Notable Deaths - 1856
1856 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 5 |
Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 |
Jan 11 |
Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] |
Jan 12 |
Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) |
Jan 16 |
Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) |
Jan 17 |
Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 |
Jan 24 |
Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) |
Feb 8 |
Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773) |
Feb 17 |
Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris |
Feb 17 |
John Braham, singer/composer, dies at 81 |
Feb 17 |
Heinrich Heine, Die Nacht |
Mar 10 |
Jovan Sterija Popovic, Zla zena |
Mar 11 |
James Beatty, Irish railway engineer (b. 1820) |
Mar 28 |
Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76 |
Apr 11 |
Juan Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831) |
May 3 |
Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27 |
May 3 |
Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52 |
May 3 |
Adolphe Adam, C.R.A.Z.Y. |
May 6 |
William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies |
May 12 |
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (b. 1786) |
Jun 11 |
Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76 |
Jun 15 |
David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73 |
Jun 23 |
Ivan Kireevsky, Russian literary critic and philosopher (b. 1806) |
Jul 4 |
Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64 |
Jul 9 |
Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist, dies at 79 |
Jul 9 |
James Strang, Mormon splinter group leader (b. 1813) |
Jul 11 |
Josef Kajetán Tyl, The Strakonice Bagpiper |
Jul 15 |
Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 |
Jul 29 |
Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46 |
Jul 29 |
Karel Havlícek Borovský, King Lavra |
Jul 29 |
Robert Schumann, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Jul 30 |
Georg Weerth, Leben und Thaten des berühmten Ritters Schnapphahnski |
Aug 4 |
Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 |
Aug 5 |
Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 |
Aug 14 |
William Buckland, dean (Westminster)/geologist, dies |
Aug 14 |
Constant Prévost, French geologist (b. 1787) |
Aug 19 |
Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French Chemist, dies at 39 |
Aug 20 |
Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 |
Aug 21 |
Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64 |
Aug 29 |
Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. 1778) |
Aug 30 |
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (b. 1811) |
Sep 24 |
Henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, gov-gen of India, dies |
Oct 10 |
Michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67 |
Oct 19 |
William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (b. 1799) |
Oct 29 |
Carel SW van Hogendorp, colonial director, dies at 68 |
Nov 4 |
Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (b. 1797) |
Nov 17 |
William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 |
Nov 20 |
Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81 |
Dec 20 |
Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820) |
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