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

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

Feb 16 Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Mar 08 In the year 1844 death of charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)  

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

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

May 18 Richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jun 15 Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jun 19 On this day in history death of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (b. 1772)  

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

Jul 11 In the year 1844 death of evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800)  

Jul 12 In the year 1844 charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63  

Jul 13 In the year 1844 johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66  

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

Jul 19 Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1844.  

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

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

Jul 28 Joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. 1768) died on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1844 birth of thomas H Rollinson, composer  

Jan 07 On this day in history birth of marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary  

Jan 14 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 16 Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919) was born in the year 1844.  

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

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

Jan 30 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17) was born on this day in history.  

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