Mar 10 Joseph-François Snel, Belgian composer, dies at 67 Mar 10 Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet and painter, dies at 47 Mar 14 Louis Niedermeyer, Swiss-French composer, dies at 58 Mar 17 Petter Conrad Boman, Swedish composer, dies at 56 Feb 1861 Famous Deaths by Year Apr 1861 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning