Notable Deaths - 1861
1861 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 2 |
Frederik Willem IV, King of Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 |
Jan 17 |
Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) |
Jan 28 |
Henri Murger, La Vie de Bohème |
Jan 31 |
Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 |
Feb 10 |
Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies |
Feb 12 |
Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 |
Feb 18 |
Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 |
Feb 20 |
Eugène Scribe, A Glass of Water |
Mar 4 |
Ippolito Nievo, La pisana |
Mar 10 |
Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 |
Mar 10 |
Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (b. 1814) |
Mar 10 |
Taras Sevchenko, Nazar Stodolya |
Mar 14 |
Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 |
Mar 17 |
Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56 |
Apr 4 |
John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1785) |
Apr 8 |
Elisha G Otis, US elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50 |
Apr 11 |
Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b. 1824) |
Apr 18 |
Heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67 |
May 3 |
Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80 |
May 9 |
Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805) |
May 12 |
Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50 |
May 24 |
Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23 |
May 24 |
James T Jackson, US landlord (doodde EE Ellsworth), shot dead) |
Jun 1 |
John Q Marr, US Confederate captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse, the first Confederate death of the war |
Jun 3 |
Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates), dies |
Jun 5 |
John Garland, US Union colonel/brig-general, dies in battle |
Jun 5 |
Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer, dies at 55 |
Jun 6 |
Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59 |
Jun 6 |
Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810) |
Jun 13 |
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician and father of modern magic, dies of pneumonia at 65 |
Jun 25 |
Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1823) |
Jun 29 |
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, writer, dies at 55 |
Jun 29 |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Cry of the Children |
Jul 2 |
Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31 |
Jul 7 |
John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies |
Jul 13 |
Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 |
Jul 21 |
Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 |
Jul 22 |
Barnard Elliot Bee, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 37 |
Jul 25 |
Jonas Furrer, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1805) |
Aug 10 |
Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43 |
Aug 12 |
Eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. 1793) |
Aug 17 |
Alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806) |
Aug 22 |
Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831) |
Aug 29 |
Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63 |
Sep 14 |
Fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83 |
Oct 5 |
Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (b. 1778) |
Oct 6 |
Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84 |
Oct 21 |
Edward Dickinson Baker, US attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50 |
Oct 21 |
John Breckinridge Grayson, Confederate brig-general, dies |
Oct 25 |
Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer, dies at 82 |
Nov 11 |
Pedro V van Alcantara, King of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24 |
Nov 28 |
Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54 |
Dec 14 |
Albert, Prince consort of England and husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42 |
Dec 14 |
George HG earl of Aberdeen, Engl Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 76 |
Dec 14 |
Heinrich August Marschner, composer, dies at 66 |
Dec 14 |
Prince Albert, Engines of Change |
Dec 14 |
Heinrich Marschner, The Vampyr: A Soap Opera |
Dec 15 |
Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 |
Dec 16 |
Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 |
Dec 18 |
Ernst Anschütz, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
Dec 26 |
Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52 |
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