In the year 1868
79 Notable deaths
Halfdan Kjerulf
Norwegian composer (1815–1868).
Born September 17th, 1815 in Christiania.
Died August 11th, 1868 at 52 years old in Christiania.
Sinibaldo de Mas y Sanz
Spanish diplomat (1809-1868).
Born November 9th, 1809 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1868 at 59 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Jan van der Hoeven
Dutch zoologist (1801-1868).
Born February 9th, 1802 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1868 at 66 years old in Leiden. [ref]
Júlia Szendrey
Hungarian poet, writer, translator (1828-1868).
Born December 29th, 1828 in Keszthely. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1868 at 39 years old in Pest (cancer). [ref]
Magnus von Wright
Finnish painter and ornithologist (1805-1868).
Born June 13th, 1805 in Kuopio.
Died July 5th, 1868 at 63 years old in Helsinki.
Franz Brendel
German music critic (1811-1868).
Born November 26th, 1811 in Stolberg (Harz).
Died November 25th, 1868 at 56 years old in Leipzig.
Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer
German actress and writer (1800–1868).
Born June 23rd, 1800 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1868 at 68 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Vasily Andreyevich Dolgorukov
Russian statesman and military officer (1804–1868).
Born March 7th, 1804 in Moscow.
Died January 17th, 1868 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Sofia Ahlbom
Swedish artist, photographer, cartographer and writer (1803–1868).
Born November 25th, 1803 in Västerås Municipality. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1868 at 64 years old in Stockholm.
August Blanche
Swedish politician (1811-1868).
Born September 17th, 1811 in Storkyrkoförsamlingen.
Died November 30th, 1868 at 57 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mihály Tompa
Hungarian poet 1817-1868.
Born September 28th, 1817 in Rimavská Sobota.
Died July 30th, 1868 at 50 years old in Chanava.
Édouard Verreaux
French ornithologist (1810-1868).
Born September 16th, 1810 in Paris.
Died March 14th, 1868 at 57 years old
Adolphe d'Archiac
Academic, member of the accademia delle scienze di torino since 1853 (1802–1868).
Born September 24th, 1802 in Reims.
Died December 24th, 1868 at 66 years old in Paris (drowning).
David Wilmot
American politician (1814–1868).
Born January 20th, 1814 in Bethany.
Died March 16th, 1868 at 54 years old in Towanda.
Felipe Pardo y Aliaga
Writer, diplomat and politician (1809–1868).
Died December 24th, 1868 at 59 years old in Lima.
Carl Mayet
German chess player (1810–1868).
Born August 11th, 1810 in Berlin.
Died May 18th, 1868 at 57 years old in Berlin.
Ludwig Lange
German architect (1808-1868).
Born March 22nd, 1808 in Darmstadt. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1868 at 60 years old in Munich. [ref]
Jón Thoroddsen the elder
Icelandic writer (1818–1868).
Born October 5th, 1818 in Reykhólar.
Died March 8th, 1868 at 49 years old
János Erdélyi
Hungarian lawyer, poet, critic, esthete, collector of folk poetry a educator (1814–1868).
Died January 23rd, 1868 at 53 years old in Sárospatak.
Karol Szajnocha
Polish historian (1818–1868).
Born November 20th, 1818 in Komarno. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1868 at 49 years old in Lviv. [ref]
Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer
German botanist (1803-1868).
Born October 30th, 1803 in Wrocław.
Died March 12th, 1868 at 64 years old in Wrocław.
Gerolamo Marquese d'Andrea
Catholic cardinal (1812–1868).
Born April 12th, 1812 in Naples.
Died May 14th, 1868 at 56 years old in Rome. [ref]
Elisa de Vilmorin
French horticulturalist (1826-1868).
Died August 3rd, 1868 at 42 years old in Verrières-le-Buisson.
Juan Bustamante Dueñas
Peruvian politician (1808-1869).
Born June 24th, 1808 in Vilque District. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1868 at 59 years old in Pusi District. [ref]
Johann Friedrich Kittl
Czech composer (1806–1868).
Born May 8th, 1806 in Orlík nad Vltavou. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1868 at 62 years old in Leszno. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 75 of 79
Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø