Famous Deaths Happened In 1844

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

Jan 31 Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) died in the year 1844.  

Feb 04 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 in the year 1844.  

Feb 15 Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 27 On this day in history nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85  

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

Feb 29 In the year 1844 thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67  

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

Mar 21 On this day in history 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 In the year 1844 ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72  

Apr 22 In the year 1844 henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76  

May 08 On this day in history 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 Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1844.  

May 24 William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies in the year 1844.  

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

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

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 In the year 1844 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 On this day in history john Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77  

Jul 28 Joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. 1768) died in the year 1844.  

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

Aug 04 On this day in history 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 In the year 1844 death of edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)  

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

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

Jan 14 In the year 1844 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 On this day in history 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)