Editing 1879 (section)

=== January&ndash;June ===
[[File:Heinrich Geissler.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Heinrich Geissler]]]]
[[File:Bernadette Soubirous.jpg|thumb|110px|right|Saint [[Bernadette Soubirous]]]]
[[File:Sarah Hale portrait.jpg|thumbnail|110px|[[Sarah Josepha Hale|Sarah Hale]]]]
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* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara|Baldomero Espartero]], Spanish general, regent and Prime Minister (b. [[1793]])
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Geißler]], German physicist (b. [[1814]])
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[John Cadwalader (jurist)|John Cadwalader]], American jurist and politician (b. [[1805]])
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Hugh M'Neile]], Irish-born English Anglican priest. (b. [[1795]])
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Honoré Daumier]], French caricaturist and painter (b. [[1808]])<ref>Rey, Robert (1965). ''Daumier'', The Library of Great Painters. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers. New York.</ref>
* [[February 21]] &ndash; [[Sher Ali Khan]], ruler of Afghanistan (b. [[1825]])
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Albrecht Graf von Roon]], Prime Minister of Prussia (b. [[1803]])
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Hortense Allart]], French writer (b. [[1801]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hansen|first1=Helynne Hollstein|title=Hortense Allart: the woman and the novelist|date=1998|publisher=[[University Press of America]]|location=Lanham, Md |isbn=076181213X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VU6CwwGMHaIC&pg=PR11|page=11}}</ref>
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Joachim Heer]], Swiss politician (b. [[1825]])
* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[John Eberhard Faber]], German-born American pencil manufacturer (b. [[1822]])
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[William Kingdon Clifford]], English mathematician and philosopher (b. [[1845]])
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis]], German prince (b. [[1843]])
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[John George Woodford|Sir John Woodford]], British army general and archaeologist (b. [[1785]])
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Juan Antonio Pezet]], Peruvian general and politician, [[President of Peru]] (b. [[1809]])
* [[March 27]]
** [[Hércules Florence]], Brazilian photographer (b. [[1804]])
** [[Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879)|Prince Waldemar of Prussia]] (b. [[1868]])
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Chō Kōran]], Japanese poet, painter (b. [[1804]])
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Thomas Couture]], French painter and teacher (b. [[1815]])
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Richard Taylor (Confederate general)|Richard Taylor]], American Confederate general (b. [[1826]])
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Bernadette Soubirous]], French [[Roman Catholic]] saint (b. [[1844]])
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Clara Rousby]], English actress (b. [[1848]])
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Elisabetta Fiorini Mazzanti]], Italian botanist (b. [[1799]]) 
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Sarah Josepha Hale]], American author (b. [[1788]])<ref>Ehrlich, Eugene and Gorton Carruth. ''The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to the United States''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982: 205. {{ISBN|0-19-503186-5}}</ref>
* [[May 5]] &ndash; [[Félix Douay]], French general (b. [[1816]])
* [[May 14]]
** [[Epameinondas Deligeorgis]], Greek politician, 20th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. [[1829]])
** [[Henry Sewell]], New Zealand politician, 1st [[Premier of New Zealand]] (b. [[1807]])
* [[May 15]]
** [[Gottfried Semper]], German architect (b. [[1803]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Douer | first = Alisa | title = Wien, Heldenplatz : Mythen und Massen 1848-1998 | publisher = Mandelbaum | location = Wien | year = 1998 | isbn = 9783854760160 | page=25}}</ref>
** [[George Fife Angas]], English coachbuilder, businessman and politician, founder of [[South Australia]] (b. [[1789]])<ref>{{cite journal | last=Coventry | first=C.J. | title=Links in the Chain: British slavery, Victoria and South Australia | journal=Before/Now | volume=1 | issue=1 | date=22 March 2019 | pages=27–46 | url=https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:23671/ | access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref>
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Arturo Prat]], Chilean lawyer and navy officer (b. [[1848]])
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[William Lloyd Garrison]], American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer (b. [[1805]])
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Napoléon, Prince Imperial]], son of French Emperor [[Napoleon III]] (b. [[1856]])<ref name="Dodd, Mead & Co"/>
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Frances Ridley Havergal]], English religious poet (b. [[1836]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Humphreys | first = Maggie | title = Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland | publisher = Mansell | location = London Herndon, VA | year = 1997 | isbn = 9780720123302 | page=152}}</ref>
* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[William Tilbury Fox]], English dermatologist (b. [[1836]])<ref>{{Cite journal  | title = Obituary&nbsp;— Tilbury Fox, M.D  | journal = [[BMJ]]  | publisher = [[BMJ Group]]  | volume = 1  | issue = 963  | pages = 915–916  | date = 14 June 1879 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.1.963.915-b | s2cid = 220233024 }}</ref>
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[William, Prince of Orange]], heir to Dutch throne (b. [[1840]])