Editing 1870 (section)

=== July&ndash;December ===
[[File:Portrett av forfatter Aasmund Olavsson Vinje.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Aasmund Olavsson Vinje]]]]
[[File:Nadar - Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870) - Google Art Project 2.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Alexandre Dumas, père]]]]
* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[Pelaghia Roșu]], Romanian heroine (b. [[1800]]) 
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Josef Strauss]], Austrian composer (b. [[1827]])
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Abel Douay]], French general (killed in action) (b. [[1809]])
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[David Farragut]], American admiral (b. [[1801]])
* [[August 17]] &ndash; [[Perucho Figueredo|Pedro Figueredo]], Cuban poet, musician and freedom fighter (b. [[1818]])
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[Juan Javier Espinosa]], 9th President of Ecuador (b. [[1815]])
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[Prosper Mérimée]], French writer (b. [[1803]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Prosper-Merimee |title=Prosper Mérimée|date=September 24, 2024 }}</ref>
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[William F. Packer]], American politician (b. [[1807]])
* [[October 12]] 
**[[Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch]], American minister, hymn writer (b. [[1809]])
**[[Robert E. Lee]], Confederate general (b. [[1807]])
* [[November 3]] &ndash; [[Diego Noboa]], 4th President of Ecuador (b. [[1789]])
* [[November 23]] &ndash; [[Giuseppina Bozzacchi]], Milanese-born ballerina (b. [[1853]]) (result of deprivation during [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Siege of Paris]])
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Comte de Lautréamont]], French poet, writer (b. [[1846]])
* [[November 26]] &ndash; [[Franz Graf von Wimpffen]], Austrian general and admiral (b. [[1797]])
* [[November 28]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Bazille]], French painter (b. [[1841]])
* [[December 5]]
** [[David G. Burnet]], early politician within the [[Republic of Texas]] (b. [[1788]])
** [[Alexandre Dumas]], père, French author (b. [[1802]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Douglas Munro|title=Alexandre Dumas Père: A Bibliography of Works Translated Into English to 1910|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W2JHAQAAIAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Garland Pub.|isbn=978-0-8240-9836-0|page=242}}</ref>
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[Patrick MacDowell]], Northern Irish sculptor (b. [[1799]])
* [[December 27]] &ndash; [[Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos|Juan Prim]], Spanish general and prime minister (assassinated) (b. [[1814]])