Famous Deaths Happened In 1864

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

Jan 07 In the year 1864 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 Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY in the year 1864.  

Jan 15 In the year 1864 death of isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792)  

Jan 16 In the year 1864 anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68  

Jan 23 Michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1864.  

Jan 24 On this day in history otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54  

Jan 27 Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59 in the year 1864.  

Jan 28 On this day in history death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)  

Jan 31 In the year 1864 hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies  

Feb 15 On this day in history israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies  

Feb 16 Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1864.  

Feb 19 On this day in history william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies  

Feb 21 On this day in history jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle  

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 In the year 1864 maximilian II Jozef, King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52  

Mar 17 Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53 in the year 1864.  

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

Mar 30 In the year 1864 louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52  

Apr 04 On this day in history death of joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808)  

Apr 12 On this day in history thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50  

Apr 13 In the year 1864 johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74  

Apr 22 In the year 1864 joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76  

Apr 29 Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80 in the year 1864.  

May 02 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

May 06 In the year 1864 henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle  

May 08 James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56 in the year 1864.  

May 09 "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.  

May 10 James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union brig-general, dies in battle at 34 on this day in history.  

May 12 Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (d. 1911) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 Ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League) was born in the year 1864.  

Jan 08 Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)  

Jan 10 In the year 1864 birth of george Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12]  

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

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of thomas Dixon, US attorney/playwright (Flaming Sword)