Famous Deaths Happened In 1864

Jan 04 Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Jan 07 Caleb Blood Smith, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808) died on this day in history.  

Jan 08 Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1864.  

Jan 13 Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY on this day in history.  

Jan 15 In the year 1864 death of isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792)  

Jan 16 On this day in history anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68  

Jan 23 In the year 1864 michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50  

Jan 24 In the year 1864 otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54  

Jan 27 Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59 in the year 1864.  

Jan 28 Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799) died on this day in history.  

Jan 31 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies in the year 1864.  

Feb 15 Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 16 On this day in history vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58  

Feb 19 William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 21 On this day in history jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle  

Feb 26 Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (b. 1807) died on this day in history.  

Mar 03 Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21 on this day in history.  

Mar 04 Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity), dies in the year 1864.  

Mar 10 Maximilian II Jozef, King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52 in the year 1864.  

Mar 17 In the year 1864 alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53  

Mar 27 In the year 1864 death of jean-Jacques Ampère, French scholar (b. 1800)  

Mar 30 In the year 1864 louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52  

Apr 04 On this day in history death of joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808)  

Apr 12 Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.  

Apr 13 In the year 1864 johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74  

Apr 22 Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Apr 29 Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80 in the year 1864.  

May 02 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

May 05 On this day in history alexander Hays, US Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44  

May 06 In the year 1864 henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle  

May 08 On this day in history james Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56  

May 09 On this day in history "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50  

May 10 James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union brig-general, dies in battle at 34 in the year 1864.  

May 12 On this day in history abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37  

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Jan 01 Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work) was born in the year 1864.  

Jan 05 Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (d. 1911) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 In the year 1864 birth of ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League)  

Jan 08 In the year 1864 birth of prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892)  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)  

Jan 10 George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10 On this day in history birth of grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (d. 1931)  

Jan 11 In the year 1864 birth of thomas Dixon, US attorney/playwright (Flaming Sword)