Famous Deaths Happened In 1854

Jan 08 William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09 Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 in the year 1854.  

Jan 18 Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies in the year 1854.  

Feb 04 On this day in history carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66  

Feb 17 In the year 1854 hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71  

Mar 06 In the year 1854 caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80  

Mar 11 In the year 1854 death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)  

Apr 06 William Strickland, US architect, dies in the year 1854.  

Apr 11 Karl Adolph von Basedow, German DR (Ziekte van Basedow), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Apr 15 Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) died on this day in history.  

Apr 17 On this day in history gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74  

Apr 18 In the year 1854 joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 84  

Apr 19 Robert Jameson, Scottish naturalist (b. 1774) died in the year 1854.  

Apr 22 Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786) died in the year 1854.  

Apr 29 Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (b. 1768) died on this day in history.  

May 03 William Beale, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1854.  

May 31 Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.  

Jun 07 Charles Baudin, French admiral (b. 1792) died in the year 1854.  

Jul 04 Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jul 06 Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789) died on this day in history.  

Jul 15 Wincenty Studzinski, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1854.  

Jul 18 Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41 in the year 1854.  

Aug 09 Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 in the year 1854.  

Aug 11 Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

Aug 16 On this day in history duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies  

Aug 20 Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Oct 22 In the year 1854 j Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57  

Oct 28 On this day in history james P Carrell, composer, dies at 67  

Nov 05 In the year 1854 ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann  

Nov 19 Alberich Zwyssig, composer, dies at 46 in the year 1854.  

Nov 25 John G Lockhart, [scorpion], English biographer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Nov 26 Matthijs Siegenbeek, literature (Defeated German Spelling), dies in the year 1854.  

Dec 09 In the year 1854 death of almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (b. 1799)  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921)  

Jan 10 Peter Gast, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18 Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) was born in the year 1854.  

Jan 29 In the year 1854 birth of willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian  

Feb 09 In the year 1854 birth of aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician  

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)