In the year 1872
112 Notable deaths
Benito Juárez
President of mexico from 1858 to 1872.
Born March 21st, 1806 in San Pablo Guelatao.
Died July 18th, 1872 at 66 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction).
William H. Seward
American lawyer and politician (1801-1872).
Born May 16th, 1801 in Florida. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1872 at 71 years old in Auburn (respiratory failure).
Feodora of Leiningen
German princess (1807–1872); maternal half-sister of queen victoria.
Born December 7th, 1807 in Amorbach.
Died September 23rd, 1872 at 64 years old in Baden-Baden.
Princess Sophie of Bavaria
Bavarian princess (1805–1872).
Born January 27th, 1805 in Munich.
Died May 28th, 1872 at 67 years old in Vienna (pneumonia, brain cancer).
Horace Greeley
American politician and publisher (1811–1872).
Born February 3rd, 1811 in Amherst.
Died November 29th, 1872 at 61 years old in Pleasantville.
Giuseppe Mazzini
Italian nationalist activist, politician, journalist and philosopher.
Born June 22nd, 1805 in Genoa.
Died March 10th, 1872 at 66 years old in Pisa (pleurisy).
George Meade
United states army general and civil engineer (1815–1872).
Born December 31st, 1815 in Cádiz.
Died November 6th, 1872 at 56 years old in Philadelphia (pneumonia).
Ludwig Feuerbach
German philosopher and anthropologist (1804–1872).
Born July 28th, 1804 in Landshut. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1872 at 68 years old in Nuremberg. [ref]
Kawakami Gensai
Japanese samurai of the late edo period (1834-1872).
Born December 25th, 1834 in Kumamoto.
Died January 13th, 1872 at 37 years old in Nihonbashi-Kodenmachō (decapitation).
Kamehameha V
King of hawaii from 1863 to 1872.
Born December 11th, 1830 in Honolulu.
Died December 11th, 1872 at 42 years old in Honolulu (disease).
William Webb Ellis
Anglican clergyman and allegedly the inventor of rugby football (1806-1872).
Born November 24th, 1806 in Salford.
Died February 24th, 1872 at 65 years old in Menton.
Henry Halleck
Union army general (1815–1872).
Born January 16th, 1815 in Oneida County.
Died January 9th, 1872 at 56 years old in Kentucky.
Théophile Gautier
French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872).
Born August 30th, 1811 in Tarbes. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1872 at 61 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Carl XV of Sweden
King of sweden and norway (1859-1872).
Born May 3rd, 1826 in Stockholm.
Died September 18th, 1872 at 46 years old in Malmö. [ref]
Richard S. Ewell
Confederate army general (1817–1872).
Born February 8th, 1817 in Georgetown.
Died January 25th, 1872 at 54 years old in Spring Hill (pneumonia).
James Fisk
American businessman (1835–1872).
Born April 1st, 1835 in Bennington.
Died January 6th, 1872 at 36 years old in New York City (gunshot wound).
José Burgos
Filipino priest martyred in 1872.
Born February 9th, 1837.
Died February 17th, 1872 at 35 years old in Manila.
Jacinto Zamora
Filipino priest martyred in 1872.
Born August 14th, 1835 in Pandacan.
Died February 17th, 1872 at 36 years old in Manila.
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo
British conservative statesman and 4th viceroy of india (1822–1872).
Born February 21st, 1822 in Dublin.
Died February 8th, 1872 at 49 years old in Srivijayapuram.
Zeng Guofan
Chinese politician and military commander (1811–1872).
Born November 26th, 1811 in Xiangxiang City.
Died March 12th, 1872 at 60 years old in Nanjing.
Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
German princess (1839–1872).
Born July 7th, 1839 in Stuttgart.
Died February 10th, 1872 at 32 years old in Meiningen (scarlet fever).
Immanuel Nobel
Swedish architect, engineer, inventor and industrialist (1801-1872).
Born March 24th, 1801 in Gävle Parish. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1872 at 71 years old in Heleneborg, Maria Magdalena parish. [ref]
Stanisław Moniuszko
Polish composer (1819–1872).
Born May 17th, 1819 in Ubieĺ. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1872 at 53 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Prince Albert of Prussia
Prussian colonel-general (1809-1872).
Born October 4th, 1809 in Königsberg.
Died October 14th, 1872 at 63 years old in Berlin.
Edward James Roye
First member of liberia's true whig party to serve as president (1815-1872).
Born February 3rd, 1815 in Newark.
Died February 12th, 1872 at 57 years old in Monrovia.
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