Famous Deaths Happened In 1844

Jan 15 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jan 31 On this day in history death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)  

Feb 04 On this day in history willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49  

Feb 15 In the year 1844 henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86  

Feb 16 On this day in history death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)  

Feb 27 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 28 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton in the year 1844.  

Feb 29 Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 08 Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763) died on this day in history.  

Mar 21 Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Apr 04 Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 in the year 1844.  

Apr 08 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1844.  

Apr 22 Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1844.  

May 08 In the year 1844 charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies  

May 18 In the year 1844 death of richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780)  

May 21 On this day in history guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68  

May 24 On this day in history william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies  

Jun 03 Louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 15 On this day in history thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66  

Jun 19 In the year 1844 death of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (b. 1772)  

Jun 27 Hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), shot by mob in Carthage Ill died in the year 1844.  

Jul 11 Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800) died on this day in history.  

Jul 12 Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jul 13 Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1844.  

Jul 15 Claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b. 1772) died on this day in history.  

Jul 19 Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jul 23 In the year 1844 christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office  

Jul 27 John Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jul 28 On this day in history death of joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. 1768)  

Jul 29 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Aug 04 In the year 1844 death of jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)  

Aug 11 Jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63 in the year 1844.  

Aug 14 In the year 1844 henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies  

Aug 29 On this day in history death of edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | Next Page »

Jan 04 Thomas H Rollinson, composer was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 07 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14 On this day in history birth of clara Kathleen Rogers, composer  

Jan 16 On this day in history birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)  

Jan 20 In the year 1844 birth of johan Peter Selmer, composer  

Jan 25 In the year 1844 birth of frederick E Kitziger, composer  

Jan 30 In the year 1844 birth of moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17)  

Feb 01 In the year 1844 birth of eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)