Dec 2 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom, dies at 57 Dec 12 Marc Isambard Brunel, French-born English engineer (Thames Tunnel, father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel), dies at 80 Dec 14 Conradin Kreutzer, German composer, dies at 69 Nov 1849 Famous Deaths by Year Jan 1850 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide