- March 26
- Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies. [1]
- April 2
- Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate General, killed in action at age 39. [1]
- Richard Cobden, founder of Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at age 60. [1]
- General A P Hill is killed by a Federal Picket. [1]
- April 6
- John Austin Wharton, Confederate General-Major, dies at age 36. [1]
- Reuben B Boston, Confederate cavalry Colonel, dies in battle. [1]
- April 9
- Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/USA General-Major, dies at age 32. [1]
- April 15
- President Abraham Lincoln dies, at 7:22 am, morning after being shot by John Wilkes Booth, the first US president to be assassinated. [1] [5] [129] [547.52]
- April 16
- Robert C Tyler, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle. [1]
- April 22
- Francis Washburn, USA Colonel/General Major, dies of injuries. [1]
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- April 23
- James Dearing, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 24. [1]
- April 26
- John Wilkes Booth, alleged assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, is shot dead near Bowling Green, Virginia at age 27. [1]
- May 13
- South Brownsville, Texas, (Palmito Ranch) final engagement of American Civil War; Private John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed. [1]
- July 7
- Four Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, are hanged. [1]
- October 31
- William Parson, third Earl of Rosse and maker of large telescopes, dies. [1]
- November 10
- Henry Wirzm, Confederate prison superintendant, is executed for excessive cruelty. [1]
- December 1
- Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at age 76. [1]
- December 6
- Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at age 56. [1]
1866
- March 4
- Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ), dies at age 77. [1]
- March 24
- Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies. [1]
- Death of Ferdinand Henry, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, oldest reigning prince in Europe, at age 83. [187.212] (April 7 [811.163])
- March 29
- Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch; Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies. [1]
- May 29
- Death of US General Winfield Scott, at West Point. [450.142]
1867
- January 12
- Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at age 74. [1]
- February 5
- Salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies. [1]
- February 13
- Death of George Whitfield Hatch in Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA; designer and engraver of bank notes, president of American Bank Note Company. [958.831]
- June 19
- Ferdinand Maximilian, Mexican emperor, is executed by firing squad outside Querétaro, Mexico; Mexican republic is restored. [1] [1443.30]
- August 6
- Faustin-Élie Soulouque, emperor of Haiti, dies. [1]
- December 22
- Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at age 79. [1]
1868
- January 14
- Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at age 66. [1]
- January 28
- Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at age 62. [1]
- February 11
- Léon Foucault, discovered first physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies. [1]
- February 29
- [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bavaria (L Montez), dies at age 81. [1]
- March 28
- James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about age 70. [1]
- April 13
- Theodorus [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide. [1]
- May 22
- Julius Plücker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies. [1]
- May 26
- Last British public execution: Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist. [1]
- June 1
- Death of James Buchanan in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; 15th US President (1857-61). [451.5] [474.4] [493.18] [502.5]
- August 11
- Thaddeus Stevens, architect of Radical Reconstruction in US South, dies at age 76. [1]
- October 9
- Death of Howell Cobb, US Treasury Secretary. [552.48]
- October 26
- B F Randolph, South Carolina state senator, is assassinated. [1]
- November 13
- Gioacchino (Antonio) Rossini, composer (Barber of Seville), dies at age 76. [1]
1869
- January 1
- Death of James Barton Longacre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; engraver of US Mint for 25 years, portrait painter. [958.831]
- February 1
- Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at age 68. [1]
- February 4
- Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at age 60. [1]
- March 1
- Alphonse MLP de Lamartine, French poet (History of Girondins), dies at age 78. [1]
- March 8
- Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at age 65. [1]
- March 19
- Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian General (triangulatie), dies at age 64. [1]
- April 1
- Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Minister of Reformed Worship, dies at age 69. [1]
- April 5
- Daniel Bakeman, last surviving veteran of the American Revolutionary War, dies at age 109. [1]
- July 15
- A J Hayne, black captain of Arkansas militia, is assassinated. [1]
- October 8
- Death of Franklin Pierce in Concord, New Hampshire, USA; 14th US President. [1] [5] [444.66] [525.44]
- November 11
- Death of John Walker in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA; attorney (1826-35, 1849-57, 1864-69), US senator from Mississippi (1835-45), US Treasury secretary (1845-49), Kansas territory governor (1857-58). [589.176]
- December 6
- Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at age 54. [1]
- December 24
- Death of Edwin McMasters Stantonat age 55; US Attorney General (1860-61), US Secretary of War (1862-68). [1] [548.106]
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