Famous Deaths In 1864

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

Jan 07 On this day in history death of caleb Blood Smith, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)

Jan 08 Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.

Jan 13 On this day in history stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY

Jan 15 On this day in history death of isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792)

Jan 16 Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68 in the year 1864.

Jan 23 On this day in history michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50

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

Jan 27 In the year 1864 franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59

Jan 28 In the year 1864 death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)

Jan 31 On this day in history hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies

Feb 15 In the year 1864 israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies

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

Feb 19 In the year 1864 william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies

Feb 21 Jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle in the year 1864.

Feb 26 In the year 1864 death of louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (b. 1807)

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 on this day in history.

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

Mar 17 Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53 on this day in history.

Mar 27 On this day in history death of jean-Jacques Ampère, French scholar (b. 1800)

Mar 30 On this day in history louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52

Apr 04 In the year 1864 death of joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808)

Apr 12 In the year 1864 thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50

Apr 13 Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.

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

Apr 29 On this day in history charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80

May 02 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1864.

May 05 Alexander Hays, US Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44 in the year 1864.

May 06 Henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.

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

May 09 "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50 in the year 1864.

May 10 On this day in history james Clay Rice, lawyer/Union brig-general, dies in battle at 34

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 in the year 1864.

Jan 06 Ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League) was born on this day in history.

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892)

Jan 09 Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.

Jan 10 George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] was born in the year 1864.

Jan 10 Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (d. 1931) was born in the year 1864.

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