Necrology 1804
This is a list of famous people who died in 1804 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 3rd | William Mansel, 9th Baronet | British nobleman and politician | 64 | |
| January 4th | Charlotte Lennox | English writer, playwright, poet and translator | ||
| January 4th | Jacques-François Borda d'Oro | French geologist | ||
| January 5th | Peter Prosch | Tyrolean farmer's son, who traveled to German royal houses and wrote an autobiography about it | 59 | |
| January 7th | Louis-Marie de Noailles | French general, businessman | 47 | |
| January 9th | James Tytler | Scottish encyclopedist and balloonist | ||
| January 12th | Johann Baptist Bergopzoomer | Austrian actor, theater director and theater poet | 61 | |
| 13th January | Egid Verhelst the Younger | German engraver | 70 | |
| 15. January | Dru Drury | British entomologist | 78 | |
| January 18th | Samuel Mattocks | American politician, Continental Army officer, and Treasurer of Vermont | 64 | |
| January 19th | Paul Kray from Krajowa | Austrian Feldzeugmeister | 68 | |
| 21th January | Ernst Gottfried Baldinger | German medic | 65 | |
| January 26th | José Nicolás de Azara | Spanish politician, diplomat and patron of the arts | 73 | |
| January 27th | Joseph von Deym | Bohemian nobleman, wax artist, music patron and owner of a Viennese art and curiosity gallery | 51 | |
| January 29th | Franz Trentel | German Jesuit, university professor, mathematician and astronomer | 73 | |
| January | Javad Khan | Member of the imperial tribe of the Qajars, Great Khan of the Khanate of Gəncə |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Mathieu-Antoine Bouchaud | French lawyer, economist and encyclopedist | 84 | |
| February 2nd | Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud | French naturalist, malacologist and botanist | 31 | |
| February 2nd | George Walton | American politician, Georgia governor, and United States senator | ||
| 3 February | Emanuel Jäcklin-Holzach | Swiss cabinet maker | ||
| February 5th | Christian Joseph Jagemann | German councilor and librarian | ||
| February 6th | Joseph Priestley | Theologian, philosopher, chemist and physicist | 70 | |
| February 7th | William Bingham | American politician | 51 | |
| February 9 | Daniel Jenisch | German Lutheran theologian | 41 | |
| February 12th | Immanuel Kant | German philosopher | 79 | |
| 19th of February | Karl Christoph Nestler | German Protestant theologian | 63 | |
| 19th of February | David Christoph Seybold | German Protestant theologian and university professor | 56 | |
| February 22 | Joseph Benda | Bohemian-German musician |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Caroline of Bourbon-Parma | Princess of Bourbon Parma | 33 | |
| 1st March | Rudolf Steiner | German architect and building officer | 61 | |
| 3 March | Giovanni Giulio Gerolamo Berna | Roman Catholic clergyman and library founder | 86 | |
| 3 March | Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | Italian Baroque painter | 76 | |
| 4th of March | Johann Evangelist Schmidt | German organ builder | 46 | |
| 4th of March | Carl Leopold Röllig | German classical composer | ||
| 7th March | Daniel Hiester | American politician | 56 | |
| 7th March | Johann Christoph Sigmund of Paris | Patrician, businessman, landowner and assessor at the Augsburg city court | ||
| 9th March | Peter Wilhelm Josef de Gynetti | German medic | 68 | |
| March 10th | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford | British nobleman and naval officer | 29 | |
| March 10th | Joseph Rosenauer | Forest engineer and land surveyor in the service of the Schwarzenbergs | 69 | |
| March 12th | Johann Heinrich Blumenthal | German-Baltic medic and theologian | 69 | |
| March 12th | Christian Eberhard Eberlein | German drawing teacher | 55 | |
| March 16 | Henrik Gabriel Porthan | Finnish scholar, is considered the "father of Finnish historiography" | 64 | |
| March 16 | Friedrich August von Zinzendorf | Saxon statesman | 70 | |
| 19th March | Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley | British lawyer and politician, Member of the House of Commons | 59 | |
| 19th March | Louis Jean Desprez | French architect, painter and graphic artist | 60 | |
| March 21st | Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'Enghien | French duke | 31 | |
| March 22 | William Fawcett | British officer | ||
| 26th of March | Wolfgang von Kempelen | Inventor, architect and civil servant of the Habsburg monarchy | 70 | |
| 27th of March | Johann Friedrich Gustav von Stockhausen | Prussian major general | 69 | |
| March 29 | Benjamin Carpenter | American military and statesman | 78 | |
| March 30 | Victor-François de Broglie | French military leader and statesman, Marshal of France | 85 | |
| March 30 | Ivan Yevstafievich Chandoshkin | Russian composer and violinist |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd of April | Thomas Heinrich Gadebusch | German constitutional lawyer and historian in the Swedish service | 67 | |
| 3rd of April | Jędrzej Kitowicz | Polish clergyman and historian | 75 | |
| April 5th | William Gilpin | English writer, clergyman and artist | 79 | |
| April 5th | Jean-Charles Pichegru | French general of the Revolutionary Wars | 43 | |
| April 5th | Johann Gottfried Schwanberger | German composer and piano virtuoso | 66 | |
| 9th April | Andreas Monheim | Pharmacist, Mayor of Aachen | 53 | |
| 9th April | Jacques Necker | Swiss banker and finance minister under Louis XVI. | 71 | |
| 11 April | Miklós Küzmics | Translator and Catholic priest | 66 | |
| 11 April | Joaquín del Pino Sánchez de Rojas | Spanish politician | 75 | |
| April 14th | Karl Franz von der Goltz | Prussian lieutenant general, as well as secret state and war minister | 63 | |
| April 15th | Dominik Auliczek | Sculptor, porcelain artist, court sculptor | 69 | |
| April 15th | Michael Huber | German philologist, literary historian and writer | ||
| April 16 | William Maclay | American lawyer and politician, Senator in the 1st Congress | 66 | |
| 20th of April | Ernst II | Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, scientist | 59 | |
| April 25 | Hans Jakob Willi | Swiss leader of the insurgents in the buck war 1804 | 32 | |
| April 29 | Johann Moritz brother-in-law | German Protestant theologian | 65 | |
| April, 30th | Jeremiah Wadsworth | American politician | 60 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4th | Antonio José Cavanilles | Spanish botanist | 59 | |
| 5th of May | Johann Christoph Martini | German Protestant clergyman and church historian | 71 | |
| May 7th | Lorenzo Quaglio | Baroque painter and architect | 73 | |
| May 7th | Johann Georg Schulthess | Swiss clergyman | 79 | |
| 8th of May | Johann Ludwig Schmidtborn | Businessman, mayor | 50 | |
| May 9 | Johann Fuchs | Lower Styrian church builder | ||
| 10th of May | John Stratton | American politician | 34 | |
| 12th of May | August Georg Uhle | German Lutheran theologian | 67 | |
| 17th of May | Karl Joachim | Imperial Prince of Fürstenberg | 33 | |
| 17th of May | John John's Trigg | American politician | ||
| May 18 | Johann Georg Vollmöller | Theologian, prince educator and court master, court preacher in Offenbach and writer | 61 | |
| May 21 | Johann Tobias von Kümpel | Prussian Major General and Chief of Fusilier Battalion No. 16 | ||
| May 22 | Karl Friedrich Treitschke | German lawyer | 57 | |
| 25. May | Johann Joachim Spalding | German Protestant theologian, popular philosopher, neologist | 89 | |
| 28th of May | Friedrich Heinrich von Podewils | royal Prussian district administrator | 57 | |
| 28th of May | Castolus Reichlin from Meldegg | German abbot, last prince abbot of the prince monastery Kempten | 60 | |
| May 29th | Franz Karl Alter | Linguist | 55 | |
| 30th May | Johann Jacob Altdorfer | Swiss Protestant theologian and preacher | 36 | |
| 30th May | Ralph Izard | American politician | ||
| 31. May | Ludwig Gottlieb Scriba | German entomologist and Protestant pastor | 67 | |
| May | William McMillan | American politician | 40 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1st | Francis by Paula Herzan von Harras | Cardinal of the Catholic Church | 69 | |
| June 1st | Joseph Joachim Hunter | Bavarian businessman and local politician | ||
| 3rd of June | Nicholas Revett | British country nobleman and amateur architect | 83 | |
| June 4th | Johann Friedrich Ackermann | German medic | 78 | |
| June 7th | Johann Jakob Joseph Kirschbaum | Lawyer, full professor at Heidelberg University | 83 | |
| June 10th | Johann Stephan Heeren | German organ builder | 74 | |
| June 11th | Johann Heinrich von Frankenberg | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church | 77 | |
| June 11th | Ernst Ludwig Posselt | German historian | 41 | |
| 14th June | Carl Wilhelm Ettinger | Publisher, bookseller | ||
| 15th June | Théophile-Rémy Frêne | Reformed Swiss theologian | 76 | |
| June 16 | Johann Adam Hiller | Composer, music writer and conductor | 75 | |
| 18th of June | Isaac Euchel | Jewish enlightener | 47 | |
| 18th of June | Maria Amalia of Austria | Archduchess of Austria and Duchess of Bourbon-Parma | 58 | |
| 20th June | Karl von Voss | Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 11 | 78 | |
| June 21st | Marie Louise St. Simon-Montléart | French nobles | 40 | |
| 23rd June | Heinrich Leopold von Seherr-Thoß | German landowner | 69 | |
| 25th June | Georges Cadoudal | French general and chief of the Chouans in the French Revolutionary War | 33 | |
| June 26th | Jørgen Landt | Danish pastor, botanist and Faroe explorer |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Johannes Becker | German organist and church musician | 77 | |
| 3rd of July | Peter Reheis | builder | 65 | |
| 5th July | Jacob Baden | Danish philologist | 69 | |
| 5th July | Joseph Jakob Ringler | Porcelain specialist | 73 | |
| 7th of July | Christian Just Wiedeburg | German lawyer and government official of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach | 77 | |
| 10th of July | François Ambroise Didot | French printer, type founder and publisher | 74 | |
| 10th of July | Marianne von der Leyen | German countess and regent of Blieskastel | 59 | |
| July 12 | Alexander Hamilton | American politician, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States | ||
| July 12 | Johann Engelhard Kahler | Lutheran theologian | 74 | |
| 16th of July | Heinrich Vohs | German actor and singer | 41 | |
| 17th July | Christian Ernst Graf | German composer, court musician in the Netherlands | 81 | |
| 24th July | Martin Knoller | Fresco painters in southern Germany and Austria | 78 | |
| July 25th | William Forsyth | English gardener and botanist | ||
| July 25th | Johann Prokop Mayer | Austrian prince-bishop of Würzburg court gardener | 67 | |
| July 28th | Franz Ludwig Jenner | Swiss politician | 78 | |
| 29th of July | William Irvine | American politician | 62 | |
| 30th July | Carlo Allioni | Italian doctor and botanist | 75 | |
| July 31 | Louis Necker | Swiss physicist, banker and encyclopaedist | 71 | |
| July 31 | Gottfried Wilhelm Wagemann | German Lutheran theologian and general superintendent of the General Diocese of Göttingen | 62 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2nd | Johann Andreas Tafinger | German educator and Lutheran theologian | 76 | |
| 3rd August | Christoph Andreae | German industrialist | 68 | |
| 4th of August | Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan | British admiral and naval hero | 73 | |
| August 7th | Johann Georg Boehme | German merchant and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | 74 | |
| August 19th | Albert Androt | French composer | ||
| August 19th | Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville | French admiral | 59 | |
| August 19th | Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer | French general | 56 | |
| 20th of August | Charles Floyd | American explorer, member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition | ||
| August 21 | Christian Ludwig Johann Behm | German lawyer and Rostock mayor | 76 | |
| August 24th | Josef Valentin Adamberger | German tenor, theater actor, composer and singing teacher | 61 | |
| 29th August | Niels Ryberg | Danish merchant, shipowner and landowner | 78 | |
| August 30th | Thomas Percival | English doctor, author of the first guideline on medical ethics | 63 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Arnold Wienholt | German doctor | 55 | |
| September 2nd | Johannes Bürkli | Swiss statesman, poet and editor | 58 | |
| September 2nd | François Rousseau | Court painter to the Cologne electors | ||
| September 4th | Johann Peter Bamberger | German reformed clergyman | ||
| 5th September | Franz Andreas von Favrat | royal Prussian general of the infantry | 74 | |
| September 10 | Johann Wilhelm Andreas Kosmann | Prussian philosopher and university professor | 43 | |
| 12th September | Otto Ferdinand von Loeben | German envoy and cabinet minister | 63 | |
| 12th September | Johann Friedrich Zöllner | German pastor | 51 | |
| September 20th | Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre | French pastor, naturalist and zoologist | ||
| September 20th | Pierre Méchain | French astronomer and geographer | 60 | |
| September 29th | Michael Hillegas | American politician | 75 | |
| 30. September | Gustavus Richard Brown | American doctor and friend of George Washington | 56 | |
| 30. September | Jacques Ferrand | French general of the infantry | 57 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2nd | Nicholas Cugnot | French designer of the first steam car | 79 | |
| 5th October | Friedrich Daniel Behn | German educator, rector of the Katharineum in Lübeck and representative of the Enlightenment | ||
| 5th October | John Hoskins Stone | American politician | ||
| 8th October | Christian Jorhan the Elder | Bavarian sculptor of the Rococo and Early Classicism | 77 | |
| 9th October | Pierre-Julien de Lanjuinais | Franco-Swiss author of political writings | 70 | |
| 9th October | Franz Rudolf von Schwachheim | Bavarian diplomat of Swiss origin | ||
| 9th October | Alexander White | American politician | ||
| October 13th | Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann | German statistician and cultural historian | 47 | |
| October 14th | Samuel J. Potter | American politician | 51 | |
| 15th October | Antoine Baumé | French chemist and pharmacist | 76 | |
| October 17th | Carl August von Struensee | Prussian Finance Minister | 69 | |
| October 19th | Leopold West | German officer and university professor | 54 | |
| October 22nd | Friedrich Wilhelm zu Isenburg and Büdingen | Bavarian lieutenant general and chamberlain | 73 | |
| October 27 | Johann Jacob Gottlieb Scherbius | German teacher | 75 | |
| October 29th | Vít Fučík | bohemian alleged aviation pioneer | ||
| October 29th | Sebastian Friedrich Trescho | German Protestant theologian | 70 | |
| October | Johann Christoph Friedrich Heise | German lawyer and writer |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Johann Friedrich Gmelin | German botanist, zoologist and chemist | 56 | |
| November 1st | Anton Wilhelm Tischbein | German painter | 74 | |
| November 2 | Georg Christian Adler | German preacher and archaeologist | 80 | |
| November 2 | Armand Gaston Camus | French politician | 64 | |
| November 4th | Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld | German cartographer | 63 | |
| November 5th | Louis le Pecq de la Clôture | French doctor and professor of surgery | 68 | |
| November 5th | August Friedrich Oelenhainz | German painter | 59 | |
| November 5th | Betje Wolff | Dutch author | 66 | |
| November 7th | Paolo Antonio Pisoni | Swiss architect | 66 | |
| November 7th | Johann Christoph Schwartz | Baltic German legal scholar and diplomat, Mayor of Riga | 82 | |
| November 10th | Fredrick Alewijn | Amsterdam regent and mayor | 67 | |
| November 10th | Claude-Christophe Gourdan | Parliamentarian of the French Revolution and founder of the Jacobins | 50 | |
| November 10th | Moritz Johann Andreas Wilhelm Christoph von Ossenbruch | royal Prussian major general | 61 | |
| November 13th | Johann Christian Bockshammer | Protestant writer, teacher, translator, editor, pastor and preacher | 71 | |
| 14th November | Aagje Deken | Dutch poet | 62 | |
| November 16 | Alexander Keck | German Jesuit, educator and musician | 80 | |
| November 17th | Antonius Friedrich Gottlieb Heyneman | Organ builder | 53 | |
| November 18 | Philip Schuyler | American general in the Revolutionary War and senator in the United States | 70 | |
| November 19th | John Caldwell | American politician | ||
| November 19th | Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi | Italian composer | 75 | |
| 20th November | Sultan ibn Ahmad | Sayyid of Muscat | ||
| 22nd of November | Elisabeth Hudtwalcker | German artist | 52 | |
| November 23 | Stefano Borgia | Cardinal of the Catholic Church | 72 | |
| November 23 | Giovanni Giornovichi | Italian violin virtuoso and composer | ||
| November 23 | Friedrich Daniel von Glaser | Prussian Major General, Chief of Hussar Regiment No. 10 | ||
| November 26th | Hans Friedrich Heinrich von Borstell | Prussian lieutenant general | 74 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Friedrich Ludwig Aster | Saxon officer, most recently major general and chief of the engineering corps | 72 | |
| December 1 | Philippe Lebon | French inventor and businessman | 37 | |
| 3rd of December | Stanislav Vydra | Bohemian mathematician and Jesuit | 63 | |
| December 4th | Franz Xaver Nißl | sculptor | 73 | |
| December 4th | Karl Gottlob Dietmann | Saxon Evangelical Lutheran pastor and writer | 83 | |
| December 7th | Johann Böse | German entrepreneur | 65 | |
| December 7th | Johann Tobias Lowitz | German-Russian chemist and pharmacist | 47 | |
| December 7th | Thank God Benedikt von Schirach | German historian and journalist, Danish budget councilor | 61 | |
| 9th of December | Leopold von Apfaltern | Jesuit and mathematician | 73 | |
| 9th of December | James Henry | American lawyer and politician | ||
| 9th of December | Wilhelm Abraham Teller | German theologian | 70 | |
| December 16 | Christian Felix Weisse | German writer and educator | 78 | |
| December 18th | Jakob Kranz | Hebrew preacher | ||
| 21st December | Pietro Rossi | Italian scientist and entomologist | 66 | |
| December 22 | Christian Gottlieb Dachselt | German organist | 67 | |
| 24th of December | Ludwig Ferdinand Huber | German writer, translator and journalist | 40 | |
| 24th of December | Francesco La Vega | Spanish archaeologist | 67 | |
| 24th of December | Martin Vahl | Norwegian-Danish botanist and student of Linnaeus | 55 | |
| 25 December | Robert Teesdale | English gardener and botanist | ||
| December 26th | Katharina Magdalena Brückner | German theater actress | ||
| December 26th | Johann Friedrich Unger | German printer and typographer | 51 | |
| December 27th | Karl Friedrich Tröltsch | German lawyer and author | 75 | |
| December 28th | Friedrich Magnus von Nothardt | Prussian officer | ||
| December | John Williams | American politician | 64 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October November | Johann Friedrich Beer | German miniature painter, eraser and draftsman | 63 | |
| Francesco Borsieri | Italian doctor | |||
| John Boydell | English engraver | |||
| Johann Christoph Brockes | Prussian master glass cutter | |||
| Jezzar Pasha | Ottoman ruler of Acre and Galilee | |||
| Johann Wilhelm von Eicken | German merchant and tobacco manufacturer | |||
| Pedro Nolasco Estrada Aristondo | Guatemalan composer | |||
| Frederick Frelinghuysen | American general | |||
| Johann Paul Geycke | German organ builder | |||
| Friedrich Gottlob glasses | German geologist | |||
| Mateusz Gutowski | Polish Catholic Canon | |||
| Jampel Gyatsho | 8th Dalai Lama | |||
| Nicolas-René Jollain | French painter | |||
| Lambros Katsonis | Greek freedom fighter and admiral | |||
| Jean-Denis de Montlovier | French lawyer, author and encyclopaedist | |||
| Louis Poinsinet de Sivry | French linguist, literary scholar, classical philologist and playwright | |||
| John Tharp | British plantation owner | |||
| Verdoni | French-Italian chess player |