Necrology 1808
This is a list of famous people who died in 1808 . 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 1st | Luise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 51 | |
| January 1st | Johann Christian Neuber | German stone cutter and court jeweler in Dresden | 71 | |
| January 3rd | Johann August Reichardt | German legal scholar | 66 | |
| January 4th | Karl Sigismund Kramer | German doctor, writer and translator | 48 | |
| January 5th | Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov | Russian admiral | 70 | |
| January 5th | Christian Gottlieb Seydlitz | German physicist and logician | 77 | |
| 15. January | Johan Rudolph Deiman | German-Dutch physician and chemist | 64 | |
| 15. January | Johannes Leonhardi | Swiss reformed pastor | ||
| 22nd of January | Johann Jakob Bethmann-Hollweg | German banker and businessman | 60 | |
| January 23 | Friederike Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt | Princess Abbess of Herford Abbey | 62 | |
| January 23 | Anton Sztáray from Nagy-Mihaly | Austrian officer | ||
| January 27th | Ezra Darby | American politician | 39 | |
| January 29th | Moritz Gerhard Thilenius | German doctor and balneologist | 62 | |
| 31 January | Franz Wilhelm von Pfuel | Prussian major general and commandant of Danzig | 74 | |
| January | Caroline Heigelin | later wife of the sculptor Scheffauer, patient of Eberhard Gmelin, first medically described case of a double personality and possible archetype of Käthchen von Heilbronn |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Rudolf Ernst von Bila | Prussian major general | 64 | |
| February 1st | Adam Samuel Thebesius | German doctor and publicist | 69 | |
| February 8 | Ove Høegh-Guldberg | Danish statesman | 76 | |
| February 11th | Johann Josef Mildner | Glassblowers, glass artists | 42 | |
| February 11th | Paul von Stetten | last city caretaker of the city of Augsburg (1792–1806) | 76 | |
| 13th February | William Fullarton | British military, politician, writer and High Commissioner of Trinidad | approx. 54 | |
| 14th of February | John Dickinson | American politician | 75 | |
| November 16 | Nikolaus Heinrich von Pirch | Prussian major general, wing adjutant of Frederick the Great and commandant of Graudenz | 72 | |
| February 17th | Jan Elias Huydecoper van Maarsseveen | Mayor of Amsterdam | 73 | |
| February 18 | Giuseppe Piermarini | Italian architect | 73 | |
| 19th of February | David Emanuel | American politician | ||
| 20. February | Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake | British general, civil servant and politician | 63 | |
| February 24th | Christoph Euler | Prussian and Russian officer | 64 | |
| February 26th | Domenico Maria Salle | German court architect | 80 | |
| 27th of February | Namiki Gohei I. | Japanese kabuk actor and writer | ||
| February 28 | Heinrich Einhof | German agricultural chemist | 30th | |
| February 28 | Samuel Kirkland | Presbyterian missionary | 66 | |
| February | Luis Muñoz de Guzmán | Governor of Chile |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Wenceslaus crouch | catholic priest | 76 | |
| 3 March | Johann Christian Fabricius | Zoologist and economist | 63 | |
| 3 March | Anton von Maron | Austrian portrait painter | 77 | |
| 7th March | Paul Amsinck | Hamburg merchant | 49 | |
| 7th March | Benjamin Rumsey | American lawyer and politician | 73 | |
| 8th of March | Nathaniel Alexander | American politician | 52 | |
| 9th March | Joseph Bonomi the Elder | British architect of Italian origin | 69 | |
| March 13th | Christian VII | King of Denmark and Norway | 59 | |
| the 14th of March | Jacob Wilhelm Mechau | German painter, draftsman and etcher | 63 | |
| 17. March | Anna Heinel | German dancer | 54 | |
| 17. March | Carl Friedrich Hindenburg | German mathematician, professor of philosophy and physics | 66 | |
| March 18th | Joseph Rothe | Austrian singer and actor | ||
| March 21st | Johann Michael Afsprung | French revolutionary, teacher and publicist and Helvetic | 59 | |
| March 22 | Václav Matěj Kramérius | Czech writer and publisher | 49 | |
| March 24th | Otto Ulrich von Dewitz | German lawyer and politician | 60 | |
| March 24th | Johann Samuel Schröter | German theologian and natural scientist | 73 | |
| March 29 | Friederike Riedesel zu Eisenbach | Wife of General Friedrich Adolf Riedesel | 61 | |
| March 29 | Heinrich August Wrisberg | German gynecologist | 68 | |
| March 30 | Franz Kasimir von Kleist | Prussian general | 72 | |
| March 30 | Carl von Praun | German lawyer, miner and chamber president | 75 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Gabriel Christie | American politician | 51 | |
| April 5th | Johann Georg Wille | German engraver | 92 | |
| 9th April | Georg Karl von Fechenbach | Prince-Bishop of Würzburg | 59 | |
| 10th of April | Jean-Laurent Mosnier | French painter, court painter | ||
| 10th of April | Friedrich Christoph Müller | German theologian and cartographer | 56 | |
| 10th of April | Karl Heinrich of Nassau-Siegen | German-French adventurer and marine | 65 | |
| 11 April | Peter Meyn | Danish court architect and city architect of Copenhagen | 59 | |
| 12. April | Johann Samuel Petri | German composer, pedagogue, cantor and author | 69 | |
| 12. April | Simon Hermann Post | German lawyer, Bremer Syndicus and archivist | 83 | |
| April 13th | Joseph Maria Schneidt | German lawyer, university professor and historian | 80 | |
| April 15th | Jacob Crowninshield | American politician | 38 | |
| April 15th | Hubert Robert | French painter | 74 | |
| April 16 | Christian Gottlieb Perschke | German Protestant theologian and educator | ||
| 17th April | Friedrich Wilhelm von Hessenstein | Swedish politician and military, Governor General of Swedish Pomerania | 72 | |
| April 18 | Carter Bassett Harrison | American politician | ||
| April 19th | Jean-Baptiste Gardeil | French doctor and encyclopaedist | ||
| 20th of April | Marie of Baden | Princess of Baden and by marriage Duchess of Braunschweig | 25th | |
| April 24th | Peter Lucas Colsman | German silk manufacturer | 74 | |
| April 25 | Luigi Tomasini | Violinist and classical composer | 66 | |
| 26th of April | Jean-Baptiste Pillement | French painter and graphic artist | 79 | |
| April 28 | Franz Peter von Cornerut | royal Prussian major general | ||
| April 29 | Peter Saluz | Swiss reformed clergyman and educator | 49 | |
| April | Friedrich Ernst Vorberg | German Protestant theologian, educator and writer |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Heinrich Otto von Scheel | royal Prussian major general | 62 | |
| 2.May | Johann Ludwig Knoch | German librarian and archivist | 95 | |
| May 4th | Ernst Philipp von Gettkandt | Royal Prussian Major General and Chief of Hussar Regiment No. 1 | 72 | |
| 5th of May | Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis | French medic, physiologist and philosopher | 50 | |
| 5th of May | David Gilly | German architect and builder in Prussia | 60 | |
| 8th of May | Christian Alexander von Hagken | Prussian Major General and Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 44 | 63 | |
| 8th of May | Kurt August von der Marwitz | Royal Prussian Major General, Commander of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 2 | 71 | |
| May 16 | Philipp Karl von Hoheneck | German baron, cathedral cantor in Mainz, privy councilor | 72 | |
| 17th of May | Jakob Albrecht | German-American founder of the Evangelical Community (Methodism) | 49 | |
| May 19th | Christiane Louise von Rochow | Prussian landowner and social reformer | 74 | |
| May 22 | Johann Heinrich Bergfeld | Elberfeld merchant and mayor | 43 | |
| May 26 | Christian Friedrich Baz | German lawyer and politician | 45 | |
| May 26 | Karl Friedrich von Elsner | Prussian lieutenant general | 68 | |
| May 27th | Gustav von Klinkowström | Swedish-Pomeranian lawyer | 68 | |
| 30th May | Louis Charles d'Orléans, comte de Beaujolais | younger brother of the last French king Louis-Philippe | 28 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 5th | Christoph Gottfried Bardili | Philosopher and university professor | 47 | |
| June 7th | Johann Jakob Hartenkeil | German doctor in Salzburg | 47 | |
| 8th June | Adam Friedrich von Kalckstein | Royal Prussian major general and finally commander of the 33rd Infantry Regiment | 66 | |
| June 10th | Jean-Baptiste de Belloy | French bishop, cardinal | 98 | |
| June 11th | Giovanni Battista Cirri | Italian cellist, conductor and composer | 83 | |
| June 13th | Rudolf Ludwig von Erlach | Swiss, officer, politician and writer. | 58 | |
| June 13th | Nehemiah Knight | American politician | 62 | |
| 15th June | Samuel Gottfried Geyser | German pedagogue and Protestant theologian | 68 | |
| 17th of June | Franz Ludwig Giessenfeld | Prussian cartographer | 63 | |
| 17th of June | Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval | Cardinal, Bishop of Metz | 83 | |
| 18th of June | Filippo Maria Gherardeschi | Italian composer and organist | 69 | |
| 18th of June | Dorothea Wehrs | German poet and non-fiction author | 53 | |
| June 19th | Alexander Dalrymple | Scottish geographer | 70 | |
| 20th June | Franciszek Ksawery Dmochowski | Polish writer and translator | 45 | |
| June 22 | Alexander Andreas Joseph from Nagy | royal Prussian lieutenant general and most recently commander of Hussar Regiment No. 1. | 90 | |
| June 24th | Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn | old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht | 66 | |
| June 26th | Christoph Dionysius von Seeger | Organizer of the High Charles School | 67 | |
| June 28th | Edmund by Harold | Irish-German writer | ||
| June 30th | Johann Rüttger Siebel | Mayor of Elberfeld | 71 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 4th | Fisher Ames | American politician | 50 | |
| 5th July | Anna Christina Ehrenfried von Balthasar | Baccalaurea of Arts and Philosophy | 71 | |
| July 6th | William Bradford | American politician | 78 | |
| July 6th | Viktor Friedrich Ludwig von Holleben | Royal Prussian major general, most recently commander of infantry regiment No. 11 | 71 | |
| July 12 | Karl Ludwig von Cocceji | Prussian Higher Government President in Glogau | ||
| July 13th | Andreas Dietrich von Schleinitz | Prussian Major General, Chief of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 2 | 70 | |
| July 14th | Artem Wedel | Ukrainian composer | ||
| 15th of July | Philipp Friedrich Lebrecht von Lattorff | Prussian officer, most recently Lieutenant General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 31, Governor of Küstrin | 74 | |
| 15th of July | Friedrich Casimir Medicus | German botanist and garden director | 72 | |
| July 19 | John Paterson | American officer, lawyer and politician | ||
| July 23 | Jacob Johann Sievers | Russian statesman and reformer | 76 | |
| July 28th | Selim III. | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | 45 | |
| 29th of July | Franz Axter | German medic and writer | 36 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1st | Diana Beauclerk | British painter | 74 | |
| August 1st | Johann Matthias Schröckh | German historian and literary scholar | 75 | |
| 8th August | Wilhelm Leopold von Froreich | Royal Prussian major general and most recently commander of Hussar Regiment No. 6 | 60 | |
| August 9 | Carlo Antonio Giuseppe Bellisomi | Italian clergyman, nuncio in Germany and cardinal | 72 | |
| August 9 | Peter Philipp Wolf | German historian, journalist, publisher and educator | 47 | |
| 13 August | Étienne Pierre Ventenat | French botanist | 51 | |
| August 16 | Karl Friedrich Häberlin | Braunschweig diplomat, constitutional lawyer and historian | 52 | |
| August 19th | Fredrik Henrik af Chapman | Swedish shipbuilder | 86 | |
| 20th of August | Jonathan Freeman | American politician | 63 | |
| 20th of August | Philipp Anton Hedderich | Canon and lawyer as well as scholar at the Düsseldorf Law Academy | 64 | |
| August 21 | Johann Wilhelm Gruneberg | German organ builder | ||
| August 22nd | Johann Nicolaus Niclas | German philologist and book collector | 75 | |
| August 25 | Hermann Johann Ernst von Manstein | Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 55, Governor of Danzig | 65 | |
| 26th of August | Daniel Matthias Heinrich Mohr | German botanist and zoologist | 28 | |
| 29th August | Edmond Paul de Barth | French Cistercian, Trappist and superior of Darfeld-Rosenthal Monastery | 54 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2nd | Richard Lubbock | English chemist and doctor | ||
| September 3 | Philip Gidley King | Royal Navy captain and colonial administrator in Australia | 50 | |
| September 3 | John Montgomery | American politician | ||
| September 6th | Louis-Pierre Anquetil | French historian | 85 | |
| 7th of September | Christian Friedrich von Jäger | German medic | 68 | |
| 7th of September | Sigmund Gottlieb Studer | Swiss lawyer and artist | ||
| September 11 | José Mutis | Spanish botanist and mathematician | 76 | |
| September 11 | Paul Heinrich Trummer | German lawyer and mayor | ||
| 12th September | August Heinrich Ferdinand Gutfeld | German doctor, city physician of Altona | 30th | |
| 12th September | Peter Olcott | American military and statesman | 75 | |
| 12th September | Engelbert Anton von Wrede | Provost in Munster | 65 | |
| 13.september | Catharina Elisabeth Goethe | Mother of Johann Wolfgang Goethe | 77 | |
| 13.september | Leopold von Heydebrand and the Lasa | Prussian officer | 54 | |
| 13.september | Friedrich Ludwig von Rochow | German landowner | 63 | |
| 17th of September | Benjamin Bourne | American lawyer and politician | 53 | |
| September 20th | René Louis de Girardin | French marquis, creator of the park of Ermenonville and writer; Friend of Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 73 | |
| September 22 | Maria Elisabeth of Austria | Abbess in Innsbruck | 65 | |
| September 22 | Wilhelm von Walther and Cronegk | Prussian major general | 68 | |
| 25th of September | Richard Porson | British classical philologist | 48 | |
| September 26th | Paul Wranitzky | Austrian composer | 51 | |
| September 27th | Conrad Geiger | German painter | 57 | |
| 30. September | Johann Christian Wilhelm von Lentken | Royal Prussian major general and finally chief of the 2nd artillery regiment | 51 | |
| between September 14th and 20th | Friedrich Cordemann | German theater actor |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Bertrand Alibert | French engineer | 32 | |
| October 1 | Carl Gotthard Langhans | Prussian builder and architect | 75 | |
| October 1 | Regina Mingotti | Italian opera singer | 86 | |
| October 1 | Thomas Thorild | Swedish poet, writer and literary critic | 49 | |
| 4th of October | Martín Sessé y Lacasta | Spanish botanist | ||
| 5th October | Johann Gottlieb Prestel | German engraver | 68 | |
| October 6th | Johann Gottlieb Lessing | German educator | 75 | |
| October 7th | Gottfried Justus Frankenfeld | German Lutheran pastor | 66 | |
| 8th October | Wilhelmine of Hessen-Kassel | Hessian princess, wife of Prince Heinrich of Prussia | 82 | |
| 8th October | Dionysius van de Wijnpersse | Dutch philosopher | 84 | |
| 9th October | John Claiborne | American politician | ||
| October 11th | John Page | American politician | 65 | |
| October 12th | Heinrich Leopold von Forcade | Prussian colonel | 60 | |
| October 13th | François Cupis | French cellist and classical composer | 75 | |
| October 14th | Friedrich Sigismund Waitz von Eschen | German diplomat and minister | 63 | |
| 15th October | James Anderson of Hermiston | Scottish agronomist writer | 69 | |
| 15th October | Peter New Years Eve | American lawyer, judge, and politician | ||
| October 17th | Jean-Évangéliste Zaepffel | French clergyman and bishop of Liège | 72 | |
| October 18 | John Gardner | American farmer and Continental Congress delegate to Rhode Island | ||
| October 19th | Georg Boguslav von Koethen | Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 48 | 86 | |
| the 20th of October | Dorothea Delph | "Maternal friend" of Goethe | ||
| October 21 | Katō Chikage | Japanese poet and literary scholar | 73 | |
| October 22nd | Herkulan Oberrauch | South Tyrolean Franciscan, philosopher and Catholic moral theologian | 79 | |
| October 24th | Betty Roose | German actress | 30th | |
| 28th of October | Josef Klemens widower | Austrian sculptor | 47 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Christian von Brömbsen | Mayor of Lübeck | ||
| November 3rd | Melchiorre Cesarotti | Italian poet, translator and scholar | 78 | |
| November 3rd | Theophilus Lindsey | English theologian and representative of early English Unitarianism | 85 | |
| November 10th | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester | British General and Governor of the Province of Quebec | 84 | |
| November 12th | Joseph Staader von Adelsheim | Austrian officer (Feldzeugmeister) | ||
| November 13th | Philipp Jakob Scheffauer | German sculptor | 52 | |
| 14th November | Alemdar Mustafa Pasha | Turkish Grand Vizier | ||
| November 16 | Envold de Falsen | Norwegian lawyer and author | 53 | |
| November 17th | Mustafa IV. | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1807-1808) | 29 | |
| November 17th | David Zeisberger | Missionary, clergyman, interpreter | 87 | |
| 20th November | Johann Georg Eck | German philologist | 63 | |
| 20th November | Robert Honyman | Scottish politician, member of the House of Commons and officer | ||
| November 23 | Philipp Friedrich White | German legal scholar and university professor | 42 | |
| November 26th | Bartholomäus Joseph Blasius Alfter | German historian and Catholic theologian | ||
| November 26th | Richard Potts | American lawyer and politician | 55 | |
| November 27th | Johann Friedrich Münch | Swiss politician | 79 | |
| November | John Ireland | British writer, watchmaker, biographer |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. December | Friedrich August von Kauffberg | Prussian officer, most recently Major General and Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 51 | 62 | |
| 3rd of December | Georg Christian Erhard Westphal | German Protestant theologian and teacher | 56 | |
| December 4th | Carl Ludwig Fernow | German art theorist and librarian | 45 | |
| December 5th | Ludolph Friedrich von Laffert | German administrative lawyer and eraser amateur | 50 | |
| December 5th | Joseph Rudolf Valentin Meyer | Swiss council member and governor | 83 | |
| 9th of December | Marianne Kirchgeßner | German glass harmonica virtuoso | 39 | |
| 9th of December | Friedrich Wilhelm von Müffling | Prussian officer, most recently major general | 66 | |
| 10th of December | Thomas Sandford | American politician | ||
| 10th of December | James Sullivan | American politician | 64 | |
| 10th of December | David Vogel | Swiss architect, architectural theorist and politician | 64 | |
| December 17th | Christoph Sigismund Grüner | German actor and writer | 51 | |
| December 17th | Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool | British statesman | 81 | |
| December 18th | Wilhelm Albrecht Christian von Mahrenholtz | German politician | 56 | |
| December 22 | Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Younger | German painter and engraver | 66 | |
| 24th of December | Thomas Beddoes | English doctor and author | 48 | |
| 24th of December | Fyodor Stepanowitsch Rokotov | Russian portrait painter of the Rococo | ||
| December 27th | Levin von Geusau | Prussian officer, most recently lieutenant general and chief of the general staff of the Prussian army | 74 | |
| December 29th | Luigi Valenti Gonzaga | cardinal | 83 | |
| December | José Moñino y Redondo | Spanish lawyer, statesman and Prime Minister |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johann Adam Aulhorn | Actors, singers and dancers at the court of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach | |||
| Levy Barent Cohen | English financier and Jewish community worker | |||
| Elijah Craig | American Baptist clergyman | |||
| Giuseppe Crestadoro | Italian Baroque painter | |||
| Christian Heinrich Willful | German builder | |||
| Hugh Douglas Hamilton | Irish portrait painter | |||
| Hans Michael Hennenvogel | Plasterer of the Wessobrunn school | |||
| Paul Iorgovici | Romanian writer | |||
| Andrew McCord | American politician | |||
| Friedrich Gustav von Stetten-Buchenbach | Colonel and Commander of the Baden Life Grenadier Guard | |||
| Joseph Pichler | painter | |||
| Anne Couppier de Romans | Mistress of the French King Louis XV. | |||
| Johann Georg Rosenberg | German painter | |||
| Friedrich Josef Anton von Schreckenstein | German homeland researcher | |||
| Franz Xaver de Schumacher in Himmelrich | Swiss aviation pioneer and statesman | |||
| Impératrice Sessi | Italian opera singer (soprano) | |||
| Gaetano Vestris | Italian dancer and choreographer | |||
| Therese Vestris | Italian dancer | |||
| John Wilkinson | British inventor |