Famous Deaths Happened In 1848

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

Jan 09 In the year 1848 death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)  

Jan 20 On this day in history death of christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)  

Feb 15 Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771) died in the year 1848.  

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

Feb 23 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 03 Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies in the year 1848.  

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

Mar 29 John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Apr 08 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 in the year 1848.  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 30 In the year 1848 friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53  

May 11 Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) died in the year 1848.  

May 18 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF in the year 1848.  

May 25 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) died on this day in history.  

May 31 Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) died on this day in history.  

Jun 27 Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 died in the year 1848.  

Jul 04 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 22 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1848.  

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

Aug 07 Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) died on this day in history.  

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 Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

Sep 11 Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Oct 04 On this day in history louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82  

Oct 05 In the year 1848 death of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)  

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

Oct 27 In the year 1848 alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46  

Nov 09 On this day in history death of robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed  

Nov 10 Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1848.  

Jan 04 Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18 In the year 1848 birth of ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)  

Jan 19 John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.  

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)