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1878 deaths
- Victor Emmanuel IIVictor Emmanuel was born in Palazzo Carignano, Turin on the 14th of March 1820. He entered the world as the eldest son of Carlo Alberto Prince of Carignano…
- John Russell, 1st Earl RussellJohn Russell entered the world on the 18th of August 1792 as the third son of John Russell, who would become the sixth Duke of Bedford.
- George CruikshankGeorge Cruikshank was born on the 27th of September 1792 in London. His father, Isaac Cruikshank, was an Edinburgh-born caricaturist who led the field during…
- Nikolay NekrasovIn January 1823 Alexey Nekrasov retired from the army and moved his family to an estate in Greshnevo, Yaroslavl province.