Famous Deaths In 1848

Jan 05 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1848.  

Jan 09 In the year 1848 death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)  

Jan 20 In the year 1848 death of christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)  

Feb 15 Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771) died in the year 1848.  

Feb 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 in the year 1848.  

Feb 23 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 in the year 1848.  

Mar 03 On this day in history heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies  

Mar 20 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

Mar 29 John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Apr 08 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 in the year 1848.  

Apr 10 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 in the year 1848.  

Apr 24 In the year 1848 francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69  

Apr 30 On this day in history friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53  

May 11 In the year 1848 death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)  

May 18 On this day in history william A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF  

May 25 In the year 1848 death of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)  

May 31 In the year 1848 death of eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)  

Jun 27 On this day in history death of denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54  

Jul 04 On this day in history francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies  

Jul 22 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Aug 06 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 in the year 1848.  

Aug 07 Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) died on this day in history.  

Aug 09 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies in the year 1848.  

Aug 12 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 15 In the year 1848 timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88  

Sep 11 On this day in history henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87  

Oct 04 Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Oct 05 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781) died on this day in history.  

Oct 26 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies on this day in history.  

Oct 27 On this day in history alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46  

Nov 09 On this day in history death of robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed  

Nov 10 In the year 1848 death of christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786)  

Nov 15 P Rossi, Italian, murdered died on this day in history.  

Nov 17 On this day in history jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies  

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Jan 01 In the year 1848 birth of john Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)  

Jan 04 In the year 1848 birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)  

Jan 18 Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19 In the year 1848 birth of john F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)  

Jan 21 In the year 1848 birth of henri Duparc, French composer  

Jan 22 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages) was born in the year 1848.