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In the year 1869
72 Notable deaths
Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Prussian prince (1801-1869).
Born February 16th, 1801 in Żagań.
Died September 3rd, 1869 at 68 years old in Czerwieńsk.
Pyotr Yershov
Russian poet, playwright and teacher (1815-1869).
Born March 6th, 1815 in Ershovo.
Died August 30th, 1869 at 54 years old in Tobolsk.
Giulia Grisi
Italian soprano (1811-1869).
Born July 28th, 1811 in Milan.
Died November 29th, 1869 at 58 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Johann Georg von Hahn
Austrian diplomat and linguist (1811–1869).
Born July 11th, 1811 in Frankfurt.
Died September 23rd, 1869 at 58 years old in Jena.
Vladimir Odoevsky
Russian writer and philosopher (1803–1869).
Born August 11th, 1804 in Moscow.
Died March 11th, 1869 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Théophile Thoré-Bürger
French journalist and art critic (1807-1869).
Born June 23rd, 1807 in La Flèche.
Died April 30th, 1869 at 61 years old in Boulevard des Filles-du-Calvaire.
Wilhelm, Duke of Urach
Duke of urach (1810–1869).
Born July 6th, 1810 in Stuttgart.
Died July 17th, 1869 at 59 years old in Lichtenstein Castle.
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
German lutheran churchman and neo-lutheran theologian (1802-1869).
Born October 20th, 1802 in Fröndenberg.
Died May 28th, 1869 at 66 years old in Berlin.
Julian Fontana
Polish musician (1810-1869).
Born July 31st, 1810 in Warsaw.
Died December 23rd, 1869 at 59 years old in Paris, 17th arrondissement of Paris (asphyxia).
John Cassin
U.s. ornithologist (1813–1869).
Born September 6th, 1813 in Upper Providence Township.
Died January 10th, 1869 at 55 years old in Philadelphia.
Jan August Hendrik Leys
Painter, printmaker (1815-1869).
Born February 18th, 1815 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1869 at 54 years old in Antwerp. [ref]
Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja
Italian mathematician (1803-1869).
Born January 1st, 1803 in Florence.
Died September 28th, 1869 at 66 years old in Fiesole.
Théodore Maunoir
Swiss surgeon and co-founder of the international committee of the red cross - icrc (1806-1869).
Born June 1st, 1806 in Geneva.
Died April 26th, 1869 at 62 years old in Geneva.
Bertalan Szemere
Prime minister of hungary (1812-1869).
Born August 27th, 1812 in Vatta.
Died January 18th, 1869 at 56 years old in Pest.
Otto Jahn
German classical philologist, archaeologist and musicologist (1813-1869).
Died September 9th, 1869 at 56 years old in Göttingen.
Adolphe Niel
French army general and statesman, also marshal of france (1802-1869).
Born October 4th, 1802 in Muret.
Died August 14th, 1869 at 66 years old in Paris.
Hermann von Meyer
German paleontologist.
Born September 3rd, 1801 in Frankfurt.
Died April 2nd, 1869 at 67 years old in Frankfurt.
Alexander Dreyschock
Czech composer and pianist (1818–1869).
Born October 15th, 1818 in Žáky.
Died April 1st, 1869 at 50 years old in Venice (tuberculosis).
Thomas Pratt
American politician (1804-1869).
Born February 18th, 1804 in Georgetown.
Died November 9th, 1869 at 65 years old in Baltimore.
Michael Sars
Norwegian biologist and priest (1805-1869).
Born August 30th, 1805 in Bergen.
Died October 22nd, 1869 at 64 years old in Christiania.
Bernhard Molique
German violinist and composer (1802-1869).
Born October 7th, 1802 in Nuremberg.
Died May 10th, 1869 at 66 years old in Bad Cannstatt.
John Shae Perring
British academic (1813-1869).
Born January 24th, 1813 in Boston.
Died January 16th, 1869 at 55 years old in Manchester.
Paul Huet
French painter (1803-1869).
Born October 3rd, 1803 in Paris.
Died January 9th, 1869 at 65 years old in Paris.
John Hogg
British biologist (1800-1869).
Born March 21st, 1800.
Died September 16th, 1869 at 69 years old in County Durham.
Alois Auer
Austrian printer, inventor and illustrator (1813–1869).
Died July 10th, 1869 at 56 years old in Vienna.
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