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Famous People Who Died in March 1849

  • Mar 5 David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)
  • Mar 5 Mary Lyon, American educator and activist for woman's higher education (founded and first principal of Mt Holyoke Female Seminary), dies at 52
  • Mar 15 Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal, linguist and hyperpolyglot (understood 70 languages), dies at 74
  • Mar 17 William II, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg (1840-49), dies at 56
  • Mar 27 Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (b. 1776)
  • Mar 28 Stephan Endlicher, Austrian botanist, dies at 44