Jun 3 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, French classical guitarist and composer, dies at 73 Jun 10 Friedrich Kalkbrenner, German-French pianist and composer, dies at 63 Jun 10 Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly, dies at 64 James Knox Polk (1795-1849) Jun 15 11th US President (Democrat: 1845-49), dies in Nashville of cholera at 53 May 1849 Famous Deaths by Year Jul 1849 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide