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In the year 1854
31 Notable deaths
Kamehameha III
King of the hawaiian islands from 1825 to 1854.
Born March 17th, 1814 in Keauhou Bay. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1854 at 40 years old in Honolulu (disease).
Christian Doppler
Austrian mathematician and physicist (1803–1853).
Born November 29th, 1803 in Salzburg.
Died March 17th, 1854 at 50 years old in Venice (lung disease).
Abbas I of Egypt
Wāli of egypt from 1848 to 1854.
Born July 1st, 1816 in Jeddah.
Died July 16th, 1854 at 38 years old in Benha.
Carlo III, Duke of Parma
Duke of parma and piacenza from 1849 to 1854.
Born January 14th, 1823 in Lucca.
Died March 27th, 1854 at 31 years old in Parma (stab wound).
Harriet Smithson
Anglo-irish actress (1800-1854).
Born March 18th, 1800 in Ennis.
Died March 3rd, 1854 at 53 years old in Paris.
Golding Bird
British medical doctor (1814–1854).
Born December 9th, 1814 in Downham Market.
Died October 27th, 1854 at 39 years old in London.
Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland
Prince of sweden and norway (1852–1854).
Born December 14th, 1852 in Stockholm Palace.
Died March 13th, 1854 at 1 years old in Stockholm Palace (pneumonia).
Edward Forbes
Manx naturalist (1815–1854).
Born February 12th, 1815 in Douglas.
Died November 18th, 1854 at 39 years old in Edinburgh.
Mahmud al-Alusi
Iraqi islamic scholar and poet (1802–1854).
Born December 10th, 1802 in Baghdad.
Died July 29th, 1854 at 51 years old in Baghdad.
William Henry Bartlett
English artist (1809-1854).
Born March 26th, 1809 in London.
Died November 13th, 1854 at 45 years old in Malta.
August Borsig
German businessman, founder of borsig-werke (1804-1854).
Born June 23rd, 1804 in Wrocław.
Died July 6th, 1854 at 50 years old in Berlin.
Henriette Sontag
German operatic singer (1806-1854).
Born January 3rd, 1806 in Koblenz. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1854 at 48 years old in Mexico City (cholera). [ref]
Vatroslav Lisinski
Croatian composer (1819–1854).
Born August 3rd, 1819 in Zagreb.
Died May 31st, 1854 at 34 years old in Zagreb.
Léon Faucher
French economist, journalist and politician (1803-1854).
Born September 8th, 1803 in Limoges.
Died December 14th, 1854 at 51 years old in Marseille (typhoid fever).
Walter Deverell
American artist and pre-raphaelite (1827-1854).
Born October 1st, 1827 in Charlottesville.
Died February 2nd, 1854 at 26 years old in London (nephritis).
Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov
Russian admiral (1806-1854).
Born February 13th, 1806 in Staritsky District.
Died October 17th, 1854 at 48 years old in Sevastopol.
Pierre Alphonse Laurent
French mathematician (1813–1854).
Born July 18th, 1813 in Paris.
Died September 2nd, 1854 at 41 years old in Paris.
Jeanne Émilie de Villeneuve
French nun and saint (1811–1854).
Born March 9th, 1811 in Toulouse.
Died October 2nd, 1854 at 43 years old in Castres.
Robert Montgomery Bird
American novelist, playwright, physician (1806–1854).
Born February 5th, 1806 in New Castle. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1854 at 47 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Tomás de Herrera
President of new grenada (1804-1854).
Born December 21st, 1804 in Panama City.
Died December 1st, 1854 at 49 years old in Bogotá.
Manuel Jimenes
President of the dominican republic (1808-1854).
Born January 14th, 1808 in Bayamo.
Died December 22nd, 1854 at 46 years old in Port-au-Prince (cholera).
Genaro Pérez Villaamil
Spanish artist (1807-1854).
Born February 3rd, 1807 in Ferrol.
Died June 5th, 1854 at 47 years old in Madrid.
Émile Souvestre
French novelist.
Born April 15th, 1806 in Morlaix.
Died July 8th, 1854 at 48 years old in Montmorency.
Alberich Zwyssig
Cistercian monk, composer of the swiss national anthem (1808-1854).
Born November 17th, 1808 in Bauen.
Died November 18th, 1854 at 46 years old in Territorial Abbey of Wettingen-Mehrerau.
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