References are numbered in [brackets], which are listed here. A number after the dot gives the page in the source.

Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1870 January 3 Constantine D Uschinsky Russian educationalist, dies at age 46. [1] January 7 Karl Schwencke composer, dies at age 72. [1] January 11 Adolf Ganz composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 26 Cesare Pugni composer, dies at age 67. [1] February 11 Jacob M de Kempenaer Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs (1848-49), dies at age 76. [1] Leopold Eugen Mechura composer, dies at age 66. [1] March 1 Francisco S López President of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at age 43. [1] March 9 Theodore Labarre composer, dies at age 65. [1] March 10 Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles composer, dies at age 75. [1] March 18 Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide composer, dies at age 48. [1] April 1 Patrick Gass Sergeant of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies at age 98. [1] April 8 Charles-Auguste de Beriot Belgian violinist/composer, dies at age 68. [1] April 16 Anatoli O Demidov Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies. [1] April 19 Andreas Schelfhout painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at age 83. [1] Camille Marie Stamaty composer, dies at age 59. [1] William Henry Havergal composer, dies at age 77. [1] May 14 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera composer, dies at age 69. [1] May 30 Gustave Vogt composer, dies at age 89. [1] June 9 Charles Dickens author, dies in England. [1] September 27 Henry TP Comstock Canadian silver prospector, dies at age 50. [1] October 12 Robert E Lee, General of the Confederate Army, dies at age 63. [1] [5] December 5 Alexandre Dumas writer (The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo), dies at age 68. [1] December 16 Stanislaw Duniecki composer, dies at age 31. [1] December 17 Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante composer, dies at age 75. [1] December 22 Constantine D Uschinsky Russian educator, dies at age 46. [1] December 28 Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov composer, dies at age 72. [1] Peter van Schendel Dutch painter, dies at age 64. [1] December 30 Prim Spanish general, murdered. [1] 1871 January 10 Pierre A du Terrail French writer, dies at age 41. [1] January 21 John J Rochussen Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies (1845-51), dies at age 73. [1] February 1 Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov composer, dies at age 51. [1] February 24 Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny French painter/etcher, dies at age 73. [1] February 26 Charles Niellon Belgian brigade general, dies at age 76. [1] March 20 Antonio Buzzolla composer, dies at age 56. [1] March 22 Johnny Cuzens cricketer (Australian aboriginal tourist 1868), dies. [1] March 26 François-Joseph Fétis Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at age 87. [1] March 30 W F A A Louisa/Lovisa queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at age 42. [1] April 5 Georg Andreas Henkel composer, dies at age 66. [1] April 7 Alexander grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at one day old. [1] Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff Austrian Admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at age 43. [1] April 8 Charles-Louis Hanssens composer, dies at age 68. [1] April 18 Omar Pasha [Michael Lats] Croatian Governor, dies at age 64. [1] April 21 Elisabeth Grube writer, dies. [1] April 27 Sigismond Fortune François Thalberg composer, dies at age 59. [1] April 29 John Gelinde van Blom Fries notary/author, dies at age 75. [1] May 7 Louis Papineau political reformer, dies. [1] May 11 John Herschel cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at age 79. [1] May 12 Daniel-François-Esprit Auber French opera composer, dies at age 89. [1] John F W Herschel British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies. [1] May 24 Francisco Salvador Daniel composer, dies at age 40. [1] May 26 Aime Maillart composer, dies at age 54. [1] November 22 Oscar J Dunn (Lieutenant Governor-Louisiana), dies suddenly, charges he was poisoned. [1] December 16 Willibald Alexis German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at age 73. [1] December 29 Ferdinand Marcucci composer, dies at age 71. [1] 1872 January 21 Franz Grillparzer Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at age 81. [1] February 21 Pavel P Gagarin Russian monarch/politician, dies at age 82. [1] March 10 Giuseppe Mazzini Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at age 66. [1] March 30 Nicolaos Mantzaros composer, dies at age 76. [1] April 2 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at age 80. [1] April 20 Ljudwit Gaj Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at age 62. [1] April 27 Ion Heliade-Radulescu Romanian politician/author, dies at age 70. [1] May 1 Amalia princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies. [1] May 15 Thomas Hastings composer, dies at age 87. [1] May 17 Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski composer, dies at age 63. [1] May 19 Johan van Dale schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at age 44. [1] May 24 Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld painter, dies. [1] July 18 Benito Juárez Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at age 66. [1] November 29 Cornelius Krieghoff Canadian, dies. [1] December 12 Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Dutch politician, dies at age 72. [1] December 13 Helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut. [1] December 31 Aleksis Kivi [Stenvall] Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at age 38. [1] 1873 January 3 John Lodge Ellerton composer, dies at age 71. [1] January 28 Henry Hugo Pierson composer, dies at age 57. [1] February 1 Matthew Maury hydrographer, dies. [1] February 13 Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies. [1] February 14 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg composer, dies at age 52. [1] March 5 Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor composer, dies at age 34. [1] March 20 Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis composer, dies at age 52. [1] March 30 Benedict Augustin Morel psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at age 63. [1] April 13 Carlo Coccia composer, dies at age 90. [1] April 17 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky composer, dies at age 60. [1] April 18 Justus Freiherr von Liebig German chemist, dies at age 69. [1] April 25 Walter de la Mare English poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at age 43. [1] May 1 David Livingstone British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at age 60. [1] May 8 John Stuart Mill great Empiricist philosopher, dies at age 66. [1] May 13 Kaspar Masek composer, dies at age 79. [1] May 15 Alexander J Cuza monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at age 53. [1] May 22 Alessandro Manzoni writer, dies at age 88. [1] May 26 August Conradi composer, dies at age 51. [1] December 6 Manuel Acuña Mexican poet (Ante un Cadáver), dies at age 24. [1] December 14 J Louis R Agassiz Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies. [1] 1874 January 19 H v Fallersleben writer, dies at age 75. [1] February 8 David F Strauss German theologist, dies at age 66. [1] February 9 Jules Michelet French historian (History of France), dies at age 75. [1] February 17 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet Belgian astronomer/sociologist, dies at age 77. [1] February 24 Anselmo Clave composer, dies at age 49. [1] March 8 Millard Fillmore 13th President (1850-53), dies at age 74. [1] March 11 Charles Sumner a white civil rights leader, dies at age 63. [1] March 20 Hans Christian Lumbye composer, dies at age 63. [1] April 14 Hermanus J Abbring Dutch author/engineer on Curaçao, dies at age 86. [1] April 19 Owen Jones architect, dies. [1] May 1 Vilem Blodek composer, dies at age 39. [1] June 22 Howard Staunton world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies. [1] November 9 Israel Bak created first hebrew printing press, dies. [1] December 16 Abraham Capadose physician/missionary, dies at age 79. [1] December 22 Johann Peter Pixis composer, dies at age 86. [1]