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In the year 1882
170 Notable deaths
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809-1882).
Born February 12th, 1809.
Died April 19th, 1882 at 73 years old in Down House.
Jesse James
American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber.
Born September 5th, 1847 in Kearney.
Died April 3rd, 1882 at 34 years old in St. Joseph (gunshot wound).
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882).
Born May 25th, 1803 in Boston.
Died April 27th, 1882 at 78 years old in Concord (pneumonia).
Mary Todd Lincoln
First lady of the united states from 1861 to 1865.
Born December 13th, 1818 in Lexington.
Died July 16th, 1882 at 63 years old in Springfield.
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian general, patriot and republican (1807–1882).
Born July 4th, 1807 in Nice. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1882 at 74 years old in Caprera. [ref]
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882).
Born September 8th, 1841 in Freeport.
Died June 30th, 1882 at 40 years old in Washington, D.C. (hanging to death).
Johnny Ringo
Us criminal and gunfighter (1850–1882).
Born May 3rd, 1850 in Greens Fork.
Died July 13th, 1882 at 32 years old in Chiricahua Mountains (gunshot wound).
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American poet and educator (1807–1882).
Born February 27th, 1807 in Portland.
Died March 24th, 1882 at 75 years old in Cambridge (peritonitis).
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882).
Born May 12th, 1828 in London.
Died April 9th, 1882 at 53 years old in United Kingdom, Birchington-on-Sea (nephritis).
Anthony Trollope
English novelist of the victorian period (1815-1882).
Born April 24th, 1815 in London.
Died December 6th, 1882 at 67 years old in London.
Arthur de Gobineau
French diplomat and writer known for racial theories (1816–1882).
Born July 14th, 1816 in Ville-d'Avray.
Died October 13th, 1882 at 66 years old in Turin.
John Nelson Darby
British bible teacher, considered to be the father of modern dispensationalism and futurism. (1800-1882).
Born November 18th, 1800 in Westminster.
Died April 29th, 1882 at 81 years old in Bournemouth.
Theodor Schwann
German physiologist (1810–1882).
Born December 7th, 1810 in Neuss.
Died January 12th, 1882 at 71 years old in Cologne.
Wilmer McLean
American businessman, involved in the american civil war (1814-1882).
Born May 3rd, 1814 in Manassas.
Died June 5th, 1882 at 68 years old in Alexandria.
Friedrich Wöhler
German chemist (1800-1882).
Born July 31st, 1800 in Eschersheim.
Died September 23rd, 1882 at 82 years old in Göttingen.
William Stanley Jevons
English economist and logician.
Born September 1st, 1835 in Liverpool.
Died August 13th, 1882 at 46 years old in Bulverhythe (drowning).
Léon Gambetta
French politician (1838-1882).
Born April 2nd, 1838 in Cahors.
Died December 31st, 1882 at 44 years old in Ville-d'Avray (stomach cancer).
Bruno Bauer
German philosopher and theologian (1809–1882).
Born September 6th, 1809 in Eisenberg. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1882 at 72 years old in Neukölln. [ref]
Alexander Gardner
Scottish photographer (1821–1882).
Born October 17th, 1821 in Paisley. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1882 at 61 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Louis Blanc
French politician and historian (1811-1882).
Born October 29th, 1811 in Madrid.
Died December 6th, 1882 at 71 years old in Cannes.
Gouverneur Kemble Warren
General in the union army during the american civil war.
Born January 8th, 1830 in Cold Spring.
Died August 8th, 1882 at 52 years old in Newport.
William Harrison Ainsworth
English novelist (1805-1882).
Born February 4th, 1805 in Cheetham Hill.
Died January 3rd, 1882 at 76 years old in Reigate.
Richard Henry Dana
American author and lawyer (1815–1882).
Born August 1st, 1815 in Cambridge. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1882 at 66 years old in Rome (influenza).
Joseph Liouville
French mathematician and engineer (1809–1882).
Born March 24th, 1809 in Saint-Omer. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1882 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
Edward Bouverie Pusey
Conservative churchman of the church of england and hebraist (1800–1882).
Born August 22nd, 1800 in Pusey.
Died September 16th, 1882 at 82 years old in Oxford.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius