Famous Deaths Happened In 1839

Jan 12 Joseph a koch: Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator,  

Jan 19 Georg abraham schneider: Composer,  

Feb 01 Giuseppe valadier: Italian architect/archaeologist,  

Feb 07 Karl august nicander: Swedish poet (b. 1799)  

Feb 15 Chevalier de lorimier: Quebec notary (b. 1803)  

Mar 04 Ignace antoine ladurner: Pianist/composer,  

Mar 13 Robert gallenberg: Composer,  

Mar 29 Bernardus jc dibbets: Dutch baron/gen-major (maastricht),  

Apr 01 Benjamin pierce: American politician (b. 1757)  

Apr 11 John galt: Scottish writer (last of the lairds),  

Apr 20 Giuseppe rossini: Father of italian composer gioacchino rossini,  

Apr 22 Denis davydov: Russian general and poet (b. 1784)  

Apr 23 Jacques félix emmanuel hamelin: French explorer (b. 1768)  

May 03 Ferdinando paer: Composer,  

May 13 Israel ashkenazi of shklov: Found ashkenazic community (1815),  

May 17 Archibald alison: Scottish author (b. 1757)  

May 18 Carolina [maria a] bonaparte (countess lipona):  

Jun 02 Wijnand yy nuijen: Painter/lithographer (wrecked),  

Jun 09 Gerrit j pijman: Dutch minister of war (1798-1800),  

Jun 10 Nathaniel pryor: Sgt of lewis & clark expedition,  

Jun 13 Martin-pierre dalvimare: Composer,  

Jun 15 Hans skramstad: Composer,  

Jun 27 Ranjit singh: Gov of lahore,  

Jun 30 Johan o wallin: Swedish poet/archbishop (dead angel),  

Jul 01 Mahmud ii: Sultan of turkey (1808-39),  

Jul 10 Fernando joseph maria sor: Composer,  

Jul 12 Christian traugott tag: Composer,  

Jul 15 Winthrop mackworth praed: Politician/poet,  

Jul 29 Gaspard de prony: French mathematician (b. 1755)  

Aug 03 Dorothea von schlegel: German novelist (b. 1763)  

Aug 10 John st aubyn: British fossil collector (b. 1758)  

Aug 23 Charles philippe lafont: Composer,  

Aug 28 William smith: English geologist (b. 1769)  

Sep 10 Pieter fontijn: Dutch painter,  

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Jan 04 Carl humann: German engineer  

Jan 09 John knowles paine: Portland maine, composer  

Jan 11 Eugenio maria de hostos: Puerto rico, patriot/scholar  

Jan 14 Emil bohn: Composer  

Jan 19 Bohumil pazdirek: Composer  

Jan 19 Paul cézanne: French painter  

Jan 25 Seldon connor: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1917  

Feb 01 James a herne: [j aherne], us playwright (hearts of oak)