In the year 1872
112 Notable deaths
John Gill Shorter
American politician (1818-1872).
Born April 23rd, 1818 in Monticello.
Died May 29th, 1872 at 54 years old in Eufaula.
Thomas Caverhill Jerdon
British zoologist, botanist, and physician (1811-1872).
Born October 12th, 1811 in Durham.
Died June 12th, 1872 at 60 years old in Upper Norwood.
Félix Archimède Pouchet
French scientist (1800-1872).
Born August 26th, 1800 in Rouen.
Died December 6th, 1872 at 72 years old in Rouen.
Élie Frédéric Forey
Marshal of france (1804-1872).
Born January 10th, 1804 in former 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1872 at 68 years old in Paris. [ref]
Ann Preston
American physician.
Born December 1st, 1813 in West Grove.
Died April 18th, 1872 at 58 years old in Philadelphia.
Yamauchi Toyoshige
Daimyo (1827-1872).
Born November 27th, 1827 in Kōchi-shi.
Died July 26th, 1872 at 44 years old in Tokyo Prefecture (cerebral hemorrhage).
Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht
German conductor (1802–1872).
Born August 8th, 1802 in Aschersleben.
Died August 4th, 1872 at 69 years old in Berlin.
José Balta
President of peru (1814–1872).
Born April 25th, 1814 in Lima. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1872 at 58 years old in Lima. [ref]
Louisa Atkinson
Anglo-australian writer, illustrator and botanical collector (1834-1872).
Born February 25th, 1834 in Sutton Forest.
Died April 28th, 1872 at 38 years old in Sutton Forest.
Charles-Eugène Delaunay
French astronomer and mathematician (1816-1872).
Born April 9th, 1816 in Lusigny-sur-Barse.
Died August 5th, 1872 at 56 years old in Cherbourg (maritime accident, drowning).
Nikolay Milyutin
Russian noble (1818-1872).
Born June 18th, 1818 in Moscow.
Died February 7th, 1872 at 53 years old in Moscow.
Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, duke of Persigny
French politician of the second empire (1808–1872).
Born January 11th, 1808 in Saint-Germain-Lespinasse. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1872 at 64 years old in Nice. [ref]
Emmanuel de Rougé
French politician, philologist, and egyptologist (1811–1872).
Born April 11th, 1811 in rue de Babylone.
Died December 31st, 1872 at 61 years old in castle of Bois Dauphin. [ref]
Friedrich Welwitsch
Austrian botanist and explorer (1806-1872).
Born February 25th, 1806 in Maria Saal. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1872 at 66 years old in London. [ref]
Tomás Gutiérrez
Peruvian colonel who led a coup (1817–1872).
Born March 7th, 1817 in Huancarqui District.
Died July 26th, 1872 at 55 years old in Lima.
Wincenty Pol
Polish writer (1807–1872).
Born April 20th, 1807 in Lublin. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1872 at 65 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Agustín Morales
Bolivian politician (1808-1872).
Born March 11th, 1808 in La Paz.
Died November 27th, 1872 at 64 years old in La Paz.
Lars Johan Hierta
Swedish newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman and politician (1801-1872).
Born January 23rd, 1801 in Uppsala, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1872 at 71 years old in Klara Church Parish. [ref]
Andrej Sládkovič
Slovak poet and translator (1820–1872).
Born March 30th, 1820 in Krupina. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1872 at 52 years old in Radvaň, Banská Bystrica. [ref]
Carl Jaenisch
Finnish and russian chess player and theorist (1813-1872).
Born April 23rd, 1813 in Vyborg.
Died March 17th, 1872 at 58 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Pedro Alcántara Herrán
President of colombia (1800-1872).
Born October 31st, 1800 in Bogotá.
Died April 26th, 1872 at 71 years old in Bogotá.
Petros Duryan
Armenian poet (1851-1872).
Born June 1st, 1851 in Üsküdar.
Died February 2nd, 1872 at 20 years old in Constantinople (tuberculosis).
William Stimpson
American marine biologist (1832–1872).
Born February 14th, 1832 in Boston.
Died May 26th, 1872 at 40 years old in Ilchester (tuberculosis).
Dimitrios Demeter
Croatian writer (1811–1872).
Born July 21st, 1811 in Zagreb.
Died June 24th, 1872 at 60 years old in Zagreb.
Baron Anton von Doblhoff-Dier
Austrian politician (1800-1872).
Born November 10th, 1800 in Gorizia.
Died April 16th, 1872 at 71 years old in Vienna.
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