WHO ALL DIED IN 1878.
See all who died in 1878.

U.S. senator from Illinois known as the "father of the Illinois Central Railroad" Sidney Breese died 27. June 1878. (born 1800)

Italian poet Aleardo Aleardi died 17. July 1878. (born 1812)

Russian mathematician Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev died 19. July 1878. (born 1847)

American criminal Sam Bass died 21. July 1878. (born 1851)

Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician Carl von Rokitansky died 23. July 1878. (born 1804)

American publisher and politician George Law Curry died 28. July 1878. (born 1820)

French lawyer and adventurer Orélie-Antoine de Tounens died 17. September 1878. (born 1825)

Burmese king Mindon Min died 1. October 1878. (born 1808)

American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Orson Hyde died 28. November 1878. (born 1805)

Greek painter Theodoros Vryzakis died 6. December 1878. (born 1814)

English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder Alfred Bird died 15. December 1878. (born 1811)

American author and poet Bayard Taylor died 19. December 1878. (born 1825)