Notable Deaths - 1855
1855 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 6 |
Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) |
Jan 10 |
Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 |
Jan 25 |
Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 |
Jan 25 |
Gaetano Rossi, Semiramide |
Jan 26 |
Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) |
Jan 26 |
Gérard de Nerval, Carnival of Sinners |
Feb 6 |
Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) |
Feb 20 |
Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies |
Feb 23 |
Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies |
Feb 23 |
Carl Friedrich Gauß, Wer ist der größte Deutsche? |
Mar 2 |
Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 |
Mar 3 |
Hippolyte Bis, Guglielmo Tell |
Mar 8 |
William Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821) |
Mar 17 |
Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65 |
Mar 20 |
Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788) |
Mar 29 |
Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799) |
Mar 31 |
Charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38 |
Mar 31 |
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre |
Apr 13 |
Henry De la Beche, English geologist (b. 1796) |
Apr 18 |
Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter, dies |
Apr 24 |
Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 |
Apr 30 |
Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68 |
Apr 30 |
H.R. Bishop, Road to Zanzibar |
May 4 |
Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 |
May 5 |
Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (b. 1786) |
May 15 |
Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 |
May 23 |
Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797) |
May 27 |
Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies |
Jun 16 |
John Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803) |
Jun 28 |
Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86 |
Jun 29 |
John Gorrie, American scientist (b. 1802) |
Jul 7 |
Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787) |
Jul 8 |
Sir William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790) |
Jul 9 |
Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War |
Aug 7 |
Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802) |
Aug 16 |
Henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?) |
Aug 27 |
Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36 |
Sep 24 |
Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86 |
Oct 6 |
August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 |
Oct 13 |
Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91 |
Oct 25 |
Willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84 |
Nov 11 |
Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (b. 1813) |
Nov 11 |
Søren Kierkegaard, Le journal du séducteur |
Nov 19 |
Mihály Vörösmarty, Csongor és Tünde |
Nov 26 |
Adam B Mickiewicz, Polish poet (Polish Legion), dies at 56 |
Nov 26 |
Adam Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania |
Dec 6 |
William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789) |
Dec 15 |
Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803) |
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