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In the year 1872
112 Notable deaths
Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry
French priest and scholar (1805-1872).
Born March 30th, 1805 in Lille.
Died February 7th, 1872 at 66 years old in Montreux (laryngeal cancer).
Handrij Zejler
Sorbian writer and activist (1804-1872).
Born February 1st, 1804 in Salzenforst/Słona Boršć.
Died October 15th, 1872 at 68 years old in Lohsa.
Alexander Randall
American politician (1819–1872).
Born October 31st, 1819 in Ames.
Died July 26th, 1872 at 52 years old in Elmira.
Myllarguten
Norwegian musician (1801-1872).
Born May 3rd, 1801 in Sauherad.
Died November 21st, 1872 at 71 years old in Vinje.
Manuel María Mallarino
Vice president of colombia (1808–1872).
Died January 6th, 1872 at 63 years old in Bogotá.
Santos Gutiérrez
Colombian statesman and soldier (1820-1872).
Born October 24th, 1820 in El Cocuy.
Died February 6th, 1872 at 51 years old in Barranquilla.
Jakob Becker
German painter (1810-1872).
Born March 15th, 1810 in Dittelsheim-Heßloch.
Died December 22nd, 1872 at 62 years old in Frankfurt.
Anders Sandøe Ørsted
Danish botanist and zoologist (1816–1872).
Born June 21st, 1816 in Rudkøbing.
Died September 3rd, 1872 at 56 years old in Copenhagen.
Mathilde Fibiger
Danish feminist, novelist, and telegraphist (1830–1872).
Born December 13th, 1830 in Copenhagen.
Died June 17th, 1872 at 41 years old in Aarhus.
Václav Treitz
Czech anatomist and patologist (1819-1872).
Born April 9th, 1819 in Hostomice. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1872 at 53 years old in Prague (cyanide poisoning). [ref]
Alexander Hilferding
Russian linguist and folklorist (1831-1872).
Born July 14th, 1831 in Warsaw.
Died July 2nd, 1872 at 40 years old in Kargopol (typhoid fever).
Frederik Kaiser
Dutch astronomer (1808-1872).
Born June 10th, 1808 in Amsterdam.
Died July 28th, 1872 at 64 years old in Leiden.
François-Jules Pictet de la Rive
Swiss scientist, entomologist and paleontologist (1809-1872).
Born September 27th, 1809 in Geneva. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1872 at 62 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Jean-Marie Le Bris
French aviation pioneer (1817–1872).
Born March 25th, 1817 in Concarneau.
Died February 10th, 1872 at 54 years old in Douarnenez.
Charles Combes
French engineer (1801-1872).
Born December 26th, 1801 in Cahors.
Died January 11th, 1872 at 70 years old in Paris.
Moses Ashley Curtis
U.s. botanist (1801–1872).
Born May 11th, 1808 in Stockbridge.
Died April 10th, 1872 at 63 years old in Hillsborough.
Giuseppe Valerga
Italian roman catholic cleric (1813–1872).
Born April 9th, 1813 in Loano.
Died December 2nd, 1872 at 59 years old in Jerusalem.
Adolf von Bonin
Prussian general (1803–1872).
Born November 11th, 1803 in Heeren-Werve.
Died April 16th, 1872 at 68 years old in Berlin.
Ludolf Wienbarg
German author (1802–1872).
Born December 25th, 1802 in Altona.
Died January 2nd, 1872 at 69 years old in Schleswig.
Comtesse Dash
French writer, editor.
Born August 1st, 1804 in Poitiers. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1872 at 68 years old in Paris. [ref]
Karl Ferdinand Appun
German scientist (1820-1872).
Born May 24th, 1820 in Bolesławiec.
Died July 18th, 1872 at 52 years old in Guiana Highlands.
Johan Hendrik van Dale
Dutch teacher, lexicographer and archivist (1828–1872).
Born February 15th, 1828 in Sluis.
Died May 19th, 1872 at 44 years old in Sluis (smallpox).
Arnold Escher von der Linth
Swiss geologist (1807-1872).
Born June 8th, 1807 in Zurich.
Died July 12th, 1872 at 65 years old in Zurich.
Princess Caroline Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
German politician (1819-1872).
Born March 19th, 1819 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.
Died January 18th, 1872 at 52 years old in Greiz.
William John Macquorn Rankine
Civil engineer (1820–1872).
Born July 5th, 1820 in Edinburgh.
Died December 24th, 1872 at 52 years old in Glasgow.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 112
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