- March 27
- Edgar Quinet, French writer/historian (Ahasvérus), dies at age 72. [1]
- April 11
- Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer of 11-year sunspot cycle, dies. [1]
- May 5
- Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch Member of Parliament (1848-75), dies at age 71. [1]
- May 20
- Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at age 58. [1]
- July 31
- Death of Andrew Johnson in Carter County, Tennessee, USA; American politician (Representative, Tennessee, 1843-53), governor of Tennessee (1853-57), US Senator (Tennessee, 1857-62, 1875), military governor of Tennessee (1862-64), 17th US President (1865-69). [1] [603.66]
- December 10
- Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about age 84. [1]
- December 20
- Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at age 75. [1]
1876
- January 15
- Death of Elizabeth McDardle in Greeneville, Tennessee, USA; spouse of US President Andrew Johnson. [603.68]
- January 19
- Death of Philos Tyler at age 60 of typhus fever in New York City, New York, USA; engineer (Pontchartrain Railroad), coiner (New Oleans Mint (1839-1847)), superintendent (American Machine Works), mayor (Springfield (1854)). [1652.56]
- February 3
- Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at age 83. [1]
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- May 7
- Franz, count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at age 69. [1]
- May 8
- Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies. [1]
- May 12
- Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at age 63. [1]
- May 20
- Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at age 8 days old. [1]
- Bulgarian revolutionary poet Hristo Botev is killed by Turkish troops near Mount Veslez, Bulgaria. [1] [651.22]
- June 21
- Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at age 82. [1]
- August 2
- In Deadwood, South Dakota, James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, playing poker in Carl Mann's saloon, is shot dead (from behind) by Jack "Crooked Nose" McCall, for no apparent reason. Hickok reportedly held a pair of Aces and a pair of eights, which becomes known as the Dead Man's Hand. [1] [187.264] [565.79] [819.341]
- October 18
- Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at age 85. [1]
- December 20
- Hannah Omish, at age 12, is youngest ever hanged in US. [1]
- December 28
- Frederik Paludan-Müller, Danish poet (Abels död), dies at age 67. [1]
1877
- January 4
- Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at age 82. [1]
- January 12
- Death of Wilhelm Hofmeister in Lindenau, Germany; botanist, pioneer in comparative plant morphology, professor at the University of Tübingen. [37]
- March 1
- Death by hanging of convicted murderer Jack "Broken Nose" McCall for the murder of Will Bill Hickok. [819.342]
- March 4
- Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch Governor (Saint Maarten), dies at age 42. [1]
- March 9
- Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Netherlands Spectator), dies at age 58. [1]
- March 31
- Antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at age 75. [1]
- May 29
- John Lothrop Motley, historian (History of United Netherlands), dies at age 63. [1]
- August 29
- Brigham Young, second president of Mormon Church, dies. [1]
- September 23
- Urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies. [1]
- December 12
- José M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at age 48. [1]
- December 27
- Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at age 56. [1]
- December 29
- Willem Sassen, Dutch Attorney General on Curaçao (Affair-S), dies. [1]
- December 31
- JD Gustave Courbet, French painter (Baigneuses), dies at age 58. [1]
1878
- January 9
- Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at age 57. [1]
- February 1
- George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at age 85. [1]
- February 7
- Pius IX "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at age 85. [1]
- February 8
- Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at age 83. [1]
- February 18
- Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at age 76. [1]
- March 21
- Death of James Ross Snowden in Hulmesvill, Pennsylvania, USA; US Mint Treasurer (1848-1850), US Mint Director (1853-1861). [1105.170]
- April 12
- William M "Boss" Tweed, New York politician, dies. [1]
- December 10
- Death of Henry Wells; co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company. [574.62]
1879
- January 9
- Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at age 86. [1]
- January 13
- WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Netherlands/viceroy of Luxembourg, dies at age 58. [1]
- January 22
- Anthony Durnford, British Colonel, dies in battle. [1]
- George Shepstone, British political affiliate, dies in battle. [1]
- January 27
- Death of Dr. Henry Richard Linderman, US Mint director. [452.68] [923.40]
- January 29
- Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at age 80. [1]
- February 21
- Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at age 69. [1]
- February 25
- Death by hanging of longtime thief/burglar/murderer Charles Frederick Peace in Armley Prison in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. [856.26]
- March 13
- Adolf Anderssen, German world champion chess (1851-66), dies at age 60. [1]
- March 30
- David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at age 74. [1]
- April 16
- Bernadette Soubirous, saint/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers, France. [1] [5]
- April 18
- Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies. [1]
- May 4
- William Froude, British civil engineer/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at age 68. [1]
- May 24
- William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at age 73. [1]
- August 27
- Sir Rowland Hill, introducer of postage stamps, dies at age 84. [1]
- August 30
- John B Hood, Confederate States of America general (lost Atlanta, Georgia), dies at age 48. [1]
- August 31
- Death of William Barber, 6th US Mint Chief Engraver (1844-79). [1] [432.60] [497.56] [914.52]
- December 23
- Death of James Dundas by mine explosion at Sherpur near Kabul, Afghanistan; captain of Royal Engineers, recipient of Victoria Cross. [1458.10]
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