In the year 1866
77 Notable deaths
Adam Clark
Scottish engineer (1811–1866).
Born August 11th, 1811 in Edinburgh.
Died June 23rd, 1866 at 54 years old in Buda (lung disease).
Luigi Carlo Farini
Italian historian and politician (1812-1866).
Born October 22nd, 1812 in Russi.
Died August 1st, 1866 at 53 years old in Russi.
Konstantin Flavitsky
Russian artist (1830–1866).
Born September 25th, 1830 in Moscow.
Died September 15th, 1866 at 35 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Gustav Roch
Mathematician from germany.
Born December 9th, 1839 in Dresden.
Died November 21st, 1866 at 26 years old in Venice (tuberculosis).
William H. Harvey
Irish botanist (1811-1866).
Born February 5th, 1811 in Limerick.
Died May 15th, 1866 at 55 years old in Torquay (tuberculosis).
Mikael Nalbandian
Armenian writer (1829-1866).
Born November 14th, 1829 in Nakhichevan-on-Don.
Died April 12th, 1866 at 36 years old in Kamyshin (tuberculosis).
Jules Demersseman
French composer and flutist (1833-1866).
Born January 9th, 1833 in Hondschoote.
Died December 1st, 1866 at 33 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Mikhail Petrashevsky
Russian thinker (1821-1866).
Born November 13th, 1821 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 19th, 1866 at 45 years old in Minusinsk (stroke).
Hermann Goldschmidt
German-french astronomer and painter (1802-1866).
Born June 17th, 1802 in Frankfurt.
Died August 30th, 1866 at 64 years old in Fontainebleau. [ref]
Prince Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
German royal and soldier (1841–1866).
Born October 7th, 1841 in Sigmaringen.
Died August 6th, 1866 at 24 years old in Dvůr Králové nad Labem.
Siméon-François Berneux
French roman catholic missioner, bishop and saint (1814-1866).
Born May 14th, 1814 in Château-du-Loir.
Died March 7th, 1866 at 51 years old in Saenamteo (decapitation).
Christian Hermann Weisse
German protestant religious philosopher (1801–1866).
Born August 10th, 1801 in Leipzig.
Died September 19th, 1866 at 65 years old in Leipzig.
François-Xavier Garneau
Québécois notary, poet, civil servant and liberal (1809-1866).
Born June 15th, 1809 in Quebec City.
Died February 3rd, 1866 at 56 years old in maison François-Xavier-Garneau (seizure). [ref]
Maria De Mattias
Italian catholic nun, foundress and saint (1805-1866).
Born February 4th, 1805 in Vallecorsa.
Died August 20th, 1866 at 61 years old in Rome.
Hippolyte Bellangé
French painter (1800-1866).
Born January 17th, 1800 in former 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 10th, 1866 at 66 years old in Paris.
Victor Adam
French painter (1801–1866).
Born January 28th, 1801 in Paris. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1866 at 65 years old in Viroflay. [ref]
James Henry Lane
American senator and union army general (1814–1866).
Born June 22nd, 1814 in Lawrenceburg.
Died July 11th, 1866 at 52 years old in Leavenworth.
Ippolito Caffi
Italian painter (1809-1866).
Born October 16th, 1809 in Belluno.
Died July 20th, 1866 at 56 years old in Battle of Lissa (drowning).
Maria Susanna Cummins
American novelist (1827–1866).
Born April 9th, 1827 in Salem.
Died October 1st, 1866 at 39 years old in Dorchester.
Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy
French missionary and saint (1818-1866).
Born March 16th, 1818 in Amiens.
Died March 30th, 1866 at 48 years old in Boryeong (decapitation).
Lucien Vidi
French physicist (1805–1866).
Born January 29th, 1805 in Nantes. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1866 at 61 years old in Nantes.
Augustus Addison Gould
American conchologist (1805–1866).
Born April 23rd, 1805 in New Ipswich.
Died September 15th, 1866 at 61 years old in Boston.
Manuel Felipe de Tovar
Vice president of venezuela (1803–1866).
Born January 1st, 1803 in Caracas.
Died February 21st, 1866 at 63 years old in Paris.
Antônio de Sousa Neto
Brazilian politician (1801-1866).
Born February 11th, 1801 in Rio Grande.
Died July 2nd, 1866 at 65 years old in Corrientes.
Alexander von Nordmann
Finnish zoologist, botanist and palaeontologist (1803-1866).
Died June 25th, 1866 at 63 years old in Helsinki.
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Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson