In the year 1872
112 Notable deaths
Aleksis Kivi
National author of finland (1834–1872).
Born October 10th, 1834 in Palojoki. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1872 at 38 years old in Tuusula. [ref]
Francis Lieber
German-american jurist, gymnast and political philosopher.
Born March 18th, 1800 in Berlin.
Died October 2nd, 1872 at 72 years old in New York City.
John Frederick Kensett
American artist (1816-1872).
Born March 22nd, 1816 in Cheshire.
Died December 14th, 1872 at 56 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Ion Heliade Rădulescu
Academic, romantic and classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician (1802-1872).
Born January 6th, 1802 in Târgoviște.
Died April 27th, 1872 at 70 years old in Bucharest.
Ljudevit Gaj
Croatian academic, writer and politician (1809–1872).
Born August 8th, 1809 in Krapina.
Died April 20th, 1872 at 62 years old in Zagreb.
Cornelius Krieghoff
Dutch canadian painter (1815-1872).
Born June 19th, 1815 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1872 at 56 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Vladimir Dal
Russian lexicographer (1801-1872).
Born November 22nd, 1801 in Luhansk.
Died October 4th, 1872 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Fanny Fern
American writer (1811–1872).
Born July 9th, 1811 in Portland. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1872 at 61 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
George Robert Gray
English ornithologist, author and museum curator (1808–1872).
Born July 8th, 1808 in London.
Died May 6th, 1872 at 63 years old in London.
J. Neely Johnson
Governor of california (1825-1872).
Born August 2nd, 1825 in Gibson County.
Died August 31st, 1872 at 47 years old in Salt Lake City.
Thomas Bragg
American governor and senator (1810–1872).
Born November 9th, 1810 in Warrenton. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1872 at 61 years old in Raleigh. [ref]
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg
German philosopher, philologist, prussian university professor (1802-1872).
Born November 30th, 1802 in Eutin.
Died January 24th, 1872 at 69 years old in Berlin.
Petar Preradović
Croatian poet (1818–1872).
Born March 18th, 1818 in Grabrovnica.
Died August 18th, 1872 at 54 years old in Pottenstein.
Humphrey Marshall
United states congressman and general in the confederate states army (1812-1872).
Born January 13th, 1812 in Frankfort.
Died March 28th, 1872 at 60 years old in Louisville.
Alfred Clebsch
German mathematician (1833–1872).
Born January 19th, 1833 in Königsberg.
Died November 7th, 1872 at 39 years old in Göttingen (diphtheria).
Garrett Davis
American politician (1801–1872).
Born September 10th, 1801 in Mount Sterling.
Died September 22nd, 1872 at 71 years old in Paris.
Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant
French chess player (1800-1872).
Born September 12th, 1800 in Monflanquin.
Died October 28th, 1872 at 72 years old in Hydra (horse fall). [ref]
Michel Carré
French librettist (1821–1872).
Born October 21st, 1822 in Besançon. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1872 at 49 years old in Argenteuil. [ref]
Hugo von Mohl
German botanist (1805–1872).
Born April 8th, 1805 in Stuttgart.
Died April 1st, 1872 at 66 years old in Tübingen.
Francisco Palau
Beatified spanish discalced carmelite friar and priest (1811-1872).
Born December 29th, 1811 in Aitona.
Died March 20th, 1872 at 60 years old in Tarragona (pneumonia).
Frederick Denison Maurice
English theologian, religious author and christian socialist (1805-1872).
Born August 29th, 1805 in Normanston.
Died April 1st, 1872 at 66 years old in London.
Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard
French photographer (1802–1872).
Born August 2nd, 1802 in Lille.
Died April 28th, 1872 at 69 years old in Lille.
Martin John Spalding
(1810-1872), archbishop of baltimore.
Born May 23rd, 1823 in Rolling Fork.
Died February 7th, 1872 at 48 years old in Baltimore.
Friedrich Gerstäcker
Novelist and travel writer (1816–1872).
Born May 10th, 1816 in Hamburg.
Died May 31st, 1872 at 56 years old in Brunswick (stroke).
Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
First wife of prince henry of the netherlands (1830-1872).
Born March 20th, 1830 in Ghent.
Died May 1st, 1872 at 42 years old in Walferdange.
Deaths 26 to 50 of 112
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard