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 in the year 1809.

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

Feb 20 Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.

Mar 07 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

Mar 23 In the year 1809 ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60

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 In the year 1809 augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78

May 17 On this day in history leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies

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

May 31 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 on this day in history.

Jun 03 In the year 1809 john "Christmas" Beckwith, composer, dies at 58

Jun 04 Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65 on this day in history.

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

Jul 03 Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.

Jul 06 Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775) died on this day in history.

Jul 24 In the year 1809 johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74

Aug 12 In the year 1809 death of mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738)

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

Aug 30 On this day in history ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies

Sep 07 Caroline von Schelling, [Michaelis], German author, dies at 46 on this day in history.

Sep 21 Alexander Reinagle, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.

Oct 02 Wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59 in the year 1809.

Oct 08 James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721) died on this day in history.

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

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

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

Nov 26 Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.

Dec 16 In the year 1809 death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)

Dec 31 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1809.

Jan 01 In the year 1809 birth of john Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet (Silver Fleet)

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer

Jan 04 Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind) was born on this day in history.

Jan 15 On this day in history birth of cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus)

Jan 15 In the year 1809 birth of pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician (libertarian socialist)

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896

Jan 19 On this day in history birth of edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)

Jan 20 Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma) was born in the year 1809.