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In the year 1855
23 Notable deaths
Charlotte Brontë
British novelist and poet (1816-1855).
Born April 21st, 1816 in Thornton.
Died March 31st, 1855 at 38 years old in Haworth (hyperemesis gravidarum). [ref]
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855).
Born May 5th, 1813 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1855 at 42 years old in Copenhagen (tuberculosis, paralysis).
John Gorrie
Physician, scientist, inventor (1803–1855).
Born October 3rd, 1803 in Nevis.
Died June 29th, 1855 at 51 years old in Apalachicola (disease).
Pavel Nakhimov
Russian fleet commander.
Born July 5th, 1802 in Khmelita.
Died July 12th, 1855 at 53 years old in Sevastopol.
Mariano Arista
President of mexico (1851–1853).
Born July 26th, 1802 in San Luis Potosí.
Died August 7th, 1855 at 53 years old in Lisbon.
Empress Xiaojingcheng
Qing dynasty empress (1812-1855).
Born June 19th, 1812 in Tongliao.
Died August 21st, 1855 at 43 years old
Princess Charlotte Frederica of Prussia
Prussian princess (1831–1855).
Born June 21st, 1831 in Schönhausen Palace.
Died March 30th, 1855 at 23 years old in Meiningen (puerperal disorders).
Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa
Italian prince (1822-1855).
Born November 15th, 1822 in Florence.
Died February 10th, 1855 at 32 years old in Turin.
Mihály Vörösmarty
Hungarian writer (1800-1855).
Born December 1st, 1800 in Kápolnásnyék.
Died November 19th, 1855 at 54 years old in Pest.
Ahmad I ibn Mustafa
Bey of tunis (1837-1855).
Born December 2nd, 1806 in Tunis. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1855 at 48 years old in La Goulette. [ref]
Charles Sturm
Mathematician from geneva (1803-1855).
Born September 29th, 1803 in Geneva. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1855 at 52 years old in Paris.
Piotr Michałowski
Polish artist (1800–1855).
Born July 2nd, 1800 in Kraków. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1855 at 54 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Delphine de Girardin
French writer (1804–1855).
Born January 24th, 1804 in Aachen.
Died June 29th, 1855 at 51 years old in former 1st arrondissement of Paris (stomach cancer). [ref]
Vladimir Istomin
Russian admiral (1810-1855).
Born February 21st, 1810 in Lomovka.
Died March 19th, 1855 at 45 years old in Sevastopol.
Fruto Chamorro
1st president of nicaragua (1804-1855).
Born October 20th, 1804 in Guatemala City.
Died March 12th, 1855 at 50 years old in Granada (dysentery).
Timofey Granovsky
Russian historian (1813-1855).
Born March 21st, 1813 in Oryol.
Died October 16th, 1855 at 42 years old in Moscow.
Ernst Dieffenbach
German physician, geologist and naturalist (1811-1855).
Born January 27th, 1811 in Giessen.
Died October 1st, 1855 at 44 years old in Giessen.
Henry W. Collier
American politician (1801-1855).
Born January 17th, 1801 in Lunenburg County.
Died August 28th, 1855 at 54 years old in Alabama.
Wilhem de Haan
Dutch zoologist (1801–1855).
Born February 7th, 1801 in Amsterdam.
Died April 15th, 1855 at 54 years old in Haarlem.
Carl Kellner
German businessman (1826–1855).
Born March 26th, 1826 in Hirzenhain.
Died May 13th, 1855 at 29 years old in Wetzlar (tuberculosis).
Karl Friedrich Hermann
German classical scholar (1804–1855).
Born August 4th, 1804 in Frankfurt.
Died December 31st, 1855 at 51 years old in Göttingen.
Carlos Martínez de Irujo, Duke of Sotomayor
Former prime minister of spain (1847).
Born December 14th, 1802 in Washington, D.C..
Died December 26th, 1855 at 53 years old in Madrid.
Frédéric Bérat
French composer and songwriter (1801–1855).
Born March 11th, 1801 in Rouen. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1855 at 54 years old in rue de Lille.
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