Deaths Date 1869 | History by KabAstro

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Mar 8 French composer (Symphonie fantastique), dies at 65

Mar 11 Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer, dies at 65
Mar 19 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium), dies at 64
Mar 23 Charles Lucas, English composer and Principle of the Royal Academy of Music, dies at 60
Mar 24 Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b. 1779)
Mar 25 Edward Bates, American lawyer (26th U.S. Attorney General), dies at 75
Mar 31 Allan Kardec, French author and founder of Spiritism, dies at 64
Apr 1 Anthony Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, Dutch politician, dies at 69
Apr 20 Carl Loewe, German composer, dies at 72
Apr 20 Piotr Studzinski, Polish conductor and composer, dies at 42
May 10 Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, German composer and violonist, dies at 66
May 29 Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel de Geographie) and globe maker, dies at 73
Jun 15 Albert Grisar, Belgian comic opera composer, dies at 60
Jun 16 Charles Sturt, English explorer (Australia), dies at 74
Jun 20 Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military leader, dies at 34
Jul 15 A J Haynes, US army captain and civil war veteran, assassinated by KKK
Jul 22 John Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge), dies of tetanus as the result of an accident at 63 [1]
Jul 28 Carl Gustav Carus, German psychologist, philosopher and painter, dies at 80
Jul 28 Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist (b. 1787)
Aug 2 Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer and photographer, murdered trying to cross the Sahara at 33
Aug 26 Jan August Hendrik Leys, Belgian Romantic painter, dies at 54
Aug 31 Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827)
Sep 8 William Pitt Fessenden, American politician, Secretary of the Treasury during Civil War (Union), dies at 62

Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869)

Sep 12 British lexicographer (Roget's Thesaurus) and inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), dies at 90

Sep 28 Guglielmo Libri, Italian mathematician, dies at 66
Sep 28 Gugliemo Libri [della Somaia], Italian mathematician and book lover who stole 30,000 books, dies at 66

Franklin Pierce (1804-1869)

Oct 8 14th President of the United States (Democrat: 1853-57), dies from severe cirrhosis of the liver, at 64

Oct 13 Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French writer (Tableau Historique), dies at 64
Oct 22 Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist, dies at 64

Edward Smith-Stanley (1799-1869)

Oct 23 14th Earl of Derby, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68), dies at 70

Oct 23 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer, dies at 72
Oct 24 Joseph Jackson Lister, British optician who perfected the optical microscope by designing the achromatic objective lens, dies at 83
Nov 3 Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet, dies at 77
Nov 4 George Peabody, American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Trust and the Peabody Institute, dies at 74
Nov 5 Otis Tufts, American machinist and inventor who built printing machines, steam engines, firefighting equipment and invented the steam pile driver, dies at 65
Nov 12 Gheorghe Asachi, Moldovian-Romanian author, poet, polyglot and humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies at 81
Nov 13 Iskandar Ali Mirza, Bengali-Pakistani general and 1st President of Pakistan (1956-58), dies of a heart attack at 70
Nov 16 Hamiora Pere is hanged for treason at the Terrace Gaol, Wellington - only New Zealander ever to be executed for treason
Dec 6 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar and author (set up For the Welfare of the People organization), dies at 54
Dec 18 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer, dies at 40