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In the year 1879
5 Notable deaths
Maurycy Gottlieb
Polish painter and student of jan matejko (1856-1879).
Born February 21st, 1856 in Drohobych. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1879 at 23 years old in Kraków (pharyngitis). [ref]
Napoléon, Prince Imperial
French prince (1856-1879).
Born March 16th, 1856 in Paris. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1879 at 23 years old in Zulu Kingdom (killed in action). [ref]
Grand Duke Vyacheslav Constantinovich of Russia
Russian grand duke.
Born July 13th, 1862 in Warsaw.
Died February 27th, 1879 at 16 years old in Saint Petersburg (meningitis).
Princess Maria Cristina of Orléans
Spanish infanta.
Born October 29th, 1852 in Seville. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1879 at 26 years old in Seville (tuberculosis).
Miķelis Krogzemis
Latvian poet (1850-1879).
Born September 18th, 1850 in Aloja Municipality.
Died February 6th, 1879 at 28 years old in Saint Petersburg (typhus).
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche