Famous Deaths Happened In 1848

Jan 05 On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 09 In the year 1848 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 in the year 1848.  

Feb 23 On this day in history john Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80  

Mar 03 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Apr 30 In the year 1848 friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53  

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 on this day in history.  

May 25 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) died on this day in history.  

May 31 On this day in history death of eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)  

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 Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) died in the year 1848.  

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

Aug 12 On this day in history george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies  

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

Sep 11 Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Oct 04 Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1848.  

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 in the year 1848.  

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

Nov 09 In the year 1848 death of robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1848 birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)  

Jan 05 In the year 1848 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 Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 21 In the year 1848 birth of henri Duparc, French composer  

Jan 22 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages) was born on this day in history.