Notable Deaths - 1872
1872 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 7 |
James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834) |
Jan 21 |
Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 |
Jan 21 |
Franz Grillparzer, Klostret i Sendomir |
Feb 21 |
Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 |
Mar 4 |
Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790) |
Mar 10 |
Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 |
Mar 12 |
Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811) |
Mar 30 |
Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76 |
Apr 1 |
Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) |
Apr 1 |
William Frederick Horry, English convicted murderer (b. 1843) |
Apr 2 |
Samuel Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80 |
Apr 9 |
Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794) |
Apr 12 |
Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795) |
Apr 20 |
Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 |
Apr 27 |
Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 |
May 1 |
Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies |
May 15 |
Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87 |
May 17 |
Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63 |
May 19 |
Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 |
May 24 |
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies |
May 31 |
Friedrich Gerstäcker, Die Goldsucher von Arkansas |
Jun 1 |
James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (New York Herald), dies at 76 |
Jun 3 |
Heinrich Esser, composer, dies at 53 |
Jun 4 |
Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies |
Jun 4 |
Stanislaw Moniuszko, composer, dies at 53 |
Jun 4 |
Stanislaw Moniuszko, Halka |
Jun 16 |
Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812) |
Jun 27 |
Michel Carré, The Adventures of Tintin |
Jun 28 |
Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer, dies at 66 |
Jul 18 |
Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 |
Jul 26 |
Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 |
Jul 28 |
Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies |
Aug 2 |
Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 |
Aug 11 |
Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 |
Aug 11 |
Lowell Mason, Titanic |
Aug 19 |
Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 |
Aug 21 |
David Kalisch, Hunderttausend Taler |
Sep 2 |
Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (b. 1783) |
Sep 7 |
Antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21 |
Sep 13 |
Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68 |
Sep 14 |
Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48 |
Sep 18 |
Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies |
Sep 22 |
Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (b. 1801) |
Sep 29 |
Déryné Széppataki Róza, Wildfire |
Oct 2 |
Eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies |
Oct 10 |
William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State (b. 1801) |
Oct 14 |
Albrecht FH, prince of Prussia, dies at 63 |
Oct 21 |
Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78 |
Oct 23 |
Theophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61 |
Oct 23 |
Théophile Gautier, The Voyage of Captain Fracassa |
Nov 7 |
Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (b. 1833) |
Nov 23 |
Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), US poet/Comanche chief, dies |
Nov 28 |
Mary Fairfax Somerville, British scientific writer (b. 1780) |
Nov 29 |
Cornelius Kreighoff, Canadian, dies |
Nov 29 |
Giovanni Tadolini, composer, dies at 83 |
Nov 29 |
Horace Greeley, US founder/publisher (NY Tribune), dies at 61 |
Dec 11 |
Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (b. 1830) |
Dec 12 |
Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72 |
Dec 13 |
Helena Beeloo, a maid, murdered by Henry Jut at the Hague, Netherlands |
Dec 13 |
W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, murdered by Henry Jut at the Hague, Netherlands |
Dec 23 |
George Catlin, A Man Called Horse |
Dec 24 |
William John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820) |
Dec 28 |
James Van Ness, Mayor of San Francisco (1855-1856) (b. 1808) |
Dec 31 |
Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38 |
Dec 31 |
Aleksis Kivi, Kihlaus |
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