Famous Deaths Happened In 1856

Jan 05 Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 in the year 1856.  

Jan 11 Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] on this day in history.  

Jan 12 Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) died on this day in history.  

Jan 16 Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Jan 24 Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) died in the year 1856.  

Feb 08 On this day in history death of agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)  

Feb 17 Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris in the year 1856.  

Mar 11 James Beatty, Irish railway engineer (b. 1820) died in the year 1856.  

Mar 28 Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Apr 11 Juan Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831) died in the year 1856.  

May 03 In the year 1856 adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27  

May 06 William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies in the year 1856.  

May 12 Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (b. 1786) died in the year 1856.  

Jun 11 In the year 1856 friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76  

Jun 15 On this day in history david Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73  

Jun 23 On this day in history death of ivan Kireevsky, Russian literary critic and philosopher (b. 1806)  

Jul 04 Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jul 09 Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. 1776) died in the year 1856.  

Jul 15 Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 in the year 1856.  

Jul 29 Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

Aug 04 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Aug 05 On this day in history rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61  

Aug 14 William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies in the year 1856.  

Aug 20 Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1856.  

Aug 21 In the year 1856 peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64  

Aug 29 Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. 1778) died on this day in history.  

Aug 30 In the year 1856 death of gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (b. 1811)  

Sep 24 In the year 1856 henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, gov-gen of India, dies  

Oct 10 Michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1856.  

Oct 19 William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (b. 1799) died in the year 1856.  

Oct 29 Carel SW van Hogendorp, colonial director, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Nov 04 Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (b. 1797) died on this day in history.  

Nov 17 William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1856.  

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Jan 06 In the year 1856 birth of giuseppe Martucci, composer  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)  

Jan 09 Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears) was born in the year 1856.  

Jan 09 Stevan Mokranjac, composer was born in the year 1856.  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer  

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of john Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)  

Jan 14 In the year 1856 birth of j. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)  

Jan 18 Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born in the year 1856.