Famous Deaths Happened In 1864

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

Jan 07 Caleb Blood Smith, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808) died in the year 1864.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 15 On this day in history death of isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792)  

Jan 16 Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jan 23 In the year 1864 michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50  

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

Jan 27 In the year 1864 franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59  

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 In the year 1864 israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies  

Feb 16 In the year 1864 vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58  

Feb 19 William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies in the year 1864.  

Feb 21 Jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle in the year 1864.  

Feb 26 Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (b. 1807) died in the year 1864.  

Mar 03 Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21 in the year 1864.  

Mar 04 Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 10 Maximilian II Jozef, King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52 in the year 1864.  

Mar 17 Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1864 death of joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808)  

Apr 12 In the year 1864 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 Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Apr 29 On this day in history charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80  

May 02 In the year 1864 giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72  

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 On this day in history james Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56  

May 09 "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50 in the year 1864.  

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 in the year 1864.  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work)  

Jan 05 Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (d. 1911) was born in the year 1864.  

Jan 06 In the year 1864 birth of ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League)  

Jan 08 In the year 1864 birth of prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892)  

Jan 09 Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926) was born in the year 1864.  

Jan 10 George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12] was born in the year 1864.  

Jan 10 Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11 Thomas Dixon, US attorney/playwright (Flaming Sword) was born in the year 1864.