In the year 1861
60 Notable deaths
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of queen victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861).
Born August 26th, 1819 in Schloss Rosenau.
Died December 14th, 1861 at 42 years old in Windsor Castle (typhoid fever).
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
English poet (1806–1861).
Born March 6th, 1806 in Durham, Coxhoe Hall.
Died June 30th, 1861 at 55 years old in Florence.
Stephen A. Douglas
American politician and lawyer (1813–1861).
Born April 23rd, 1813 in Brandon.
Died June 3rd, 1861 at 48 years old in Chicago (typhoid fever).
Lola Montez
Irish dancer and actress (1821–1861).
Born February 17th, 1821 in Grange.
Died June 30th, 1861 at 40 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Taras Shevchenko
Ukrainian poet and artist (1814–1861).
Born March 9th, 1814 in Moryntsi. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1861 at 47 years old in Saint Petersburg (ascites). [ref]
Xianfeng Emperor
The ninth emperor (and the seventh after defeating ming) of the qing dynasty (1831-1861).
Born July 17th, 1831 in Old Summer Palace.
Died August 22nd, 1861 at 30 years old in Chengde Mountain Resort and its outlying temples (tuberculosis).
Camillo Benso di Cavour
First prime minister of the kingdom of italy from march to june in 1861.
Born August 10th, 1810 in Turin.
Died June 6th, 1861 at 50 years old in Turin (malaria).
Elisha Otis
Founder of otis elevator co..
Born August 3rd, 1811 in Halifax.
Died April 8th, 1861 at 49 years old in New York City (diphtheria).
Abdülmecid I
31th sultan of the ottoman empire (1839–1861).
Born April 25th, 1823 in Istanbul.
Died June 25th, 1861 at 38 years old in Istanbul (tuberculosis).
Pedro V of Portugal
King of portugal from 1853 to 1861.
Born September 16th, 1837 in Viseu.
Died November 11th, 1861 at 24 years old in Lisbon (typhoid fever).
Nathaniel Lyon
First union general to be killed in the american civil war.
Born July 14th, 1818 in Ashford.
Died August 10th, 1861 at 43 years old in Springfield.
Mary Ann Brown Patten
American sailor.
Born April 6th, 1837 in Chelsea.
Died March 18th, 1861 at 23 years old in Boston.
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
Dominican republic politician (1817-1861).
Born March 9th, 1817 in Santo Domingo.
Died July 4th, 1861 at 44 years old in San Juan de la Maguana.
Arthur Hugh Clough
English poet (1819–1861).
Born January 1st, 1819 in Liverpool.
Died November 13th, 1861 at 42 years old in Florence.
Robert O'Hara Burke
Australian explorer (1821–1861).
Born May 6th, 1821 in County Galway.
Died July 1st, 1861 at 40 years old in Cooper Creek.
Lars Levi Læstadius
Swedish lutheran pastor, botanist and botanical collector (1800-1861).
Born January 10th, 1800 in Jäkkvik.
Died February 21st, 1861 at 61 years old in Pajala parish.
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea
British politician (1810-1861).
Born September 16th, 1810 in Richmond.
Died August 2nd, 1861 at 50 years old in Wilton House.
Albert Niemann
German chemist (1834–1861).
Born May 20th, 1834 in Goslar.
Died January 19th, 1861 at 26 years old in Goslar.
Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
French preacher and journalist (1802-1861).
Born May 12th, 1802 in Recey-sur-Ource.
Died November 21st, 1861 at 59 years old in Sorèze.
Henri Mouhot
French explorer (1826–1861).
Born May 15th, 1826 in Montbéliard.
Died November 10th, 1861 at 35 years old in Luang Prabang (malaria).
Henri Murger
Novelist and poet from france.
Born March 24th, 1822 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1861 at 38 years old in Paris.
Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska
Polish composer.
Born September 17th, 1823 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1861 at 38 years old in Warsaw.
Infante João, Duke of Beja
Portuguese infante (1842-1861).
Born March 16th, 1842 in Lisbon.
Died December 27th, 1861 at 19 years old in Freguesia de Santa Maria de Belém (cholera, typhoid fever).
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French zoologist (1805-1861).
Born December 16th, 1805 in Paris.
Died November 10th, 1861 at 55 years old in Paris.
Francisco González Bocanegra
Mexican poet known for the lyrics of the mexican national anthem (1824–1861).
Born January 8th, 1824 in San Luis Potosí.
Died April 11th, 1861 at 37 years old in United States.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare