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March1855

Famous People Who Died in March 1855

Nicholas I (1796-1855)

Mar 2 Tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58

Nicholas I

Mar 3 Robert Mills, American engineer and architect (Washington Monument on the National Mall), dies at 73 [1]

Bill the Butcher (1821-1855)

Mar 8 American gang member (New York City's Bowery Boys), dies of a gunshot wound at 33

Bill the Butcher

Mar 17 Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, Spanish composer, dies at 65
Mar 20 Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)
Mar 29 Henri Druey, Swiss politician and a founding father of constitutional democracy in Switzerland, dies at 55

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)

Mar 31 English novelist (Jane Eyre), dies at 38

Charlotte Brontë

Famous People by Cause of Death