Chronology of Notable Deaths

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Last updated: 2008 June 28.


1810

January 7
  • Joseph Lipavsky composer, dies at age 37. [1]
January 28
  • Andrew Hofer Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead. [1]
February 20
  • Andreas Hofer military leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at age 42. [1]
  • Johann Friedrich Kranz composer, dies at age 57. [1]
February 24
  • Henry Cavendish physicist/chemist, dies. [1]
February 26
  • Johann Ernst Rembt composer, dies at age 60. [1]
March 7
  • Albertus H Wiese Governor-General of Netherland Indies, dies at about age 48. [1]
March 21
  • Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe Brabants ships, dies. [1]
April 7
  • Pieter L van de Kasteele Dutch politician/patriot, dies at age 61. [1]
April 10
  • Konrad Back composer, dies at age 60. [1]
April 11
  • Jakob Zupan composer, dies at age 75. [1]
May 21
  • Charles Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont French spy, dies at age 81. [1]
May 28
  • In Skåne, Sweden, Prince Karl August has a stroke, falls from a horse while attending a military review, and dies within a half hour. [7]
December 19
  • Johann Heinrich Egli composer, dies at age 68. [1]

1811

January 8
  • Death of Friedrich Nicolai in Berlin, Germany; leader of enlightenment movement in Germany, book dealer and writer. [1] [37]
  • Samuel Story Dutch rear admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at age 58. [1]
January 10
  • Marie-Joseph de Chénier French poet (Chant du Départ), dies at age 46. [1]
February 8
  • Birth of Edwin Denison Morgan Secretary of War (Confederacy), dies in 1883. [1]
February 9
  • Nevill Maskelyne 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies. [1]
March 14
  • August Henry Fitzroy English premier (1768-70), dies at age 75. [1]
March 19
  • Frantisek Adam Mica composer, dies at age 65. [1]
April 3
  • Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen Flemish (court)painter, dies at age 83. [1]
April 5
  • Robert Raikes founder of Sunday Schools, dies. [1]
April 15
  • Ernest Louis Muller composer, dies at age 70. [1]
May 12
  • Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey composer, dies at age 52. [1]
July 31
  • Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish. [1]
December 7
  • Ignaz Spangler composer, dies at age 54. [1]

December 17
  • John Antes composer, dies at age 71. [1]
  • Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny composer, dies at age 54. [1]

1812

January 15
  • Johannes Herbst composer, dies at age 76. [1]
January 24
  • Eligio Celestino composer, dies at age 72. [1]
February 5
  • Franz Schneider composer, dies at age 74. [1]
February 9
  • Franz Anton Hoffmeister composer, dies at age 57. [1]
February 24
  • Hugo Kollataj Polish teacher/minister, dies at age 61. [1]
March 20
  • Jan Ladislav Dussek Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at age 52. [1]
April 11
  • Gottlieb Schick German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at age 35. [1]
April 20
  • George Clinton fourth US Vice President, dies at age 73 first Vice President to die in office. [1]
April 23
  • Franz Sebastian Haindl composer, dies at age 85. [1]
May 13
  • Johann Matthias Sperger composer, dies at age 62. [1]
May 21
  • Joseph Wolfl composer, dies at age 38. [1]
December 12
  • John Malchair composer, dies at age 82. [1]
December 13
  • Marianne von Martinez composer, dies at age 68. [1]
December 20
  • Sacagawea Shoshone interpreter for Lewis and Clark, dies. [1]
December 23
  • Michel Delalande composer, dies at age 73. [1]

1813

January 18
  • Birth of Joseph Farwell Glidden; inventor (first commercial usable barbed wire), dies 1906. [1] [5]
January 20
  • C M Wieland writer, dies at age 79. [1]
January 23
  • George Clymer US merchant (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 73. [1]
January 28
  • Jan Joseph Rosler composer, dies at age 41. [1]
February 26
  • Robert R Livingston US diplomat (Declaration of Independence), dies at age 66. [1]
April 14
  • Joachim Nicolas Eggert composer, dies at age 34. [1]
April 19
  • Benjamin Rush physician/abolotionist (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 67. [1]
April 25
  • Louis-Sébastien Mercier French poet (Le Déserteur), dies at age 73. [1]
April 27
  • Americans under General Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed. [1]
  • Zebulon M Pike US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at age 34. [1]
April 29
  • Christian Danner composer, dies at age 55. [1]
December 1
  • Ferdinando Bertoni composer, dies at age 88. [1]

1814

January 5
  • Johann Gottfried Krebs composer, dies at age 72. [1]
January 23
  • Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf composer, dies at age 52. [1]
January 27
  • Johann Gottlieb Fichte philosopher, dies. [1]
  • Philip Astley theatre manager, dies. [1]
January 29
  • Johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at age 51. [1]
February 3
  • Johann Antonin Kozeluch composer, dies at age 75. [1]
February 13
  • Augustin Holler composer, dies at age 69. [1]
April 1
  • Jozef de Ferraris French/Austrian General/cartographer, dies at age 87. [1]
May 6
  • George Joseph Vogler composer, dies at age 64. [1]
May 7
  • Franz Volrath Buttstett composer, dies at age 79. [1]
May 12
  • Robert Treat Paine US judge (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 83. [1]
May 29
  • Joséphine empress of France (1804-14), dies. [1]
August 24
  • Death of British commander Sir Edward Pakenham, at Battle of Bladensburg. [118.33]
November 23
  • Death of Elbridge Thomas Gerry, American statesman and diplomat, Governor of Massachusetts (1810-11), Vice President (1813-14), at age 70. [1] [130]
December 2
  • Marquis de Sade writer, dies at age 74. [1]
December 9
  • Jose Angel Lamas composer, dies at age 39. [1]
December 13
  • Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne Belgian fieldmarshal/author, dies at age 79. [1]

1815

January 8
  • Edward Pakenham English General (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle. [1]
January 21
  • M Claudius writer, dies at age 74. [1]
February 4
  • Geert Reinders Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at age 77. [1]
  • Jacob van Strij Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at age 58. [1]
February 17
  • Franz Gotz composer, dies at age 59. [1]
February 19
  • Leonhard von Call composer, dies at age 47. [1]
February 24
  • Robert Fulton steamboat pioneer, dies. [1]
May 21
  • Roman Hoffstetter composer, dies at age 73. [1]
May 29
  • Cornelis de Gijselaar politician/patriot, dies at age 64. [1]
September 24
  • John Sevier indian fighter, dies at age 70. [1]
December 7
  • Michel Ney French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at age 46. [1]
December 19
  • Michel Woldemar composer, dies at age 65. [1]
  • Robert Hudson composer, dies at age 83. [1]
December 20
  • Giovanni Meli Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at age 75. [1]
December 22
  • José Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest, executed by Spaniards. [1]
December 29
  • Saartjie Baartman the Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris. [1]

1816

January 1
  • François Alexander Sallantin composer, dies at age 60. [1]
January 15
  • Henry Harington composer, dies at age 88. [1]
January 27
  • Samuel Hood first Viscount Hood/admiral, dies. [1]
January 30
  • Reinier Vinkeles Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at age 74. [1]
February 4
  • Meingosus Gaelle composer, dies at age 63. [1]
February 10
  • Johann Paul Aegidius Martini composer, dies at age 74. [1]
February 22
  • Adam Ferguson Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at age 92. [1]
March 18
  • Johann Paul Schulthesius composer, dies at age 67. [1]
March 23
  • Ignaz Vitzthumb composer, dies at age 95. [1]
May 29
  • Madame L'Ouverture widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies. [1]
December 15
  • Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz composer, dies at age 44. [1]
December 16
  • Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli] Italian dancer/choreographer, dies at age 73. [1]

1817

January 1
  • Martin H Klaproth German chemist (uranium), dies at age 73. [1]

January 14
  • Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny composer, dies at age 87. [1]
January 16
  • Antonin Josef Alois Volanek composer, dies at age 55. [1]
January 28
  • Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen composer, dies at age 55. [1]
February 8
  • Birth of Richard Stoddert Ewell Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), dies in 1872. [1]
February 9
  • Franz Wilhelm Tausch composer, dies at age 54. [1]
February 18
  • Giacomo Quarenghi master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at age 72. [1]
February 20
  • Martin de Ron composer, dies at age 27. [1]
March 1
  • Luigi Gatti composer, dies at age 77. [1]
March 2
  • Birth of János Arany Hungary, epic poet (Toldi, Death of King Buda). [1]
March 13
  • Matej Sojka composer, dies at age 77. [1]
March 18
  • Johann Jakob Walder composer, dies at age 67. [1]
April 4
  • André Masséna Duc de Rivoli soldier, dies. [1]
  • Prince d'Essing dies. [1]
April 6
  • Bonaventura Furlanetto composer, dies at age 78. [1]
April 12
  • Charles Messier "comet ferret" and catalogs famous "M objects", dies. [1]
May 21
  • Johann Friedrich Christmann composer, dies at age 64. [1]
May 24
  • Juan Meléndez Valdés Spanish lawyer/poet, dies at age 63. [1]
September 9
  • Paul Cuffe entrepreneur/ civil rights activist, dies at age 58. [1]
November 21
  • Richard B Garnett killed during Pickett's Charge, Brigadier General. [1]
December 1
  • Justin Heinrich Knechtl composer, dies at age 65. [1]
December 7
  • William Bligh British naval officer of "Bounty" fame dies in London at age 63. [1]
December 11
  • Max von Schenkendorf German poet, dies at age 34. [1]
December 15
  • Maria Walewska [Leszczinska] lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies. [1]

1818

January 1
  • Fedele Fenaroli composer, dies at age 87. [1]
February 1
  • Giuseppi Gazzaniga composer, dies at age 74. [1]
February 13
  • George Rogers Clark frontier military leader in Revolutionary War, dies. [1]
February 14
  • John C Hespe Dutch journalist/politician, dies at age 61. [1]
February 15
  • Charles XIII King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at age 69. [1]
February 28
  • Adriaan Loosjes Pzn Dutch publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at age 56. [1]
March 23
  • Nicolas Isouard composer, dies at age 42. [1]
March 28
  • Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi composer, dies at age 62. [1]
April 18
  • Pieter Ondaatje Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at age 59. [1]
May 2
  • Herman W Daendels Governor-General of Guinea (1815-18), dies at age 55. [1]
May 7
  • Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh composer, dies at age 70. [1]
May 8
  • Franz Ignaz Kaa composer, dies at age 78. [1]
May 10
  • Paul Revere American patriot, dies. [1]
May 26
  • Michael A Barclay de Tolly Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies. [1]
August 22
  • Warren Hastings first governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at age 85. [1]
August 28
  • Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable trader, founder of Chicago, dies. [1]
December 5
  • Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga Secretary of High Council Adel, dies at age 60. [1]
December 31
  • Jean-Pierre Duport composer, dies at age 77. [1]

1819

January 8
  • Christian Gottlob Saupe composer, dies at age 55. [1]
January 20
  • Carlos IV King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at age 70. [1]
February 25
  • Filinto Elísio [do Nascimento], Portuguese poet, dies at age 84. [1]
March 9
  • Janos Fusz composer, dies at age 41. [1]
March 10
  • Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi writer, dies. [1]
March 16
  • Nicolas Sejan composer, dies at age 73. [1]
March 23
  • August v Kotzebue writer, dies. [1]
May 11
  • Caspar Furstenau composer, dies at age 47. [1]
May 16
  • Alexander van Bylandt military, dies at age 75. [1]
May 22
  • John H van Kinsbergen Lieutenant-Admiral/founder (Corps Marines), dies at age 84. [1]
August 23
  • Oliver Hazard Perry naval hero, dies on 34th birthday. [1]
December 9
  • Ann C Coleman fiancee of President Buchanan, commits suicide. [1]
December 20
  • Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis composer, dies at age 50. [1]

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