Famous Deaths In 1844

Jan 15 On this day in history joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78  

Jan 31 Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1844.  

Feb 28 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton on this day in history.  

Feb 29 On this day in history thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67  

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

Mar 21 In the year 1844 leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65  

Apr 04 On this day in history charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80  

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

Apr 22 On this day in history henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76  

May 08 Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies in the year 1844.  

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

May 21 Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

May 24 William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 03 On this day in history louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies  

Jun 15 In the year 1844 thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66  

Jun 19 Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (b. 1772) died on this day in history.  

Jun 27 In the year 1844 death of hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), shot by mob in Carthage Ill  

Jul 11 On this day in history death of evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800)  

Jul 12 On this day in history charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63  

Jul 13 Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jul 15 On this day in history death of claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b. 1772)  

Jul 19 In the year 1844 heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77  

Jul 23 Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office on this day in history.  

Jul 27 John Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77 in the year 1844.  

Jul 28 In the year 1844 death of joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. 1768)  

Jul 29 On this day in history franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer, dies at 53  

Aug 04 On this day in history death of jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)  

Aug 11 In the year 1844 jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63  

Aug 14 On this day in history henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies  

Aug 29 Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762) died on this day in history.  

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Jan 04 On this day in history birth of thomas H Rollinson, composer  

Jan 07 In the year 1844 birth of marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary  

Jan 14 In the year 1844 birth of clara Kathleen Rogers, composer  

Jan 16 In the year 1844 birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)  

Jan 20 On this day in history birth of johan Peter Selmer, composer  

Jan 25 Frederick E Kitziger, composer was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 30 On this day in history 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)