Apr 12 John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84 Apr 16 Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political writer (Democracy in America), dies of tuberculosis at 53 Apr 30 Sergey Aksakov, Russian writer (Chronicles of a Russian Family), dies at 67 Mar 1859 Famous Deaths by Year May 1859 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide