Famous Deaths Happened In 1857

Jan 20 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.  

Jan 27 On this day in history dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72  

Feb 07 Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Feb 09 On this day in history death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)  

Feb 10 In the year 1857 death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)  

Feb 14 In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56  

Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.  

Feb 16 On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77  

Feb 26 Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

Feb 28 In the year 1857 death of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)  

Mar 11 On this day in history manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84  

Mar 17 In the year 1857 adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42  

Mar 21 Abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Apr 08 Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (b. 1827) died on this day in history.  

May 02 LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies on this day in history.  

May 11 E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81 in the year 1857.  

May 23 Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789) died on this day in history.  

Jun 08 In the year 1857 death of douglas William Jerrold, British playwright and satirist (b. 1803)  

Jun 28 Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Jun 30 On this day in history death of alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (b. 1802)  

Jul 02 In the year 1857 death of carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818)  

Jul 04 William L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786) died on this day in history.  

Jul 15 Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66 in the year 1857.  

Jul 16 Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 19 Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1796) died on this day in history.  

Jul 25 Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Jul 29 On this day in history charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54  

Aug 01 Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 03 Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804) died in the year 1857.  

Aug 10 In the year 1857 death of john Wilson Croker, politician  

Aug 12 William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies in the year 1857.  

Aug 27 Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1812) died in the year 1857.  

Sep 03 M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77 in the year 1857.  

Sep 05 Auguste Comte, French sociologist (b. 1798) died in the year 1857.  

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Jan 02 In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)  

Jan 06 William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 09 In the year 1857 birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)  

Jan 17 In the year 1857 birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)  

Jan 17 In the year 1857 birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)