Nekrolog 1839
This is a list of famous people who died in 1839 . 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 2nd | Josef Krasoslav Chmelenský | Czech critic, poet, librettist and educator | 38 | |
| January 2nd | Marie Christine d'Orléans | French princess and duchess of Württemberg | 25th | |
| January 3rd | Giorgio Des Geneys | Admiral of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont | 77 | |
| January 4th | Jean-Augustin Franquelin | French painter | 40 | |
| January 4th | James Wilson | American politician | 72 | |
| 6th January | Antoine Saulnier de Beauregard | French Trappist, prior, abbot and founder of a monastery | 74 | |
| 6th January | Karl Appel from Kapocsányi | Hungarian farmer | ||
| January 7th | Johann Daniel Albrecht Hoeck | German camera operator and police director | 75 | |
| January 7th | Jacquette Löwenhielm | Mistress of Oskar I of Sweden and Norway | 41 | |
| January 8th | Christian Jacob Wagenseil | German writer, enlightener and publicist | 82 | |
| 10. January | Christoph von Lieven | Russian general and diplomat | ||
| 10. January | John Van Ness Yates | American lawyer and politician | 59 | |
| January 12th | Georg Wilhelm Böhmer | German theologian and canon law scholar | 77 | |
| January 12th | Joseph Anton Koch | Austrian painter | 70 | |
| January 17th | Friedrich Guimpel | German painter and engraver | 64 | |
| January 19th | Ludwig | Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg | 68 | |
| January 19th | Georg Abraham Schneider | German horn player, composer and Prussian court conductor | 68 | |
| January 19th | Friedrich Ludwig von Stechow | Prussian officer | 67 | |
| January 20th | Adolf Törneros | Swedish writer, philologist, university teacher and humanist | 44 | |
| 22nd of January | Friederike Beckert | German writer | ||
| January 26th | Jens Esmark | Danish geologist | 75 | |
| January 26th | Stephen Van Rensselaer III. | American politician, general, and philanthropist | 74 | |
| January 28th | William Beechey | British painter, portrait painter | 85 | |
| January 29th | Immanuel Nobelius | Swedish doctor | 81 | |
| January 30th | Jean Marie Thérèse Doazan | French civil servant, last prefect of the department de Rhin-et-Moselle (1810-1814) | 65 | |
| 31 January | Salvatore Dal Negro | Italian physicist and professor of mechanics and experimental physics | 70 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Albrecht Besserer from Thalfingen | Bavarian officer, most recently major general and minister of war | 51 | |
| February 1st | Giuseppe Valadier | Italian architect, town planner, archaeologist and goldsmith | 76 | |
| 3 February | Samuel Eddy | American politician | 69 | |
| 3 February | Vincenzo Garofali | Italian religious, theologian and curia bishop | 79 | |
| February 4th | Heinrich Ludwig Lattermann | Saxon entrepreneur and member of the state parliament | ||
| February 5th | Asahel Stearns | American politician | 64 | |
| February 6th | Heinrich August Wilhelm von Bülow | German forest master | 57 | |
| February 6th | Franz Wernekinck | German doctor and botanist | 74 | |
| February 7th | Johann Baptist von Mühldorfer | Bavarian beer brewer and politician | 66 | |
| February 7th | Karl August Nicander | Swedish writer and poet | 39 | |
| February 7th | James Porter | American lawyer and politician | 51 | |
| February 10th | Pedro Romero | spanish torero | 84 | |
| February 12th | Parry Wayne Humphreys | American politician | ||
| February 12th | Therese of Mecklenburg | Princess, born Duchess of Mecklenburg and wife of Prince Karl Alexander von Thurn und Taxis | 65 | |
| February 12th | Widar Ziehnert | German poet and collector of sagas | 24 | |
| 13th February | Heinrich Blümner | German lawyer and patron | 73 | |
| 14th of February | Leopold Conradi | German businessman | 62 | |
| 14th of February | Adelheid Reinbold | German writer | 39 | |
| 14th of February | Friedrich Adolf Sauer | German pastor, educator and school reformer | 74 | |
| 14th of February | Gottlieb Friedrich Wagner | Swabian dialect poet | 64 | |
| February 15th | Thomas Dolliner | Austrian lawyer and university professor | 78 | |
| February 16 | Marie Etienne de Barbot | French general | 68 | |
| February 16 | Ludwig Berger | German composer, pianist and piano teacher | 61 | |
| February 23 | Michail Michailowitsch Speransky | Russian statesman and liberal reformer | 67 | |
| February 24th | Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bébian | first listener who mastered the sign language of the deaf almost perfectly | 49 | |
| February 24th | José Gaspar Marín | Chilean lawyer and politician | ||
| February 24th | Johann Gotthelf Richter | German lawyer | 61 | |
| February 24th | Johann Kaspar Schneider | German painter | 85 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Carl Friedrich Ludwig von Gontard | Honorary citizen of Berlin | 74 | |
| 1st March | Luigi Romanelli | Italian librettist | 87 | |
| 2nd March | Zerah Colburn | math prodigy | 34 | |
| 2nd March | Eleazer Wheelock Ripley | American general in the British-American War and politician | 56 | |
| 2nd March | Max Werner Joseph Anton Wolff-Metternich to the canal | Member of the Nassau state parliament | 68 | |
| 3 March | Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte | Dutch Queen and Imperial French Princess | 36 | |
| 4th of March | Ignaz Anton Ladurner | Italian composer | 72 | |
| 5. March | Andreas Kretzschmer | German lawyer, secret war councilor, composer, musicologist and folk song researcher | 63 | |
| 7th March | Andor Horváth | Hungarian epic poet | 60 | |
| 7th March | Georg Joseph August Kollmann | German doctor and botanist | 41 | |
| 8th of March | Christian Friedrich von Cochenhausen | German military and politicians | 69 | |
| 9th March | François Antoine Lallemand | French general | 64 | |
| March 11 | Bartholomä Herder | publisher | 64 | |
| March 11 | Nicolas Alexandre Salins de Montfort | French classical architect | 86 | |
| March 13th | Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg | Austrian composer and artistic director | 55 | |
| March 13th | Johann Schön | Austrian lawyer, political scientist and writer | 36 | |
| the 14th of March | Georg Alexander Ruperti | German Lutheran theologian | 80 | |
| March 16 | Otto Sigismund Runge | German sculptor | 32 | |
| March 18th | Henry Ridgely Warfield | American politician | 64 | |
| 19th March | Samuel Gross | American politician | 62 | |
| 19th March | Stephan Schütze | German writer, belonged to the Goethe circle | 67 | |
| March, 20th | Caspar Voght | Entrepreneur, social reformer | 86 | |
| March, 20th | Heinrich Ludwig Behrens | German cartographer, topographer and officer | 51 | |
| March, 20th | Vincenzo Rastrelli | Italian composer and singing teacher | ||
| March 22 | Albertino Bellenghi | Italian chaplain, theologian and archbishop of the curia | 80 | |
| March 22 | Oluf Braren | German painter | 52 | |
| March 23 | Giovanni Augustoni | Italian Curia Bishop | 68 | |
| March 24th | Christian Gottlob Wild | German Protestant pastor, founder of the dialect poetry of the Ore Mountains | 53 | |
| March 29 | Heinrich Groening | Mayor of Bremen | 64 | |
| March 29 | Johann Jacob Mussäus | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and folklorist | 49 | |
| March 30 | Jakob Hainz | Austrian architect |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Benjamin Pierce | American politician | 81 | |
| 4. April | Noadiah Johnson | American lawyer and politician | ||
| April 5th | Andreas Staub | Austrian watercolor painter and lithographer | 32 | |
| April 5th | John Tipton | American politician | 52 | |
| 7th of April | Tobias Feilner | German pottery manufacturer | 65 | |
| April 8th | Pierre Prévost | Franco-Swiss philosopher and physicist | 88 | |
| April 8th | Daniel Seitz | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 79 | |
| 10th of April | Matthias Joseph Hayn | "Moselle King" | 68 | |
| 10th of April | Daniel Steinmann | Swiss businessman and politician | 59 | |
| 11 April | John Galt | Scottish writer | 59 | |
| 11 April | Benjamin Swan | American politician, merchant, and Treasurer of Vermont | 76 | |
| 11 April | Wilhelm Jacob Wimpf | Nassau civil servant and entrepreneur, pioneer of earth building | 71 | |
| 12. April | Charles G. De Witt | American lawyer and politician | 49 | |
| April 14th | Heinrich Christian Funck | German botanist | 67 | |
| 17th April | Marie Friederike of Hessen-Kassel | German nobles | 70 | |
| April 18 | Johann Gottfried Pahl | Wuerttemberg author, clergyman and politician | 70 | |
| April 19th | Aaron Ogden | American Senator and Governor of New Jersey | 82 | |
| April 21 | Friedrich Hufeland | German doctor | 64 | |
| April 22 | Adrian Diel | German doctor and founder of pomology | 83 | |
| April 22 | Joseph Daniel Ohlmüller | German architect | 48 | |
| April 22 | Samuel Smith | American politician | 86 | |
| April 23 | Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin | French admiral | 70 | |
| April 23 | Johann Daniel Preyßler | Czech entomologist and botanist | ||
| April 23 | Karl Joseph Hieronymus Windischmann | German doctor, philosopher and anthropologist | 63 | |
| April 24th | Heinrich Ludwig Villaume | General on Napoleon's staff, officer in the war of liberation in South America, educator, author | 66 | |
| April 25 | Godefroy Engelmann | German-French lithographer | 50 | |
| April 25 | Johann Immanuel Müller | German organist, cantor, music director and composer | 65 | |
| April 27 | Isaac Darlington | American politician | 57 | |
| April 29 | Duncan McArthur | American politician | 67 | |
| April | José de las Piedras | Mexican officer |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Michael Heinrich von Losthin | Prussian lieutenant general | 76 | |
| May 3rd | Pehr Henrik Ling | Swedish poet, author, founder of Swedish gymnastics and co-founder of classical massage | 62 | |
| May 3rd | José Antonio Mexía | Mexican entrepreneur | ||
| May 3rd | Ferdinando Paër | Italian composer | 67 | |
| May 4th | Denis Wassiljewitsch Davydow | Russian war writer and poet | 54 | |
| 5th of May | Leopold von Fürstenwarther | Bavarian officer from the House of Wittelsbach | 69 | |
| 5th of May | Eduard Goose | German lawyer, legal philosopher and historian | 42 | |
| May 6th | John Batman | Australian farmer and businessman | 38 | |
| May 6th | Wilhelm Blumenhagen | German writer | 58 | |
| May 7th | José María Heredia | Cuban poet | 35 | |
| May 7th | Ebenezer Herrick | American politician | 53 | |
| May 9 | Joseph Fiévée | French journalist, writer and MP | 72 | |
| 10th of May | Karl Klien | German legal scholar | 62 | |
| May 11th | Karl Christian Eigenbrodt | Hessian politician | 69 | |
| May 11th | Thomas Cooper | English-American chemist, lawyer, economist and politician | 79 | |
| May 13th | Joseph Fesch | French cardinal | 76 | |
| May 13th | Ernst Albert Fritze | German doctor and zoologist | 47 | |
| May 13th | Hugues-Bernard Maret | French statesman and publicist | 76 | |
| May 14th | Franz von Spee | Prussian district administrator and landowner | 57 | |
| May 16 | Carl Adolf Otth | Swiss doctor and naturalist | 36 | |
| May 16 | Charles Turner Junior | American politician | 78 | |
| May 18 | Caroline Bonaparte | Sister of Napoléon Bonaparte, Queen of Naples | 57 | |
| May 20th | Karl Dominik Albini | Oblate of the Immaculate Virgin Mary | 48 | |
| May 20th | Ernst Friedrich Herbert of Munster | German statesman and politician in the service of the United Kingdom and the House of Hanover | 73 | |
| May 21 | Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths | German teacher and co-founder of gymnastics | 79 | |
| May 21 | August Christian Wilmanns | German lawyer | 81 | |
| May 24th | Domingo de Ugartechea | Mexican officer | ||
| May 24th | Johann Maria Kertell | German entrepreneur and politician | 68 | |
| 25. May | Honoré-Nicolas-Marie Duveyrier | French lawyer, politician and author | 85 | |
| 25. May | Karl Joseph of Riccabona | Catholic bishop of Passau | 77 | |
| May 27th | Bernhard Mitterbacher | Bohemian bath doctor | 71 | |
| 28th of May | Carl Valentin Dolling | German local politician | ||
| 28th of May | John Graham | British botanist | ||
| May 29th | Pedro Ceballos Guerra | Spanish diplomat, politician and prime minister | ||
| 30th May | Jean-Antoine Verdier | French general | 72 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2th of June | Friedrich Mosengeil | German stenographer | 66 | |
| June 4th | Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig | German physician, botanist and musicologist | 68 | |
| 6th of June | Benedikt Anton Friedrich von Andlau-Homburg | Count of Alsace, Prince Abbot of Murbach, Canon in various dioceses, member of the French National Assembly | 77 | |
| June 7th | August Eduard Preuss | German schoolboy and non-fiction author | 38 | |
| June 7th | Jean-Jacques de Sellon | Publicist, philanthropist and founder of the “Société de la paix” in Geneva | 57 | |
| 8th June | Aloisia Lange | Singer, Mozart interpreter | ||
| June 9th | Joseph Paelinck | Belgian painter | 58 | |
| June 11th | Alexandre Lenoir | French art historian and archaeologist | 76 | |
| June 11th | Regina Strinasacchi | Italian violinist | 78 | |
| June 13th | Jacob Friedrich Georg Emmrich | German lawyer and university professor | 72 | |
| 15th June | Hans Skramstad | Norwegian composer and pianist | ||
| June 16 | Franz Xaver Glöggl | Austrian musician, cathedral music director | 75 | |
| June 16 | Thomas Kittera | American politician | 50 | |
| 17th of June | William Cavendish-Bentinck | British general and statesman | 64 | |
| June 21st | Bonifác Buzek | Czech priest, educator, philosopher and educator | 51 | |
| June 21st | Augustin Smith Clayton | American politician | 55 | |
| June 22 | Major Ridge | Cherokee warrior and chief | ||
| 23rd June | Mariano Lagasca y Segura | Spanish botanist | 62 | |
| 23rd June | Hester Stanhope | British "Queen of the Desert" and "Mystery Lady of the Orient" | 63 | |
| 23rd June | Juan Cruz Varela | Argentine writer, journalist and politician | 44 | |
| June 24th | John Floyd | American politician | 69 | |
| June 26th | Christian Heyser | Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian and playwright | 63 | |
| June 26th | Eduard von Tuchsen | Prussian major general | 63 | |
| June 27th | Allan Cunningham | English botanist | 47 | |
| June 27th | Ranjit Singh | Indian ruler, ruler of Punjab | 58 | |
| June 29th | Wilhelm Joseph Heine | German genre painter from the Düsseldorf School | 26th | |
| June 30th | Johan Olof Wallin | Swedish theologian and poet | 59 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Mahmud II | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808–1839) | 53 | |
| 2nd July | Edmund Hardy | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 64 | |
| 3rd of July | Jakob Braun | Austrian pupil and teacher for the blind | ||
| 5th July | Flora Hastings | British noblewoman and lady-in-waiting to the Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria | 33 | |
| 5th July | Karl Friedrich Zepernick | German legal scholar and judge | 87 | |
| July 6th | Gerard Wttewaall van Wickenburgh | Dutch lawyer and agronomist | 63 | |
| 8th of July | Pedro José de Alvarado y Baeza | Central American President | 72 | |
| 8th of July | Milan Obrenović II. | Serbian prince | 19th | |
| July 9 | August von Witzleben | German writer | 66 | |
| 10th of July | Fernando Sor | Spanish guitarist and composer | ||
| July 14th | Tebaldo Monzani | Italian flautist, music publisher, flute maker and composer | ||
| 15th of July | Louise Henry | German painter | 41 | |
| 15th of July | Winthrop Mackworth Praed | English politician and writer | 36 | |
| 16th of July | Christian August Günther | German lawyer | 81 | |
| 16th of July | Wilhelm Metternich | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 51 | |
| July 19 | Maurice de Guérin | French author | 28 | |
| 21 July | Abraham Vanderveer | American politician | ||
| July 23 | Friedrich Paul von Zimmermann | Prussian major general | 61 | |
| 24th July | Gabriele von Baumberg | Austrian writer and poet | 71 | |
| July 25th | Johann Daniel Osterrieth | Classicist architect, master builder in Bern | 70 | |
| July 26th | Johann Adam Reum | German botanist and professor | 59 | |
| July 28th | Israel Julius Elkan | German banker | 62 | |
| July 28th | Philipp Wilhelm van Heusde | Dutch philosopher, historian, philologist and rhetorician | 61 | |
| 29th of July | Carl von Brauchitsch | German Landstallmeister | 84 | |
| 29th of July | Christian Ludwig Neuffer | German poet and theologian | 70 | |
| 29th of July | Gaspard de Prony | French mathematician and hydraulic / hydraulic engineer | 84 | |
| 30th July | Friedrich Gustav Schilling | German writer | 72 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1st | Martin Haffner | Franconian landowner and politician | 61 | |
| 3rd August | Dorothea Schlegel | German literary critic, writer | 74 | |
| 4th of August | Innis Green | American politician | 63 | |
| August 7th | Bernhard of Eskeles | Austrian banker | 86 | |
| August 7th | Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier | Belgian statesman | ||
| 8th August | Heinrich von Schwerin | Prussian district administrator, landscape director | 62 | |
| August 9 | Friedrich I. zu Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen | German count from the noble family of Leiningen, nobleman and member of parliament | 77 | |
| August 10 | François Le Goullon | French chef and author | 81 | |
| August 14th | Daniel Heinrich Jobst | Prussian district and city judge | 54 | |
| 18th of August | Carl Friedrich Löbbecke | Banker and MP | 70 | |
| 18th of August | David from Wyss | conservative politician in Switzerland | 76 | |
| 20th of August | Wilhelm I. | Duke of Nassau | 47 | |
| August 21 | Friedrich Wilhelm Grabau | Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | 56 | |
| August 22nd | Johann Hartmann Bernhard | Hessian organ builder | 65 | |
| August 23 | Charles Philippe Lafont | French violin player | 57 | |
| August 25 | Friedrich von Eisenhart | Prussian major general | 69 | |
| 26th of August | Benjamin Knower | American trader, banker, and politician | ||
| 26th of August | Ludwig von Roll | Swiss officer, politician and entrepreneur | 68 | |
| August 27 | James Clark | American politician | 60 | |
| August 27 | Alexander Ivanovich Odojewski | Russian writer | 36 | |
| August 28th | François Régis de La Bourdonnaye | French minister | 72 | |
| August 28th | William Smith | English engineer and geologist | 70 |
September
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Josef Perl | Jewish enlightener | 65 | |
| October 2nd | August Albanus | German pedagogue and clergyman, occasional poet and editor | 73 | |
| October 2nd | Jan ten Brink | Dutch classical philologist | 68 | |
| October 2nd | William McLean | American politician and judge | 45 | |
| October 3 | Moses Sofer | orthodox rabbi | 77 | |
| October 6th | Jesse Buel | American printer, newspaper owner, judge, and politician | 61 | |
| October 6th | William Light | Australian surveyor | 53 | |
| 8th October | Joachim-Jean-Xavier d'Isoard | French clergyman, archbishop, cardinal | 72 | |
| October 11th | Alcipe | Portuguese nobleman, poet and translator | 88 | |
| October 11th | Johann Jacob Mezler | German painter | 35 | |
| October 12th | Friedrich Wilhelm Belgicus of Bentheim-Bentheim | Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal | 57 | |
| 15th October | Henriette Voigt | German pianist and salonier | 30th | |
| October 17th | Johann Friedrich Jacob Reichenbach | German classical philologist and pedagogue | 79 | |
| October 18 | François-Josèphe Kinson | Flemish painter | 68 | |
| October 19th | Chauncey Forward | American politician | 46 | |
| October 19th | Joseph M. White | American politician | 58 | |
| October 25 | Conrad Karl Friedrich von Andlau-Birseck | Baden politician and leading minister of state | 72 | |
| October 25 | Max hawk | German Arabist | 64 | |
| October 26th | Joseph Franz by Jacquin | Austrian chemist and botanist | 73 | |
| 28th of October | William Wilson Potter | American politician | 46 | |
| 28th of October | Francesco Tiberi | Italian cardinal of the Roman Church | 66 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Karl Christian Schweickart | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 70 | |
| November 2 | Georg Heinrich Ludwig Nicolovius | German lawyer and Prussian ministerial official | 72 | |
| November 4th | Christian Johann Nepomuk Dassanowsky | Austrian court official and statesman | 59 | |
| November 5th | Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois | French general | 91 | |
| November 6th | John Lander | English explorer of Africa | 32 | |
| November 6th | Franz Xaver Lettner | German pastor, musician and composer | 79 | |
| November 7th | Emmanuele De Gregorio | Italian bishop and cardinal of the Curia | 80 | |
| November 8th | Gustav Preyer | German painter | 38 | |
| November 9th | Mathias Morris | American politician | 52 | |
| November 10th | Franz Xaver Biegger | German lawyer and member of the Württemberg state estates | 38 | |
| November 10th | James Elliot | American politician | 64 | |
| November 10th | Thomas H. Hughes | American politician | 70 | |
| November 11th | Ignaz von Schönfeld | Austrian civil servant, entrepreneur and genealogist | ||
| November 12th | William Edward Miller | British violinist, composer and Methodist clergyman | 73 | |
| November 12th | Nahum Parker | American politician | 79 | |
| 15th of November | William Murdoch | Scottish engineer and inventor | 85 | |
| November 16 | Baruch Bendit Goitein | rabbi | ||
| November 17th | Pierre-Louis de Blacas d'Aulps | French statesman and diplomat | 68 | |
| November 18 | Solomon Southwick | American editor, newspaper owner, and politician | 65 | |
| November 18 | Wilhelmine von Wrochem | German flautist, opera singer (soprano) and theater actress | 40 | |
| 20th November | Johann von Pronath | Bavarian administrative officer and politician | 82 | |
| 20th November | John Williams | British missionary in the South Seas | 43 | |
| 21st November | Nikolaus von Flüe | Swiss officer in the French service and governor | 75 | |
| November 23 | Franz Joseph von Bretfeld-Chlumczansky | Bohemian lawyer, historian, genealogist and writer | 62 | |
| November 27th | Heinrich Albrecht Gütschow | Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | 72 | |
| November 27th | Samuel Ward | American banker | 53 | |
| November 29th | Wilhelmine of Sagan | Duchess of Sagan, Princess of Courland and Zemgale, owner of the Bohemian domain of Náchod | 58 | |
| 30th of November | Philemon Beecher | American politician | ||
| November | August Gustav Heinrich von Bongard | German botanist | 53 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Jean-Baptiste de Latil | French cardinal and bishop | 78 | |
| 3rd of December | Friedrich VI. | King of Denmark and Norway | 71 | |
| December 4th | Samuel Butler | English scholar and Anglican bishop | 65 | |
| 6th of December | Christoph Wilhelm Zuckermandel | German tailor and mathematician | 72 | |
| December 7th | Andreas Metz | German clergyman, philosopher, mathematician and professor | 72 | |
| December 7th | Jan August Vitásek | bohemian composer | 69 | |
| 10th of December | Johann Daniel Hensel | German educator, writer and composer | 81 | |
| 11th December | Robert Humphrey Marten | British entrepreneur and honorary citizen of the city of Magdeburg | 76 | |
| 11th December | Friedrich Wranitzky | Austrian cellist | 41 | |
| 15th December | Mathieu Ignace van Brée | Belgian painter, sculptor and architect | 66 | |
| 15th December | Justus Heinrich Dresler | German mathematician | 64 | |
| 15th December | Ignaz Aurelius Feßler | Writer, clergyman and freemason | 83 | |
| 15th December | Alexander Gerard | Scottish geographer and explorer | 47 | |
| December 18th | Meshack Franklin | American politician | ||
| 19. December | Meinrad Amann | Abbot of St. Paul Abbey in Lavanttal (1826–1836) | 54 | |
| 21st December | Andreas Dung-Lac | Vietnamese Catholic priest | ||
| 21st December | Hans Conrad Finsler | Swiss politicians and military | 74 | |
| 21st December | Johann Martin Joseph Windeck | German lawyer, Lord Mayor of Bonn | 74 | |
| December 22 | Robert Todd Lytle | American politician (Democratic Party) | 35 | |
| 23rd of December | Christian Adolf Deutrich | Saxon local politician and mayor of Leipzig | 56 | |
| 23rd of December | James L. Hogeboom | American politician | 73 | |
| 25 December | Meyer Israel Bresselau | Notary and representative of Reform Judaism | 54 | |
| 25 December | Samuil Vulcan | Romanian priest, Bishop of Oradea | 79 | |
| December 26th | Louise Moltke | German theater actress | ||
| December 26th | Laurent Truguet | French admiral and politician | 87 | |
| December 27th | Giuseppe Pisani | Italian sculptor | ||
| December 28th | Joseph Hunter Bryan | American politician | 57 | |
| 30th of December | William Hilton | English painter | 53 | |
| 30th of December | Abraham J. Williams | American politician, governor of Missouri | 58 | |
| December 31 | Hyacinthe-Louis de Quelen | French clergyman, Archbishop of Paris | 61 | |
| December 31 | Franz von Veltheim | Landowner and Prussian chief miner | 54 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Miedke | German actor, director and playwright | |||
| Nidhu Babu | Bengali composer and musician | |||
| Karl Gustav Friedrich Hüttenschmid | German pharmacist, active in Zurich | |||
| Friedrich Baumgarte | German painter and lithographer, printer and publisher | |||
| Johannes Jakob Boehm | American farmer and miller of German origin and founder of the Jim Beam distillery | |||
| Ernst August Delius | German entrepreneur and linen dealer | |||
| Georg Gustav Detharding | German physician (gynecologist), botanist and malacologist | |||
| Juan Galindo | Central American independence fighter of Spanish-English-Irish origin | |||
| Angelis Gatsos | Greek military commander and colonel | |||
| Frederik von Hauch | General Post Director in Denmark | |||
| Pierre César Labouchère | Dutch banker | |||
| Anna Maria Lasinsky | German romantic poet | |||
| Karl Lauckhard | Civil servant, local politician, notary, mayor | |||
| Sybil Ludington | Person in the US Revolutionary War | |||
| Ludwig Minnigerode | President of the Hesse-Darmstadt government in Arnsberg and President of the court in Darmstadt | |||
| Federico Moretti | Spanish officer, composer and guitarist | |||
| Benjamin Morrell | American sailing captain and explorer | |||
| Johann Valerian Müller | German architect and Prussian building officer | |||
| Marie Paradis | French alpinist |