WHO ALL DIED IN 1879.
See all who died in 1879.

Canadian poet Octave Crémazie died 16. January 1879. (born 1827)

Irish colonel Anthony Durnford died 22. January 1879. (born 1830)

English colonel Henry Pulleine died 22. January 1879. (born 1838)

Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister-President of Prussia Albrecht von Roon died 23. February 1879. (born 1803)

Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna Shiranui Kōemon died 24. February 1879. (born 1825)

Swiss politician Joachim Heer died 1. March 1879. (born 1825)

German chess player Adolf Anderssen died 13. March 1879. (born 1818)

French painter and educator Thomas Couture died 30. March 1879. (born 1815)

German physicist Heinrich Wilhelm Dove died 4. April 1879. (born 1803)

French nun and saint Bernadette Soubirous died 16. April 1879. (born 1844)

American wife of Joseph Smith Emma Smith died 30. April 1879. (born 1804)

German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House Gottfried Semper died 15. May 1879. (born 1803)

American businessman, founded Lehigh University Asa Packer died 17. May 1879. (born 1805)

Chilean lawyer and commander Arturo Prat died 21. May 1879. (born 1848)

American journalist William Lloyd Garrison died 24. May 1879. (born 1805)

Prince Imperial French son of Napoleon III Napoléon died 1. June 1879. (born 1856)

English dermatologist William Tilbury Fox died 7. June 1879. (born 1836)

Prince of Orange William died 11. June 1879. (born 1840)

Australian politician Edward Deas Thomson died 16. July 1879. (born 1800)