Jun 1 David Wilkie, British painter, dies at 55 Jun 3 Nicolas Appert, French inventor of airtight food preservation (food canning, bouillon tablet), dies at 91 Jun 29 Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover as the wife of King Ernest Augustus (1837-41), dies at 63 May 1841 Famous Deaths by Year Jul 1841 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide