Famous Deaths Happened In 1864

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

Jan 07 On this day in history death of caleb Blood Smith, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)  

Jan 08 Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1864.  

Jan 13 In the year 1864 stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY  

Jan 15 In the year 1864 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 Michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Jan 24 Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 28 In the year 1864 death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)  

Jan 31 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies in the year 1864.  

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 In the year 1864 ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21  

Mar 04 Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity), dies in the year 1864.  

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

Mar 17 In the year 1864 alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53  

Mar 27 Jean-Jacques Ampère, French scholar (b. 1800) died in the year 1864.  

Mar 30 Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 12 Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 in the year 1864.  

Apr 13 Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1864.  

Apr 22 Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

May 06 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work) was born in the year 1864.  

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 on this day in history.  

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.