Famous Deaths Happened In 1844

Jan 15 Joseph mazzinghi: Composer,  

Jan 31 Henri gratien: Comte bertrand, french general (b. 1773)  

Feb 04 Willem de clerq: Dutch merchant/literary,  

Feb 15 Henry addington lord sidmouth: Brit premier (1801-04),  

Feb 16 Joseph crosfield: English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)  

Feb 27 Nicholas biddle: Us lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier,  

Feb 28 Abel p upshur: Secretary of state,  

Feb 29 Thaddaus weigl: Composer,  

Mar 08 Charles xiv john of sweden: Charles xiv john of sweden (b. 1763)  

Mar 21 Leopold f j j j van sassen ysselt: Dutch politician,  

Apr 04 Charles bulfinch: 1st us pro architect (mass state house),  

Apr 08 Ignaz franz von mosel: Composer,  

Apr 22 Henri-montan berton: Composer,  

May 08 Charles xiv johan: [jean b bernadotte], king of sweden/norway,  

May 18 Richard mccarty: American politician (b. 1780)  

May 21 Guiseppi baini: Composer,  

May 24 William crockford: Clubman/gambler,  

Jun 03 Louis-antoine: The bourbon, french duke of angouleme,  

Jun 15 Thomas campbell: Poet (ye mariners of england),  

Jun 19 Étienne geoffroy saint-hilaire: French naturalist (b. 1772)  

Jun 27 Hyrum smith: Founder/leader (mormon church), shot by mob in carthage ill  

Jul 11 Evgeny baratynsky: Russian poet (b. 1800)  

Jul 12 Charles-louis panckoucke: French publisher,  

Jul 13 Johann gansbacher: Composer,  

Jul 15 Claude charles fauriel: French historian (b. 1772)  

Jul 19 Heinrich domnich: Composer,  

Jul 23 Christian gobrecht: 4th us chief engraver (1840-44),  

Jul 27 John dalton: Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist),  

Jul 28 Joseph bonaparte: Older brother of napoleon i and king of naples and spain (b. 1768)  

Jul 29 Franz xaver wolfgang mozart: Composer,  

Aug 04 Jakob aall: Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)  

Aug 11 Jernej kopitar: Filmologist/censor (slavic grammatica),  

Aug 14 Henry francis cary: Translator (dante),  

Aug 29 Edmund ignatius rice: Irish founder of the christian brothers and presentation brothers (b. 1762)  

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Jan 04 Thomas h rollinson: Composer  

Jan 07 Marie-bernarde soubirous: [st bernadette of lourdes], saint/visionary  

Jan 14 Clara kathleen rogers: Composer  

Jan 16 Ismail qemali: Albanian nationalist  

Jan 20 Johan peter selmer: Composer  

Jan 25 Frederick e kitziger: Composer  

Jan 30 Moritz f freiherr von bissing: German gen/gov-gen of belgium (1914-17)  

Feb 01 Eduard adolf strasburger: German botanist (angiospermen)