In the year 1862
47 Notable deaths
Charles Philipon
French journalist and artist (1806-1862).
Born September 7th, 1800 in Lyon. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1862 at 61 years old in Paris. [ref]
José Santos Guardiola
President of honduras (1816-1862).
Born November 1st, 1816 in Honduras.
Died January 11th, 1862 at 45 years old in San Matías (gunshot wound).
Theodor Bilharz
German physician (1825–1862).
Born March 23rd, 1825 in Sigmaringen.
Died May 9th, 1862 at 37 years old in Cairo (typhoid fever).
Władysław Syrokomla
Polish poet (1823–1862).
Born September 29th, 1823 in Smoĺhava.
Died October 27th, 1862 at 39 years old in Vilnius.
Anton Martin Slomšek
Slovene bishop and poet (1800–1862).
Born November 26th, 1800 in Uniše.
Died September 24th, 1862 at 61 years old in Maribor.
Manuel Robles Pezuela
Mexican politician (1817-1862).
Born May 23rd, 1817 in Guanajuato.
Died March 23rd, 1862 at 44 years old in Ciudad Serdan.
František Škroup
Czech composer and conductor (1801–1862).
Born June 3rd, 1801 in Osice. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1862 at 60 years old in Rotterdam. [ref]
Heinrich Georg Bronn
German scientist (1800-1862).
Born March 3rd, 1800 in Ziegelhausen.
Died July 5th, 1862 at 62 years old in Heidelberg.
Julia Pardoe
British writer (1806–1862).
Born December 4th, 1806 in Beverley. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1862 at 55 years old in London. [ref]
Jan Adam Kruseman
Painter from the northern netherlands (1804–1862).
Born February 12th, 1804 in Haarlem.
Died March 17th, 1862 at 58 years old in Haarlem.
Lev Mei
Russian writer (1822-1862).
Born February 25th, 1822 in Moscow.
Died May 28th, 1862 at 40 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Friedrich Gauermann
Austrian artist (1807-1862).
Born September 20th, 1807 in Scheuchenstein.
Died July 7th, 1862 at 54 years old in Vienna.
John Hemphill
American politician (1803-1862).
Born December 18th, 1803 in Chester County.
Died January 7th, 1862 at 58 years old in Richmond.
Sofia Adlersparre
Swedish painter (1808-1862).
Born March 6th, 1808 in Ottenby kungsgård. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1862 at 54 years old in St. Eugenia's Church. [ref]
Paul Joseph Nardini
German roman catholic priest, religious founder and blessed (1821–1862).
Born July 25th, 1821 in Germersheim.
Died January 27th, 1862 at 40 years old in Pirmasens (pneumonia).
Ivan Panaev
Russian writer, critic and publisher (1812-1862).
Born March 27th, 1812 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 2nd, 1862 at 49 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial rupture).
Julio Arboleda Pombo
Former president of colombia (1817–1862).
Born June 9th, 1817 in Popayán. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1862 at 45 years old in Arboleda. [ref]
Blanka Teleki
Hungarian painter, pioneer of women's education (1806–1862).
Born July 5th, 1806 in Satulung.
Died October 23rd, 1862 at 56 years old in Paris.
Willem Hendrik de Vriese
Dutch botanist (1806–1862).
Born August 11th, 1806 in Oosterhout.
Died January 23rd, 1862 at 55 years old in Leiden.
Christian Friedrich Lessing
German botanist (1809–1862).
Born August 10th, 1809 in Syców.
Died March 13th, 1862 at 52 years old in Krasnoyarsk.
Georg Theodor Chiewitz
Swedish architect (1815-1862).
Born October 5th, 1815 in Kungsholm parish. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1862 at 47 years old in Turku.
Pavao Štoos
Croatian poet and catholic priest (1806-1862).
Born December 10th, 1806 in Dubravica.
Died March 30th, 1862 at 55 years old in Pokupsko.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon