In the year 1864
78 Notable deaths
Ernst Ortlepp
German poet (1800–1864).
Born August 1st, 1800 in Droyßig.
Died June 14th, 1864 at 63 years old in Naumburg.
Jean-Jacques Ampère
French philologist (1800–1864).
Born August 12th, 1800 in Lyon.
Died March 27th, 1864 at 63 years old in Pau.
Hippolyte Flandrin
French painter (1809-1864).
Born March 23rd, 1809 in Lyon.
Died March 22nd, 1864 at 54 years old in Rome (smallpox).
Hotta Masayoshi
Daimyo (1810-1864).
Born August 30th, 1810 in Edo.
Died April 26th, 1864 at 53 years old in Sakura Castle.
William Balfour Baikie
British explorer and scientist.
Born August 27th, 1825 in Kirkwall.
Died December 12th, 1864 at 39 years old in Sierra Leone.
Simion Bărnuţiu
Romanian academic (1808-1864).
Born July 21st, 1808 in Bocșa.
Died May 28th, 1864 at 55 years old in Sânmihaiu Almașului.
Louis Christophe François Hachette
French magazine publisher (1800-1864).
Died July 31st, 1864 at 64 years old in town hall of Le Plessis-Robinson.
Augustus C. French
American politician (1808-1864).
Born August 2nd, 1808 in Hill. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1864 at 56 years old in Lebanon (typhoid fever). [ref]
Apollon Grigoryev
Russian writer (1822–1864).
Born August 9th, 1822 in Moscow.
Died October 7th, 1864 at 42 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Otto Lindblad
Swedish composer (1809-1864).
Born March 31st, 1809.
Died January 26th, 1864 at 54 years old in Norra Mellby church parish.
Schelto van Heemstra
Dutch politician (1807-1864).
Born November 14th, 1807 in Groningen.
Died December 20th, 1864 at 57 years old in De Bilt (pneumonia).
Juris Alunāns
Latvian poet, publicist and linguist (1832–1864).
Born May 13th, 1832 in Jaunkalsnava.
Died April 18th, 1864 at 31 years old in Sesava Parish.
Heinrich Müller
German anatomist (1820–1864).
Born December 17th, 1820 in Castell.
Died May 10th, 1864 at 43 years old in Würzburg (herpes zoster).
Alexander Druzhinin
Russian writer and magazine editor (1824–1864).
Born October 20th, 1824 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1864 at 39 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis). [ref]
Gaetano Bedini
Italian cardinal.
Born May 15th, 1806 in Senigallia.
Died September 6th, 1864 at 58 years old in Viterbo (stroke).
Ludwig Wilhelmy
German chemist (1812–1864).
Born December 25th, 1812 in Stargard.
Died February 18th, 1864 at 51 years old in Berlin.
Janez Puhar
Slovenian catholic priest, inventor and photographer (1814–1864).
Born August 26th, 1814 in Kranj.
Died August 7th, 1864 at 49 years old in Kranj.
Caleb Blood Smith
American judge and politician (1808–1864).
Born April 16th, 1808 in Boston.
Died January 7th, 1864 at 55 years old in Indianapolis.
Émile-Joseph-Maurice Chevé
French music theorist (1804-1864).
Born June 1st, 1804 in Douarnenez. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1864 at 60 years old in Fontenay-le-Comte. [ref]
Carl August Hagberg
Swedish linguist and translator (1810–1864).
Born July 7th, 1810 in Lund, Lund Cathedral parish.
Died January 9th, 1864 at 53 years old in Lund, Lund Cathedral parish. [ref]
Rudolf Keyser
Norwegian historian (1803–1864).
Born January 1st, 1803 in Christiania. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1864 at 61 years old in Christiania.
László Magyar
Hungarian cartographer and explorer (1818–1864).
Born November 13th, 1818 in Pécs.
Died November 9th, 1864 at 45 years old in Benguela.
Franz Woepcke
German orientalist and mathematician (1826–1864).
Died March 25th, 1864 at 37 years old in Paris.
Charles Didier
Swiss writer and poet (1805-1864).
Born September 15th, 1805 in Geneva.
Died March 7th, 1864 at 58 years old in Paris.
Hippoliet Van Peene
Flemish physician and playwright. composer of the flemish anthem (1811-1864).
Born January 1st, 1811 in Kaprijke.
Died February 19th, 1864 at 53 years old in Ghent.
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau