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In the year 1861
60 Notable deaths
Ludwig Preller
German classical philologist and writer (1809–1861).
Born September 15th, 1809 in Hamburg.
Died June 21st, 1861 at 51 years old in Weimar (dysentery).
Ivan Nikitin
Russian writer (1824–1861).
Born October 3rd, 1824 in Voronezh.
Died October 28th, 1861 at 37 years old in Voronezh (tuberculosis).
Barnard Elliott Bee
United states army officer and confederate states army general during the american civil war (1824-1861).
Born February 8th, 1824 in Charleston.
Died July 22nd, 1861 at 37 years old in Manassas.
Ferdinand Joachimsthal
German mathematician (1818-1861).
Born March 9th, 1818 in Złotoryja.
Died April 5th, 1861 at 43 years old in Wrocław.
Angelo Ramazzotti
Patriarch of venice (1800–1861).
Born August 3rd, 1800 in Milan.
Died September 24th, 1861 at 61 years old in Crespano del Grappa.
Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies
Two sicilian royal (1820–1861).
Born November 29th, 1820 in Naples.
Died January 14th, 1861 at 40 years old in Trieste (typhoid fever).
Petrus Augustus de Genestet
Dutch writer (1829-1861).
Born November 21st, 1829 in Amsterdam.
Died July 2nd, 1861 at 31 years old in Rozendaal (tuberculosis).
Theodor Mügge
German writer (1806–1861).
Born November 8th, 1806 in Berlin.
Died February 18th, 1861 at 54 years old in Berlin.
Christian Christoph Andreas Lange
Norwegian archivist and historian (1810–1861).
Born August 13th, 1810 in Bærum Municipality.
Died May 10th, 1861 at 50 years old in Oslo.
Paul Giéra
French provençal poet (1816–1861).
Born January 22nd, 1816 in Avignon.
Died April 26th, 1861 at 45 years old in Avignon.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 60
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain