Famous Deaths Happened In 1839

Jan 12 In the year 1839 joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70  

Jan 19 Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38 in the year 1839.  

Feb 01 Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Feb 07 In the year 1839 death of karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)  

Feb 15 On this day in history death of chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)  

Mar 04 Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Mar 13 In the year 1839 robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55  

Mar 29 In the year 1839 bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56  

Apr 01 Benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757) died on this day in history.  

Apr 11 On this day in history john Galt, Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at 59  

Apr 20 Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 22 Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784) died on this day in history.  

Apr 23 Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768) died in the year 1839.  

May 03 On this day in history ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67  

May 13 Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies on this day in history.  

May 17 Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757) died on this day in history.  

May 18 In the year 1839 carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57  

Jun 02 On this day in history wijnand YY Nuijen, painter/lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26  

Jun 09 On this day in history gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89  

Jun 10 Nathaniel Pryor, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies in the year 1839.  

Jun 13 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1839.  

Jun 15 On this day in history hans Skramstad, composer, dies at 41  

Jun 27 Ranjit Singh, gov of Lahore, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 30 Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/archbishop (Dead Angel), dies in the year 1839.  

Jul 01 Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Jul 10 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Jul 12 Christian Traugott Tag, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1839.  

Jul 15 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 29 On this day in history death of gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755)  

Aug 03 Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763) died on this day in history.  

Aug 10 In the year 1839 death of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758)  

Aug 23 Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1839.  

Aug 28 William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769) died in the year 1839.  

Sep 10 On this day in history pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter, dies at 66  

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Jan 04 On this day in history birth of carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896)  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of john Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer  

Jan 11 Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar was born in the year 1839.  

Jan 14 Emil Bohn, composer was born in the year 1839.  

Jan 19 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born in the year 1839.  

Jan 19 Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 25 In the year 1839 birth of seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917  

Feb 01 On this day in history birth of james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)