In the year 1851
14 Notable deaths
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
German mathematician (1804–1851).
Born December 10th, 1805 in Potsdam.
Died February 18th, 1851 at 45 years old in Berlin (smallpox).
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
Prince-bishop of montenegro.
Born November 13th, 1813 in Njeguši.
Died October 31st, 1851 at 37 years old in Cetinje (tuberculosis).
Thomas Davenport
American inventor (1802–1851).
Born July 9th, 1802 in Williamstown.
Died July 6th, 1851 at 48 years old in Salisbury.
John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune
Pioneer in women's education.
Born August 12th, 1801 in Ealing.
Died August 12th, 1851 at 50 years old in Kolkata.
Esteban Echeverría Mamani
Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and political activist.
Born September 2nd, 1805 in Buenos Aires.
Died January 19th, 1851 at 45 years old in Montevideo (tuberculosis).
Karl Gützlaff
German missionary in china (1803-1851).
Born July 8th, 1803 in Pyrzyce.
Died August 9th, 1851 at 48 years old in Hong Kong.
Albert Lortzing
German opera composer (1801-1851).
Born October 23rd, 1801 in Berlin.
Died January 21st, 1851 at 49 years old in Berlin (stroke).
Émilie Gamelin
French canadian social worker and catholic sister.
Born February 19th, 1800 in Montreal.
Died September 23rd, 1851 at 51 years old in Montreal (cholera).
Alexander Alyabyev
Russian composer.
Born September 11th, 1802 in Tobolsk.
Died March 6th, 1851 at 48 years old in Moscow.
Lucius Lyon
American politician (1800–1851).
Born February 26th, 1800 in Shelburne.
Died September 24th, 1851 at 51 years old in Detroit.
John Kirk Townsend
U.s. ornithologist (1809-1851).
Born August 10th, 1809 in Philadelphia.
Died February 6th, 1851 at 41 years old in Washington, D.C. (arsenic poisoning).
Stanko Vraz
Slovene-croatian writer.
Born June 30th, 1810 in Cerovec Stanka Vraza.
Died May 24th, 1851 at 40 years old in Zagreb.
Béni Egressy
(1814–1851) hungarian composer.
Born April 21st, 1814 in Kazincbarcika.
Died July 17th, 1851 at 37 years old in Pest, Kazincbarcika.
James Richardson
Explorer.
Born November 3rd, 1809 in Lincolnshire.
Died March 4th, 1851 at 41 years old (malaria).
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