In the year 1868
79 Notable deaths
Kit Carson
American frontiersman and union army general (1809-1868).
Born December 24th, 1809 in Richmond.
Died May 23rd, 1868 at 58 years old in Fort Lyon (abdominal aortic aneurysm).
Mongkut
King of siam from 1851 to 1868.
Born October 18th, 1804 in Thonburi Province.
Died October 1st, 1868 at 63 years old in Grand Palace (malaria).
James Brooke
Rajah of sarawak (1803-1868).
Born April 29th, 1803 in Varanasi.
Died June 11th, 1868 at 65 years old in Burrator.
Bhanubhakta Acharya
The first-ever poet of nepali language.
Born July 13th, 1814 in Chundi Ramgha.
Died April 23rd, 1868 at 53 years old in Tanahun District.
Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
British duchess (1806-1868).
Born May 21st, 1806 in London.
Died October 27th, 1868 at 62 years old in Lancaster House.
Kondō Isami
Japanese swordsman (1834–1868).
Born November 9th, 1834 in Kamiishiwara.
Died May 17th, 1868 at 33 years old in Itabashi execution grounds (decapitation).
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
French politician (1810-1868).
Born May 4th, 1810 in Walewice.
Died September 27th, 1868 at 58 years old in Strasbourg (stroke). [ref]
Adah Isaacs Menken
American actress, dancer, painter, and poet (1835–1868).
Born June 15th, 1835 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1868 at 33 years old in Paris.
Léon Foucault
French physicist (1819–1868).
Born September 18th, 1819 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1868 at 48 years old in Paris. [ref]
William T. G. Morton
United states dental surgeon (1819–1868).
Born August 9th, 1819 in Charlton.
Died July 15th, 1868 at 48 years old in New York City (stroke).
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Canadian politician (1825–1868).
Born April 13th, 1825 in Carlingford.
Died April 7th, 1868 at 42 years old in Ottawa (firearm). [ref]
Howell Cobb
American politician (1815–1868).
Born September 7th, 1815 in Jefferson County.
Died October 9th, 1868 at 53 years old in New York City.
Herculine Barbin
French intersex person, writer (1838–1868).
Born November 8th, 1838 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély.
Died March 13th, 1868 at 29 years old in Paris (asphyxia).
Emanuel Leutze
American artist (1816-1868).
Born May 24th, 1816 in Schwäbisch Gmünd.
Died July 18th, 1868 at 52 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Thomas C. Hindman
American politician and confederate states army general in the civil war (1828–1868).
Born January 28th, 1828 in Knoxville.
Died September 27th, 1868 at 40 years old in Helena.
Jeanne Duval
French actress (1818–1868).
Born November 18th, 1818 in Port-au-Prince. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1868 at 50 years old in Saint-Denis. [ref]
Adèle Foucher
Wife of french writer victor hugo (1803–1868).
Born September 27th, 1803 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1868 at 64 years old in Brussels. [ref]
Adalbert Stifter
Austrian painter, pacifist and writer (1805-1868).
Born October 23rd, 1805 in Horní Planá. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1868 at 62 years old in Linz (exsanguination). [ref]
Julius Plücker
German mathematician and physicist (1801-1868).
Born July 16th, 1801 in Elberfeld. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1868 at 66 years old in Bonn.
Rasoherina I of Madagascar
Queen of madagascar (1863-1868).
Born September 29th, 1814 in Merina Kingdom.
Died April 1st, 1868 at 53 years old in Antananarivo (dysentery).
Peter Julian Eymard
Catholic priest - saint.
Born February 4th, 1811 in La Mure.
Died August 1st, 1868 at 57 years old in La Mure (cerebral hemorrhage).
August Schleicher
German philologist (1821–1868).
Born February 19th, 1821 in Meiningen.
Died December 7th, 1868 at 47 years old in Jena (tuberculosis).
Linus Yale
American mechanical engineer (1821–1868).
Born April 4th, 1821 in New York.
Died December 25th, 1868 at 47 years old in New York City.
Venancio Flores
Uruguayan politician (1808-1868).
Born May 18th, 1808 in Trinidad.
Died February 19th, 1868 at 59 years old in Montevideo.
William Sidney Mount
American painter (1807-1868).
Born November 26th, 1807 in Long Island, Setauket-East Setauket.
Died November 19th, 1868 at 60 years old in Long Island, Stony Brook.
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)