In the year 1869
72 Notable deaths
Franklin Pierce
President of the united states from 1853 to 1857.
Born November 23rd, 1804 in Hillsborough.
Died October 8th, 1869 at 64 years old in Concord (liver cirrhosis).
Hector Berlioz
French composer and conductor (1803–1869).
Born December 11th, 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1869 at 65 years old in Paris. [ref]
Edwin M. Stanton
American lawyer and politician (1814–1869).
Born December 19th, 1814 in Steubenville.
Died December 24th, 1869 at 55 years old in Washington, D.C. (respiratory failure).
Hijikata Toshizō
Japanese military leader (1835-1869).
Died June 20th, 1869 at 34 years old in Hakodate (gunshot wound).
John Augustus Roebling
German-american engineer.
Born June 12th, 1806 in Mühlhausen/Thuringia.
Died July 22nd, 1869 at 63 years old in New York City (tetanus).
Allan Kardec
Systematizer of spiritism (1804–1869).
Born October 3rd, 1804 in Lyon. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1869 at 64 years old in 2nd arrondissement of Paris (intracranial aneurysm). [ref]
Henry Jarvis Raymond
American journalist and politician (1820–1869).
Born January 24th, 1820 in Livingston County.
Died June 18th, 1869 at 49 years old in New York City.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
American musician and composer (1829-1869).
Born May 8th, 1829 in New Orleans.
Died December 18th, 1869 at 40 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Mary Ward
Anglo-irish scientist and writer (1827-1869).
Born April 27th, 1827 in County Offaly.
Died August 31st, 1869 at 42 years old in Birr (car collision).
Roger Fenton
British photographer (1819–1869).
Born March 28th, 1819 in Crimble Hall, Heywood.
Died August 9th, 1869 at 50 years old in London.
John Aaron Rawlins
Union army general, 29th secretary of war (1831-1869).
Born February 13th, 1831 in Galena.
Died September 6th, 1869 at 38 years old in Washington, D.C. (tuberculosis).
Thomas Graham
British chemist (1805–1869).
Born December 20th, 1805 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1869 at 63 years old in London. [ref]
Juan Almonte
Mexican general, diplomat and regent (1803-1869).
Born May 15th, 1803 in Michoacán.
Died March 21st, 1869 at 65 years old in Paris.
Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve
French literary critic (1804–1869).
Born December 23rd, 1804 in Boulogne-sur-Mer. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1869 at 64 years old in Paris. [ref]
Robert J. Walker
American politician (1801-1869).
Born July 19th, 1801 in Northumberland.
Died November 11th, 1869 at 68 years old in Washington, D.C..
William P. Fessenden
American politician (1806–1869).
Born October 16th, 1806 in Boscawen.
Died September 8th, 1869 at 62 years old in Portland.
Ōmura Masujirō
Japanese politician (1824-1869).
Born May 30th, 1824 in Suzenji.
Died December 7th, 1869 at 45 years old in Osaka University Hospital (sepsis).
Narcisa de Jesús
Ecuadoran laywoman and santa (1832-1869).
Born October 29th, 1832 in Nobol Canton.
Died December 8th, 1869 at 37 years old in Lima.
Francis Wilkinson Pickens
American politician (1805–1869).
Born April 7th, 1805 in Colleton County.
Died January 25th, 1869 at 63 years old in Edgefield.
Alexander Dargomyzhsky
Russian composer.
Born February 14th, 1813.
Died January 17th, 1869 at 55 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Mehmed Fuad Paşa
Ottoman administrator and statesman (1814–1869).
Born January 17th, 1814 in Istanbul.
Died February 13th, 1869 at 55 years old in Nice.
Carlo Cattaneo
Italian patriot, philosopher and politician (1801-1869).
Born June 15th, 1801 in Milan.
Died February 6th, 1869 at 67 years old in Lugano.
Apollo Korzeniowski
Polish writer (1820–1869).
Born February 21st, 1820 in Honoratka.
Died May 23rd, 1869 at 49 years old in Kraków.
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
American politician (1802-1869).
Born June 30th, 1802 in Greene County.
Died November 25th, 1869 at 67 years old in Wetumpka.
Asaf Jah V of Hyderabad
King of hyderabad (1827-1869).
Born October 11th, 1827 in Hyderabad.
Died February 26th, 1869 at 41 years old in Hyderabad.
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