -
Mark Hopkins
1813 – 1878 Mar 3 -
William Banting
1797 – 1878 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Mar 3 -
Asa Biggs
1811 – 1878 · Politicians Mar 6 -
Richard M. Brewer
1850 – 1878 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Apr 4 -
Ed Masterson
1852 – 1878 · Victims of crime and disaster Apr 9 -
William Shoney O’Brien
1825 – 1878 · Business Magnates May 5 -
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Orrin Porter Rockwell
1813 – 1878 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jun 6 -
William Cullen Bryant
1794 – 1878 · Authors and Writers, Poet Jun 6 -
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Ahijah W. “Caige” Grimes
1850 – 1878 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jul 7 -
Sam Bass
1851 – 1878 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jul 7 -
Seaborn Barnes
1854 – 1878 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jul 7 -
Carl von Rokitansky
1804 – 1878 · Scientists and Inventors Jul 23 -
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Anton Dominik Fernkorn
1813 – 1878 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
Djura Jaksic
1832 – 1878 · Business Magnates Nov 11 -
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Robert Havell
1793 – 1878 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
Abelard Reynolds
1785 – 1878 · Business Magnates Dec 12 -
Frederick Argyle Aiken
1832 – 1878 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Dec 12 -
Frederick Aiken
1832 – 1878 · Medal of Honor Recipients Dec 23 -
Yousai Kikuchi
1788 – 1878 · Business Magnates