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In the year 1860
40 Notable deaths
Phineas Gage
19th century american railway worker who survived a large brain trauma.
Born July 9th, 1823 in Grafton County.
Died May 21st, 1860 at 36 years old in San Francisco (status epilepticus).
William Walker
American filibuster, physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary (1824-1860).
Born May 8th, 1824 in Nashville.
Died September 12th, 1860 at 36 years old in Trujillo.
Charles Goodyear
American inventor (1800-1860).
Born December 29th, 1800 in New Haven.
Died July 1st, 1860 at 59 years old in New York City.
James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
Scottish politician and civil servant (1812–1860).
Born April 22nd, 1812 in Midlothian.
Died December 22nd, 1860 at 48 years old in Midlothian.
Thomas D. Rice
American performer, playwright and comedian (1808-1860).
Born May 20th, 1808 in New York City, Forestville.
Died September 19th, 1860 at 52 years old in Brooklyn (stroke).
John Neumann
Czech christian missionary and saint (1811–1860).
Born March 28th, 1811 in Prachatice.
Died January 5th, 1860 at 48 years old in Philadelphia (stroke).
Theodore Parker
American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860).
Born August 24th, 1810 in Lexington.
Died May 10th, 1860 at 49 years old in Florence (tuberculosis).
János Bolyai
Hungarian mathematician (1802–1860).
Born December 15th, 1802 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died January 27th, 1860 at 57 years old in Târgu Mureș (pneumonia).
James Wilson
Scottish businessman, economist and liberal politician (1805-1860).
Born June 3rd, 1805 in Hawick.
Died August 11th, 1860 at 55 years old in Kolkata.
Ii Naosuke
Daimyo (1815-1860).
Born November 29th, 1815 in Rakuraku-en.
Died March 24th, 1860 at 44 years old in Sakurada-mon.
Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro
Prince of montenegro (1826–1860); ruled 1851–1860.
Born May 25th, 1826 in Njeguši.
Died August 13th, 1860 at 34 years old in Kotor.
Alexei Khomyakov
Russian philosopher (1804-1860).
Born May 13th, 1804 in Moscow.
Died October 5th, 1860 at 56 years old in Speshnevo-Ivanovskoe (cholera).
Tokugawa Nariaki
Japanese daimyo (1800-1860).
Died September 29th, 1860 at 60 years old (myocardial infarction).
Joseph Locke
English civil engineer (1805-1860).
Born August 9th, 1805 in Attercliffe.
Died September 18th, 1860 at 55 years old
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
French painter (1803–1860).
Born March 3rd, 1803 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1860 at 57 years old in Fontainebleau (horse fall).
Joseph Cafasso
Italian priest and social reformer (1811-1860).
Born January 15th, 1811 in Castelnuovo Don Bosco.
Died June 23rd, 1860 at 49 years old in Turin (pneumonia).
Félix Dujardin
French biologist (1801–1860).
Born April 5th, 1801 in Tours.
Died April 8th, 1860 at 59 years old in Rennes.
Juan Rafael Mora Porras
President of costa rica (1814–1860).
Born February 8th, 1814 in San José.
Died September 30th, 1860 at 46 years old in Puntarenas (stab wound).
Casimiro de Abreu
Brazilian poet, novelist and playwright (1839–1860).
Born January 4th, 1839 in São João da Barra.
Died October 18th, 1860 at 21 years old in Nova Friburgo (tuberculosis).
Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient
German opera soprano (1804–1860).
Born October 6th, 1805 in Hamburg.
Died January 26th, 1860 at 54 years old in Coburg.
William Henry Bissell
American politician (1811–1860).
Born April 25th, 1811 in Hartwick.
Died March 18th, 1860 at 48 years old in Springfield.
Nicolaas Pieneman
Dutch painter (1809-1860).
Born January 1st, 1809 in Amersfoort.
Died December 30th, 1860 at 51 years old in Amsterdam.
José María Melo
President of colombia (1800-1860).
Born October 9th, 1800 in Chaparral.
Died June 1st, 1860 at 59 years old in La Trinitaria Municipality.
Ludwig Bechstein
German writer and fairy tale collector (1801-1860).
Born November 24th, 1801 in Weimar. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1860 at 58 years old in Meiningen. [ref]
Robert Bentley Todd
Irish physician (1809–1860).
Born April 9th, 1809 in Dublin.
Died January 30th, 1860 at 50 years old in London.
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