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 In the year 1844 willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49  

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

Feb 16 Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) died in the year 1844.  

Feb 27 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 28 In the year 1844 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 Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763) died on this day in history.  

Mar 21 Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65 in the year 1844.  

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 In the year 1844 henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76  

May 08 In the year 1844 charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies  

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

May 21 In the year 1844 guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68  

May 24 In the year 1844 william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies  

Jun 03 In the year 1844 louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies  

Jun 15 Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66 in the year 1844.  

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

Jun 27 On this day in history death of hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), shot by mob in Carthage Ill  

Jul 11 Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800) died in the year 1844.  

Jul 12 Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jul 13 Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jul 15 Claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b. 1772) died on this day in history.  

Jul 19 In the year 1844 heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77  

Jul 23 Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office on this day in history.  

Jul 27 On this day in history john Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77  

Jul 28 On this day in history death of joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. 1768)  

Jul 29 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1844.  

Aug 04 Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773) died on this day in history.  

Aug 11 Jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63 in the year 1844.  

Aug 14 Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 29 On this day in history death of edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)  

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Jan 04 Thomas H Rollinson, composer was born in the year 1844.  

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

Jan 14 On this day in history birth of clara Kathleen Rogers, composer  

Jan 16 On this day in history birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)  

Jan 20 On this day in history birth of johan Peter Selmer, composer  

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

Jan 30 In the year 1844 birth of moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17)  

Feb 01 Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen) was born on this day in history.