Notable Deaths - 1848
1848 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 5 |
Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 |
Jan 9 |
Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750) |
Jan 20 |
Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) |
Feb 15 |
Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771) |
Feb 20 |
[Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 |
Feb 23 |
John Quincy Adams, 6th US President (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 |
Mar 3 |
Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies |
Mar 20 |
Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 |
Mar 26 |
Steen Steensen Blicher, Elise |
Mar 29 |
John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 |
Apr 4 |
Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer of northern and central Australia, dies on an expedition at 34 |
Apr 8 |
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 |
Apr 8 |
Gaetano Donizetti, The Departed |
Apr 10 |
Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 |
Apr 24 |
Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 |
Apr 30 |
Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 |
May 11 |
Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) |
May 18 |
William A Leidesdorf, mixed-race early Californian, dies at 38 in SF |
May 24 |
Annette von Droste-Huelshoff, Die Judenbuche |
May 25 |
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) |
May 31 |
Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) |
Jun 27 |
Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 |
Jun 27 |
Zschokke, writer, dies |
Jul 4 |
Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies |
Jul 4 |
François-René de Chateaubriand, La mer |
Jul 22 |
Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 |
Aug 6 |
Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 |
Aug 7 |
Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) |
Aug 9 |
Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies |
Aug 9 |
Frederick Marryat, Children of the New Forest |
Aug 12 |
George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies |
Aug 14 |
Sarah F. Adams, Titanic |
Aug 15 |
Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 |
Sep 11 |
Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87 |
Oct 4 |
Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 |
Oct 5 |
Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781) |
Oct 26 |
Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies |
Oct 27 |
Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 |
Nov 10 |
Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786) |
Nov 15 |
P Rossi, Italian, murdered |
Nov 17 |
Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies |
Nov 23 |
Alfred Julius Becher, composer, dies at 45 |
Nov 24 |
William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834..41), dies at 69 |
Dec 4 |
Joseph Mohr, L.A. Confidential |
Dec 7 |
Martins Pena, O Grande Desbum... |
Dec 18 |
Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781) |
Dec 19 |
Emily Jane Bronte, English novelist, dies at 30 |
Dec 19 |
Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77 |
Dec 19 |
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights |
Dec 25 |
Johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60 |
Dec 31 |
Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 |
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