Sep 9 Augustin Pyrame de Candolle, Swiss botanist, established a plant classification system and coined the term taxonomy, dies at 63 Sep 15 Alessandro Rolla, Italian violin and viola player and composer, teacher of Paganini, dies at 84 Aug 1841 Famous Deaths by Year Oct 1841 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning