Notable Deaths - 1868
1868 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 3 |
Moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75 |
Jan 7 |
William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 |
Jan 14 |
Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66 |
Jan 22 |
Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61 |
Jan 28 |
Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 |
Jan 28 |
Adalbert Stifter, Bergkristall |
Feb 11 |
Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies |
Feb 29 |
Ludwig/Louis I, King of Bavaria, dies at 81 |
Mar 2 |
Carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81 |
Mar 4 |
Jesse Chisholm, American pioneer of the Chisholm Trail (b. 1805) |
Mar 28 |
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70 |
Apr 3 |
Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71 |
Apr 7 |
D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation (b. 1825) |
Apr 13 |
Tewodros II / Theodorus II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1818) commits suicide |
Apr 21 |
Henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh |
May 3 |
Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68 |
May 7 |
Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778) |
May 10 |
Henry Bennett, American politician (b. 1808) |
May 17 |
Isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834) |
May 22 |
Julius Plucker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies |
May 23 |
Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809) |
May 26 |
Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution |
May 29 |
Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823) |
Jun 1 |
James Buchanan, 15th US president (1857-61), dies at 77 |
Jun 5 |
Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73 |
Jun 9 |
James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies |
Jun 10 |
Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Sweden, murdered |
Jun 22 |
Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801) |
Jun 25 |
Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (b. 1811) |
Jul 6 |
Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 |
Jul 6 |
Sanosuke Harada, Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840) |
Jul 6 |
Samuel Lover, Breaker Morant |
Jul 10 |
Carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71 |
Jul 15 |
William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies |
Jul 16 |
Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 |
Jul 19 |
Soji Okita, Japanese samurai, 1st Captain of the Shinsengumi (b. 1842 or 1844) |
Jul 20 |
Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75 |
Jul 20 |
Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer, dies at 62 |
Jul 22 |
Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51 |
Jul 24 |
George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies |
Aug 5 |
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788) |
Aug 11 |
Halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52 |
Aug 11 |
Thaddeus Stevens, architect of Radical Reconstruction, dies at 76 |
Aug 25 |
Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60 |
Aug 25 |
Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Iowa), dies at 62 |
Aug 25 |
Jacob van Lennep, Dutch 2nd member of parliament, dies at 66 |
Aug 25 |
Jacob Van Lennep, De zomer van 1823 - In het voetspoor van Jacob van Lennep |
Aug 27 |
Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82 |
Sep 6 |
Pierre Adolphe Rost, Louisiana judge, Confederate commissioner (b. 1797) |
Sep 10 |
Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer, dies at 79 |
Sep 17 |
Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies |
Sep 19 |
William Sprague, American minister and politician from (b. 1809) |
Sep 26 |
August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790) |
Sep 27 |
Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies |
Sep 28 |
Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney/Confederate gen-mjr, shot at 40 |
Oct 1 |
Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63 |
Oct 6 |
Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 |
Oct 17 |
Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775) |
Oct 23 |
Cullen Whipple, American Inventor (pointed screw machine), dies at 67 |
Oct 26 |
B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated |
Nov 13 |
Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini, composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76 |
Nov 13 |
Gioachino Rossini, A Clockwork Orange |
Nov 19 |
Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798) |
Nov 30 |
August Blanche, The Springtime of Life |
Nov 30 |
Germain Delavigne, The Dumb Girl of Portici |
Dec 6 |
August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) |
Dec 13 |
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794) |
Dec 24 |
Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802) |
Dec 25 |
Linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies |
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