Jun 6 Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (Stirling cycle engine) (b. 1790) Jun 12 Hendrik Jut, Dutch murderer (Head of Jut), dies at 26 Jun 12 William Cullen Bryant, American poet (Thanatopsis), dies at 83 Jun 16 Crawford Williamson Long, American surgeon and pioneer (use of ether as an anesthetic in surgery), dies at 62 Jun 23 George Back, English sea officer and explorer (Back River), dies at 81 Jun 26 Mercedes of Orléans, Queen of Spain, dies at 18 May 1878 Deaths in History by Year Jul 1878 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists
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