Famous Deaths In 1809

Jan 04 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.

Jan 16 John Moore, British general (b. 1761) died on this day in history.

Jan 21 Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (b. 1729) died on this day in history.

Feb 20 Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1809.

Mar 07 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73 in the year 1809.

Mar 23 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1809.

Mar 26 In the year 1809 gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68

Mar 27 Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter/etcher, dies at 92 in the year 1809.

May 08 On this day in history augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78

May 17 Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies in the year 1809.

May 30 On this day in history johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43

May 31 On this day in history ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33

Jun 03 John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.

Jun 04 In the year 1809 nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65

Jun 08 In the year 1809 thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72

Jul 03 On this day in history joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62

Jul 06 On this day in history death of antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)

Jul 24 On this day in history johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74

Aug 12 Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738) died on this day in history.

Aug 18 Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer (b. 1728) died on this day in history.

Aug 30 Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies on this day in history.

Sep 07 In the year 1809 caroline von Schelling, [Michaelis], German author, dies at 46

Sep 21 On this day in history alexander Reinagle, composer, dies at 53

Oct 02 Wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59 on this day in history.

Oct 08 James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721) died in the year 1809.

Oct 11 Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis & Clark Expedition), commits suicide at 35 died in the year 1809.

Oct 30 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1738) died on this day in history.

Nov 09 Paul Sandby, English cartographer (b. 1725) died on this day in history.

Nov 26 In the year 1809 nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer, dies at 56

Dec 16 On this day in history death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)

Dec 31 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of john Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet (Silver Fleet)

Jan 02 Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer was born on this day in history.

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind)

Jan 15 Cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus) was born in the year 1809.

Jan 15 Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician (libertarian socialist) was born on this day in history.

Jan 18 In the year 1809 birth of richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896

Jan 19 Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) was born in the year 1809.

Jan 20 In the year 1809 birth of sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma)