Famous Deaths In 1844

Jan 15 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1844.  

Jan 31 Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) died on this day in history.  

Feb 04 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 On this day in history henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86  

Feb 16 In the year 1844 death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)  

Feb 27 On this day in history nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85  

Feb 28 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton on this day in history.  

Feb 29 Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1844.  

Mar 08 On this day in history death of charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)  

Mar 21 Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65 in the year 1844.  

Apr 04 Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 in the year 1844.  

Apr 08 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Apr 22 On this day in history henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76  

May 08 Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies on this day in history.  

May 18 In the year 1844 death of richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780)  

May 21 Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1844.  

May 24 William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 03 On this day in history louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies  

Jun 15 On this day in history thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66  

Jun 19 On this day in history death of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (b. 1772)  

Jun 27 On this day in history death of hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), shot by mob in Carthage Ill  

Jul 11 Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800) died in the year 1844.  

Jul 12 Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jul 13 Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1844.  

Jul 15 In the year 1844 death of claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b. 1772)  

Jul 19 In the year 1844 heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77  

Jul 23 Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office on this day in history.  

Jul 27 John Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jul 28 Joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. 1768) died in the year 1844.  

Jul 29 In the year 1844 franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer, dies at 53  

Aug 04 On this day in history death of jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)  

Aug 11 In the year 1844 jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63  

Aug 14 In the year 1844 henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies  

Aug 29 Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762) died in the year 1844.  

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Jan 04 On this day in history birth of thomas H Rollinson, composer  

Jan 07 On this day in history birth of marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary  

Jan 14 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 16 Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20 In the year 1844 birth of johan Peter Selmer, composer  

Jan 25 Frederick E Kitziger, composer was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 30 On this day in history birth of moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17)  

Feb 01 In the year 1844 birth of eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)