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1840 March 2 Heinrich Olbers German astronomer (discoverer of comets and asteroids), dies at age 81. [1] March 28 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier Swiss mathematician, dies at age 89. [1] March 30 George (Beau) Brummell Dandy, dies. [1] April 25 Siméon-Denis Poisson French mathematician (Poisson verdeling), dies. [1] May 5 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey composer, dies at age 67. [1] Matthaus Fischer composer, dies at age 76. [1] May 17 Niccolo Paganini composer, dies at age 57. [1] May 27 Niccolò Paganini composer/violinist, dies at age 57. [1] May 30 Dominique J de Eerens Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at age 59. [1] August 27 William Kneass third US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office. [1] 1841 January 3 Wilhelmus Kist writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at age 82. [1] February 11 J H Ferdinand Olivier German painter, dies at age 55. [1] February 13 Thomas Ainsworth English/Dutch industrialist, dies at age 45. [1] February 14 Antun Sorkocevic composer, dies at age 65. [1] February 15 Sibrand Acker Stratingh Dutch doctor/chemist (electrical car), dies at age 53. [1] February 17 Ferdinando Carulli composer, dies at age 70. [1] March 16 Félix Savart French surgeon/physicist, dies at age 49. [1] April 29 A Bertrand writer, dies. [1] May 3 Cornelis T Elout Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at age 74. [1] May 6 John Thomson composer, dies at age 35. [1] May 20 Joseph Blanco White theological writert, dies. [1] May 23 Franz Xaver von Baader German philosopher/theologist, dies at age 76. [1] December 7 Johann Daniel Ferstenberg composer, dies at age 83. [1] December 18 Felice Blangini composer, dies at age 60. [1] 1842 January 8 Pierre Earl the Cambronne, French General (Waterloo, Elba), dies at age 71. [1] January 16 Thomas Freanby Norwegian landscape painter, dies. [1] February 21 Wojciech Zywny composer, dies at age 85. [1] March 7 Christian Theodor Weinlig composer, dies at age 61. [1] March 15 Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at age 81. [1] March 23 Stendhal [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at age 59. [1] April 7 Henrik A Bjerregaard Norwegian writer/poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at age 50. [1] April 11 John England bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies. [1] May 15 Emanuel Count de las Cases French historian (Napoleon), dies at age 76. [1] May 23 José de Espronceda y Delgado Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at age 34. [1] September 10 Letitia Tyler President Tyler's wife, dies at age 51. [1] December 1 Philip Spencer first US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged. [1] December 5 MJ Auguste Vestrius French ballet dancers, dies at age 82. [1] December 25 Bedrich Divis Weber composer, dies at age 76. [1] 1843 January 4 Petronella Moens Frisian author/poetess, dies at age 80. [1] January 7 Franz Schoberlechner composer, dies at age 45. [1] January 9 Caroline Herschel "first lady of astronomy", dies at age 98 in Germany. [1] January 11 Francis Scott Key composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at age 63. [1] March 16 Anton R Falck Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at age 65. [1] April 14 Joseph Franz Karl Lanner Austria, composer/violist, dies at age 42. [1] April 28 William Wallace Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies. [1] May 12 Johann Georg Lickl composer, dies at age 74. [1] May 28 Noah Webster lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at age 84. [1] December 12 Willem I Frederik King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at age 71. [1] 1844 January 15 Joseph Mazzinghi composer, dies at age 78. [1] February 4 Willem de Clerq Dutch merchant/literary, dies at age 49. [1] February 15 Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth British premier (1801-04), dies at age 86. [1] February 27 Nicholas Biddle US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at age 85. [1] February 28 Abel P Upshur Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton. [1] Thommas W Gilmer Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton. [1] February 29 Thaddaus Weigl composer, dies at age 67. [1] March 21 Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt Dutch politician, dies at age 65. [1] April 4 Charles Bulfinch first US pro architect (Massachusetts State House), dies at age 80. [1] April 8 Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer, dies at age 72. [1] April 22 Henri-Montan Berton composer, dies at age 76. [1] May 8 Charles XIV Johan [Jean B Bernadotte] King of Sweden/Norway, dies. [1] May 21 Guiseppi Baini composer, dies at age 68. [1] May 29 William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies, leaving a fortune worth US$5 million. [80.298] (May 24 [1]) June 27 Joseph and Hyrum Smith Mormon leaders killed by a mob in Carthage Illinois. [1] July 23 Christian Gobrecht fourth US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office. [1] 1845 January 23 Francesco Ruggi composer, dies at age 77. [1] February 20 Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov composer, dies at age 57. [1] March 11 Agronomist John Chapman [Johnny Appleseed] dies in Allen County, Indiana, USA. [1] (1847 [5]) March 19 George Augustus Kollmann composer, dies at age 56. [1] March 22 Franz Joseph Volkert composer, dies at age 67. [1] April 12 Henry M baron the Kock officer/politician, dies at age 65. [1] April 18 Nicholas T the Saussure Swiss chemist/botany, dies at age 77. [1] April 25 Thomas Duncan painter, dies. [1] May 2 August Pauly German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at age 48. [1] May 11 Karoly Filtsch composer, dies at age 14. [1] May 12 August Wilhelm Schlegel German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at age 77. [1] May 15 Samuel I Wiselius Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at age 76. [1] May 19 Maria EJ Versfelt mistress of General Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at age 68. [1] December 2 Johannes Simon Mayr composer, dies at age 82. [1] 1846 January 10 Etienne P de Senancour French writer (De l'Amour), dies at age 75. [1] February 3 Joseph Weigl Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at age 79. [1] February 9 Henry Gally Knight architect/writer, dies. [1] February 14 Cornelis F van Maanen Dutch supreme court justice, dies at age 76. [1] February 18 Giovanni Liverati composer, dies at age 73. [1] February 22 Carolus Antonius Fodor composer, dies at age 77. [1] Nikoli A Poveloi Russian writer/publisher, dies at age 49. [1] March 6 Nikoli A Poveloi Russian writer/publisher, dies at age 49. [1] March 17 Friedrich W Bessel German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at age 61. [1] April 16 Domenico Dragonetti composer, dies at age 83. [1] May 8 Giacomo Cordella composer, dies at age 59. [1] 1847 January 11 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld] German author, dies at age 83. [1] January 14 Governor Bent five others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico. [1] January 22 Georges-Julien Sieber composer, dies at age 71. [1] February 17 William Collins landscape painter, dies. [1] March 28 Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma composer, dies at age 67. [1] March 29 Auguste De Polignac premier France, dies at age 66. [1] April 23 Erik Gustaf Geijer composer, dies at age 64. [1] April 30 Charles archduke of Austria/Governor-General (Austria-Netherlands), dies. [1] May 14 Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel composer, dies at age 41. [1] May 16 Kaspar Ett German organist/composer, dies at age 59. [1] May 20 Mary Lamb writer, dies. [1] October 20 Little William Nelman poisons his grandpa. [1] December 11 Moritz Grave von Strachwitz German poet, dies at age 25. [1] December 29 William Crotch composer, dies at age 72. [1] 1848 January 5 Ferdinando Orlandi composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 9 Death of Caroline Lucretia Herschel in Hannover, Germany; discovered three nebulae and eight comets, given a gold medal by the British Astronomical Society. [37] February 20 [Willem] Alexander prince of Netherlands/General-Major, dies at age 29. [1] February 23 John Quincy Adams 6th US President (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at age 80. [1] February 24 Frans van Campenhout Belgian singer/composer (Brabançonne), dies at age 69. [1] March 3 Heinrich Olivier German painter, dies. [1] March 20 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven Dutch theologist/poet, dies at age 27. [1] March 29 John Jacob Astor chartered American Fur Company, dies at age 84. [1] April 8 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti Italian composer, dies at age 50. [1] April 10 Godert AGP baron van Capellen Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at age 69. [1] April 24 François van Campenhout Belgian composer (Brabançonne), dies at age 69. [1] April 30 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern German/Dutch army commandant, dies at age 53. [1] May 18 William A Leidesdorf black, dies at age 38 in San Francisco. [1] May 24 A V Droste-Hülshoff writer, dies at age 51. [1] July 4 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand French novelist/politician, dies. [1] December 19 Adam van Duyn governor of South Holland, dies at age 77. [1] December 25 Johann Erik Nordblom composer, dies at age 60. [1] December 31 Oliver Shaw composer, dies at age 69. [1] 1849 January 9 Jan Kops Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at age 83. [1] January 16 Wilhelm M L de Wette German theologist, dies at age 69. [1] January 26 Thomas Lovell Beddoes English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at age 45. [1] February 8 France Preseren Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at age 48. [1] François-Antoine Habeneck composer, dies at age 68. [1] February 9 Corneille Vander Planken composer, dies at age 76. [1] February 13 Christian Rummel composer, dies at age 61. [1] February 15 Pierre F Verhulst Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at age 44. [1] February 22 Alexander Ernst Fesca composer, dies at age 28. [1] March 17 Willem II Frederik GL King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at age 56. [1] March 28 Stephan L Endlicher Austrian priest/botany, dies at age 44. [1] April 3 Juliusz Slowacki Pol poet (Father of the Plague-Patient), dies at age 39. [1] May 2 David H Chassé Baron/General (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at age 84. [1] May 10 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese painter, dies at age 89. [1] May 11 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai composer/conductor, dies at age 38. [1] May 25 Andreas Michiels Dutch Military Governor of West Sumatra, dies in battle at age 52. [1] May 28 Anne Bronté novelist, dies. [1] May 31 Léonard du Bus de Gisignies Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies, dies at age 69. [1] June 15 James Knox Polk the 11th US Pres, dies in Nashville, Tenn. [1] October 7 Edgar Allen Poe poet, dies in Baltimore at age 40. [1] December 14 Conradin Kreutzer composer, dies at age 69. [1]