Famous Deaths In 1839

Jan 12 On this day in history joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70  

Jan 19 Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 07 On this day in history death of karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)  

Feb 15 In the year 1839 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 Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1839.  

Mar 29 On this day in history bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56  

Apr 01 Benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757) died in the year 1839.  

Apr 11 John Galt, Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at 59 in the year 1839.  

Apr 20 In the year 1839 giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies  

Apr 22 Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784) died in the year 1839.  

Apr 23 On this day in history death of jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)  

May 03 Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1839.  

May 13 Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies in the year 1839.  

May 17 In the year 1839 death of archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757)  

May 18 On this day in history carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57  

Jun 02 Wijnand YY Nuijen, painter/lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26 in the year 1839.  

Jun 09 Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89 in the year 1839.  

Jun 10 Nathaniel Pryor, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 13 In the year 1839 martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer, dies at 66  

Jun 15 In the year 1839 hans Skramstad, composer, dies at 41  

Jun 27 In the year 1839 ranjit Singh, gov of Lahore, dies  

Jun 30 In the year 1839 johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/archbishop (Dead Angel), dies  

Jul 01 In the year 1839 mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53  

Jul 10 On this day in history fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61  

Jul 12 In the year 1839 christian Traugott Tag, composer, dies at 62  

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

Jul 29 Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755) died in the year 1839.  

Aug 03 In the year 1839 death of dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763)  

Aug 10 John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758) died in the year 1839.  

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

Aug 28 William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769) died on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1839 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 On this day in history birth of emil Bohn, composer  

Jan 19 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19 Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) was born in the year 1839.  

Jan 25 On this day in history birth of seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917  

Feb 01 In the year 1839 birth of james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)