In the year 1871
102 Notable deaths
Antonio Buzzolla
Italian composer and conductor (1815-1871).
Born March 2nd, 1815 in Trieste, Adria.
Died March 20th, 1871 at 56 years old in Venice.
Henry Theodore Tuckerman
American writer (1813–1871).
Born April 20th, 1813 in Boston.
Died December 17th, 1871 at 58 years old in New York City.
Germain Sommeiller
Sardinian engineer (1815-1871).
Born February 15th, 1815 in Saint-Jeoire.
Died July 11th, 1871 at 56 years old in Saint-Jeoire. [ref]
Sophy Gray
South african architect (1814–1871).
Born January 5th, 1814 in Easington.
Died April 27th, 1871 at 57 years old in Bishopscourt.
Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois
French dramatist.
Born December 23rd, 1806 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1871 at 64 years old in Pau. [ref]
Samuel Benjamin Sofer
Hungarian rabbi (1815–1871).
Born February 11th, 1815 in Bratislava. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1871 at 56 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez
French admiral (1808-1871).
Born April 24th, 1808 in Brest.
Died September 10th, 1871 at 63 years old in Paris.
Luis González-Brabo y López de Arjona
Spanish journalist and politician (1811-1871).
Died September 1st, 1871 at 60 years old in Biarritz.
Jules Petiet
French mechanical engineer (1813–1871).
Born August 5th, 1813 in Florence.
Died January 29th, 1871 at 57 years old in Paris.
Jan Erazim Vocel
Czech archeologist, poet and art historian (1802–1871).
Born August 24th, 1803 in Kutná Hora. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1871 at 68 years old in Prague. [ref]
Sergey Zaryanko
Russian painter (1818-1871).
Born October 6th, 1818 in Liady.
Died January 1st, 1871 at 52 years old in Moscow.
Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg
German entomologist (1801–1871).
Born February 16th, 1801 in Berlin.
Died October 24th, 1871 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Guillaume Lejean
French explorer.
Born February 1st, 1824 in Plouégat-Guérand.
Died February 2nd, 1871 at 47 years old in Plouégat-Guérand.
Eduard Weber
German anatomist (1806–1871).
Born March 6th, 1806 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
Died May 18th, 1871 at 65 years old in Leipzig.
Eugenia Smet
French saint (1825–1871).
Born March 25th, 1825 in Lille.
Died February 7th, 1871 at 45 years old in Paris.
Henry Alford
English churchman, theologian, textual critic, scholar, poet, hymnodist, and writer (1810–1871).
Born October 7th, 1810 in London.
Died January 12th, 1871 at 60 years old in Canterbury.
Karl Theodor Hartweg
German botanist (1812-1871).
Born June 18th, 1812 in Karlsruhe.
Died February 3rd, 1871 at 58 years old in Schwetzingen.
Leonard Chodźko
Polish historian, geographer, cartographer, publisher, archivist, and activist of poland's post-november-1830-uprising great emigration.
Born November 6th, 1800 in Aborak.
Died March 12th, 1871 at 70 years old in Poitiers.
Eugène Daumas
French general and writer (1803-1871).
Born September 4th, 1803 in Delémont.
Died April 29th, 1871 at 67 years old in Camblanes-et-Meynac.
René-Édouard Claparède
Swiss zoologist (1832-1871).
Born April 24th, 1832 in Chancy.
Died May 31st, 1871 at 39 years old in Siena.
Carl Ferdinand Allen
Danish historian (1811–1871).
Born April 23rd, 1811 in Copenhagen.
Died December 27th, 1871 at 60 years old in Frederiksberg.
Carl August Julius Milde
German bryologist and pteridologist (1824–1871).
Born November 2nd, 1824 in Wrocław.
Died July 3rd, 1871 at 46 years old in Merano.
Jacob Venedey
German politician, opinion journalist and writer (1805-1871).
Born May 24th, 1805 in Cologne.
Died February 9th, 1871 at 65 years old in Badenweiler.
Jules Pierre Fourreau
French botanist (1844-1871).
Born August 25th, 1844 in Lyon.
Died January 16th, 1871 at 26 years old in Beaune.
John Henry Pratt
British mathematician (1809–1871).
Born June 4th, 1809 in London.
Died December 28th, 1871 at 62 years old in Ghazipur (cholera).
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For some moments in life there are no words. David Seltzer