Famous Deaths Happened In 1848

Jan 05 On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 09 Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750) died on this day in history.  

Jan 20 Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died in the year 1848.  

Feb 15 In the year 1848 death of hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)  

Feb 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Feb 23 In the year 1848 john Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80  

Mar 03 Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 20 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 in the year 1848.  

Mar 29 On this day in history john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84  

Apr 08 In the year 1848 domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50  

Apr 10 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Apr 24 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 in the year 1848.  

Apr 30 On this day in history friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53  

May 11 In the year 1848 death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)  

May 18 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF on this day in history.  

May 25 In the year 1848 death of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)  

May 31 On this day in history death of eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)  

Jun 27 On this day in history death of denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54  

Jul 04 On this day in history francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies  

Jul 22 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Aug 06 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Aug 07 Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) died in the year 1848.  

Aug 09 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies in the year 1848.  

Aug 12 On this day in history george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies  

Aug 15 On this day in history timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88  

Sep 11 Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1848.  

Oct 04 In the year 1848 louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82  

Oct 05 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781) died on this day in history.  

Oct 26 On this day in history vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies  

Oct 27 On this day in history alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46  

Nov 09 Robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed died in the year 1848.  

Nov 10 Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786) died in the year 1848.  

Nov 15 P Rossi, Italian, murdered died on this day in history.  

Nov 17 Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies in the year 1848.  

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Jan 01 John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet  

Jan 09 In the year 1848 birth of princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)  

Jan 18 Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 19 In the year 1848 birth of john F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)  

Jan 21 On this day in history birth of henri Duparc, French composer  

Jan 22 In the year 1848 birth of samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages)