Famous Deaths In 1848

Jan 05 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 09 In the year 1848 death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)  

Jan 20 Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died on this day in history.  

Feb 15 In the year 1848 death of hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)  

Feb 20 On this day in history [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29  

Feb 23 In the year 1848 john Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80  

Mar 03 In the year 1848 heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies  

Mar 20 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 in the year 1848.  

Mar 29 John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 in the year 1848.  

Apr 08 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Apr 10 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Apr 24 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 in the year 1848.  

Apr 30 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 in the year 1848.  

May 11 Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) died on this day in history.  

May 18 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF in the year 1848.  

May 25 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) died in the year 1848.  

May 31 Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) died on this day in history.  

Jun 27 On this day in history death of denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54  

Jul 04 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 22 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1848.  

Aug 06 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 in the year 1848.  

Aug 07 In the year 1848 death of jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)  

Aug 09 On this day in history frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies  

Aug 12 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies in the year 1848.  

Aug 15 Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 in the year 1848.  

Sep 11 Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1848.  

Oct 04 Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Oct 05 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781) died on this day in history.  

Oct 26 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies on this day in history.  

Oct 27 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 in the year 1848.  

Nov 09 Robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed died on this day in history.  

Nov 10 On this day in history death of christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786)  

Nov 15 P Rossi, Italian, murdered died in the year 1848.  

Nov 17 In the year 1848 jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies  

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Jan 01 John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet  

Jan 09 Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)  

Jan 19 In the year 1848 birth of john F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)  

Jan 21 Henri Duparc, French composer was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages)