Famous Deaths Happened In 1848

Jan 05 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1848.  

Jan 09 On this day in history death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)  

Jan 20 Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died in the year 1848.  

Feb 15 Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771) died in the year 1848.  

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

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

Mar 03 Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 20 On this day in history abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27  

Mar 29 In the year 1848 john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84  

Apr 08 In the year 1848 domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50  

Apr 10 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 in the year 1848.  

Apr 24 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

May 11 On this day in history death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)  

May 18 In the year 1848 william A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF  

May 25 In the year 1848 death of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)  

May 31 Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) died in the year 1848.  

Jun 27 Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 died in the year 1848.  

Jul 04 On this day in history francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies  

Jul 22 In the year 1848 karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60  

Aug 06 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 09 In the year 1848 frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies  

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

Aug 15 In the year 1848 timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88  

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 On this day in history death of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)  

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

Oct 27 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 10 Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786) died in the year 1848.  

Nov 15 On this day in history death of p Rossi, Italian, murdered  

Nov 17 On this day in history jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies  

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Jan 01 John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 04 In the year 1848 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 In the year 1848 birth of princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)  

Jan 18 In the year 1848 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 22 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages) was born in the year 1848.