Dec 3 John Carroll, first Roman Catholic archbishop in the US, also known as the founder of Georgetown University, dies at 80 Dec 7 Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46 Dec 19 Michel Woldemar, French violinist and composer, dies at 65 Dec 19 Robert Hudson, British tenor, organist, and composer, dies at 83 Dec 20 Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75 Dec 22 Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards Dec 29 Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris Nov 1815 Famous Deaths by Year Jan 1816 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
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