Nekrolog 1848
This is a list of famous people who died in 1848 . 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 | Gustav von Boetticher | Russian general of German Baltic descent and holder of the order Pour le Mérite | 65 | |
| January 1st | Friedrich Karl Forberg | German author | 77 | |
| January 1st | Ernst Ludwig von Mutschler | Württemberg Oberamtmann | 77 | |
| January 2nd | Thank God Georg Barth | German architect and construction clerk from Württemberg | 70 | |
| January 2nd | Antoine-Jacques-Louis Jourdan | French military doctor, medical writer and translator | 59 | |
| January 3rd | Johann Leonhard Pfaff | German clergyman, Bishop of Fulda | 72 | |
| January 4th | Peter of Oubril | Russian diplomat | 73 | |
| January 5th | Gottlieb Kiessling | German pedagogue and classical philologist | 70 | |
| January 5th | Gottfried Christian Reich | German physician and university professor | 78 | |
| January 7th | Johann Hermann Becker | German physician, spa doctor in Doberan | 77 | |
| January 7th | Carl Ferdinand Foxes | Austrian composer and violinist | 36 | |
| January 7th | Johann David Gruschwitz | German textile industrialist | 71 | |
| January 9th | Caroline Herschel | German astronomer | 97 | |
| 10. January | Wolfgang Friedrich von Schenck | German politician | 79 | |
| 11th January | Francesco Saverio Massimo | Cardinal of the Curia, from the Saxon royal family | 41 | |
| 11th January | Sima Milutinović | Serbian philologist and representative of the modern Serbian written language | 56 | |
| 11th January | Nicolaus von Thaden | Danish lawyer | 77 | |
| 11th January | Emil Wagner | German theologian and member of the Bavarian Estates Assembly | 40 | |
| January 12th | Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck | Prussian Field Marshal General | 79 | |
| January 12th | Christophe Paulin de la Poix de Fréminville | French naval officer, zoologist and archaeologist | 60 | |
| 13th January | Johann Baptist Weber | Roman Catholic pastor | 71 | |
| January 14th | Robert Adamson | Scottish chemist and photographer | 26th | |
| 15. January | Ernst Anton Lewald | German theologian | 57 | |
| January 16 | John Westbrook Hornbeck | American politician | 43 | |
| January 18th | Joseph von Winiwarter | Austrian lawyer and university professor | 67 | |
| January 19th | Isaac D'Israeli | English writer and literary historian | 81 | |
| January 19th | Johann Heinrich von Geymüller the Younger | Swiss banker | 66 | |
| January 20th | Christian VIII | King of Denmark (1839–1848), King of Norway (1814) | 61 | |
| January 20th | Christian Friedrich Strackerjan | German author, lawyer, historian, metrologist and Freemason | 70 | |
| 21th January | John Vincent | British general | ||
| 22nd of January | Karl Gottlieb Bretschneider | Protestant theologian | 71 | |
| 22nd of January | Francisco Javier de Burgos | Spanish administrator, politician and writer | 69 | |
| January 23 | Márk Rózsavölgyi | Hungarian composer and violinist | ||
| January 24th | Horace Wells | American dentist | 33 | |
| January 25th | Johann Friedrich Ferdinand Delbrück | German philosopher and rhetorician | 75 | |
| January 26th | Francesco Maria Gazzoli | Italian Roman Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Todi | 84 | |
| January 27th | George P. Barker | American lawyer and politician | 40 | |
| January 27th | Julie of Brandenburg | illegitimate daughter of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II., by marriage to the Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen | 55 | |
| January 29th | Joseph Gorres | German high school and university teacher and Catholic journalist | 72 | |
| January 29th | John Winston Jones | American politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives | 56 | |
| January 29th | Friedrich Pfluger | Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman | 75 | |
| January 29th | Peter Thonning | Danish botanist | 72 | |
| January 30th | Jean-Baptiste Jamin | French Lieutenant General of the Infantry | 75 | |
| January 30th | Maximilian Reising from Reisinger | Imperial-Royal Lieutenant Field Marshal of the Austro-Hungarian Army | ||
| 31 January | August von Kruse | Nassau general, military and agricultural reformer and President of the Herrenbank of the Estates of the Duchy of Nassau | 68 | |
| January | Franz Seraph A. Widnmann | German doctor and homeopathic pioneer |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2nd | Eduard Schaller | Austrian history and church painter | ||
| February 2nd | Gotthelf Traugott Esaias Häntzschel | German businessman and politician, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony) | 68 | |
| February 4th | Jan Richard de Brueys | Dutch lawyer | 69 | |
| February 5th | Albert Gallatin Marchand | American politician | 36 | |
| February 6th | Friedrich Christian August Hasse | German historian, encyclopedist and writer | 75 | |
| February 7th | Christen Købke | Danish painter | 37 | |
| February 7th | John Patterson | American politician | 76 | |
| February 8 | Karl Ludwig Nordmann | German domain tenants and animal breeders | 69 | |
| February 8 | Charles Thomas | American politician | 57 | |
| February 9 | Friedrich Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg | Austrian major general, member of the Hessian Estates Assembly | 78 | |
| February 9 | Libor Klein | Austrian entrepreneur | 45 | |
| February 10th | George B. Upham | American politician | 79 | |
| February 11th | Thomas Cole | American painter | 47 | |
| February 11th | Matthias Sievers | German lawyer, diplomat and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | 55 | |
| 13th February | Sophie von Knorring | Swedish writer | 50 | |
| 14th of February | William Tennant | Scottish scholar and poet | 63 | |
| February 15th | Hermann von Boyen | Prussian Field Marshal General, Prussian Minister of War | 76 | |
| February 15th | Kaspar Leonz Bruggisser | Swiss lawyer and politician | 41 | |
| February 16 | Constantin von Lossau | Prussian general of the infantry and military theorist | 80 | |
| February 17th | George W. Campbell | American politician | 79 | |
| February 17th | Jean Antoine Dubois | French missionary and Indologist | ||
| February 17th | Ignaz zu Hardegg | Austrian General of the Cavalry and President of the Court War Council | 75 | |
| February 18 | Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini | German botanist | 50 | |
| 19th of February | Leopold Welzl from Wellenheim | Austrian court official and numismatist | 74 | |
| 21st of February | Robert Coates | British actor | ||
| 21st of February | Elise Egloff | "Professor's Wife" | 27 | |
| 21st of February | Simon Molitor | German classical composer, music researcher and civil servant | 81 | |
| February 22 | Karoline Amalie from Hessen-Kassel | Princess of Hessen-Kassel, by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg | 76 | |
| February 22 | Wilhelmine Reichard | German balloonist | 59 | |
| February 23 | John Quincy Adams | American politician, sixth President of the United States | 80 | |
| February 23 | Johann Wilhelm Bickell | German canon lawyer | 48 | |
| February 23 | Theodor Jacobi | German philologist and university professor | 32 | |
| February 23 | Josefa zu Fürstenberg-Weitra | by marrying Princess von und zu Liechtenstein | 71 | |
| February 24th | Carl Friedrich Stumm | German entrepreneur in the coal and steel industry | 50 | |
| February 25 | Michael Pius Erdl | German anatomist and physiologist | 32 | |
| February 25 | Oney Judge | George Washington's slave girl | ||
| 27th of February | Georg Baring | Hanoverian officer | 74 | |
| February 28 | Anastasius Adam | Swiss clergyman and member of the Minorite Order | ||
| February 28 | Anton Nikolaus Martens | Provost in Dithmarschen | 48 | |
| February 28 | Friedrich von Oertzen | President of the Mecklenburg Higher Appeal Court | 76 | |
| February 29th | Louis-François Lejeune | French painter and general | 73 | |
| February | Thomas Taylor | Irish botanist and physician |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Ferdinand Beneke | German lawyer and politician | 73 | |
| 1st March | Friedrich Wilhelm Bilefeldt | Prussian administrative officer and district administrator | 53 | |
| 3 March | Heinrich Olivier | German painter | 64 | |
| 4th of March | Joachim Leonz Eder | Swiss lawyer and politician | 76 | |
| 4th of March | Heinrich Karl Eichstädt | German classical philologist | 76 | |
| 4th of March | Georg Heinrich Tischbein | German engraver and cartographer | ||
| 6th March | Georg Friedrich Mühry | German doctor, court medic, city physician, royal personal physician and author | 73 | |
| 7th March | Johann Gottfried von Hoyer | Prussian major general and military writer | 80 | |
| 7th March | Giambattista Torricelli | Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and writer | 68 | |
| 8th of March | John M. Holley | American lawyer and politician | 45 | |
| 8th of March | Friedrich Benedict Weber | German camera scientist | 73 | |
| March 10th | Jean Charles François de Ladoucette | French prefect and writer | 75 | |
| March 10th | William Mudford | British essayist and journalist | 66 | |
| March 11 | Henry Wheaton | American politician, diplomat, and writer | 62 | |
| March 12th | Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Elder | German history painter | 42 | |
| March 13th | Jacques Bénazet | French casino operator | 69 | |
| March 13th | Johan Niclas Byström | Swedish sculptor | 64 | |
| March 13th | Johann Cornies | German mennonite | 58 | |
| the 14th of March | Karl Christian Kanis Gretschel | German lawyer and historian | 44 | |
| the 14th of March | Christian Friedrich Uhlig | German church builder | 73 | |
| March, 15 | Ferdinand von Geramb | Austrian nobleman and military man, free corps leader, monk, Trappist abbot | 75 | |
| March, 15 | Johan Jakob Nervander | Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist | 43 | |
| March, 15 | Jakob Friedrich von Rüchel-Kleist | Prussian officer, most recently general of the infantry | 70 | |
| March 16 | Sampson H. Butler | American politician | 45 | |
| March 18th | John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute | British nobleman, politician and industrialist | 54 | |
| March 18th | Martin Münz | German anatomist and university professor | 63 | |
| March 18th | * Ernst von Schrader | Braunschweig lieutenant general | 66 | |
| 19th March | Ernst Zinna | German revolutionary | 17th | |
| March, 20th | Johann Jakob Graff | German actor | 79 | |
| March 24th | Jacques-Barthélémy Marin | French general of the infantry | 75 | |
| 25th March | Georg Wilhelm August Sell | German legal scholar | 43 | |
| 25th March | Heinrich Ludwig Smalian | German forest master | 62 | |
| 25th March | Nicolai Wergeland | Norwegian theologian and politician | 67 | |
| 26th of March | Steen Steensen Blicher | Evangelical Lutheran pastor and Danish writer | 65 | |
| 26th of March | James B. Spencer | American lawyer and politician | 66 | |
| 27th of March | Wilhelm Heinrich Ackermann | German educator and freedom fighter | 58 | |
| 27th of March | Gabriel Bibron | French zoologist | 42 | |
| 27th of March | Röttger from Veltheim | German landlord and private scholar | 67 | |
| 28th March | Carl Johan Schönherr | Swedish entomologist | 75 | |
| March 29 | Johann Jakob Astor | German emigrant, richest man of his time in America | 84 | |
| March 29 | Carl Amandus Kühn | German geologist and advocate of Neptunism | ||
| March 29 | Hugo Staehle | German Romantic composer | 21st | |
| March 30 | Jonas Anton Hielm | Norwegian lawyer and politician, member of the Storting | 65 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Friedrich Wilhelm von Loßberg | Minister in the Electorate of Hesse | 71 | |
| April 1st | Friedrich Immanuel Niethammer | German philosopher and theologian | 82 | |
| 2nd of April | Miguel Biada | Spanish entrepreneur | 58 | |
| 2nd of April | Friedrich Wilhelm Heineken | German lawyer and Senator of the Hanseatic City of Bremen | 60 | |
| 2nd of April | Heinrich Wilhelm pond graves | German lithographer and artist | 38 | |
| 3rd of April | James A. Black | American politician | ||
| 3rd of April | Johann Gottlieb Hantzsch | German genre painter | 54 | |
| April 5th | Jacob of Washington | Dutch-Bavarian lieutenant general | ||
| 7th of April | Francis Merry | Swiss clergyman | ||
| 7th of April | Johanna Wittmann | German theater actress and opera singer | ||
| April 8th | Louis Adam | French composer and piano virtuoso | 89 | |
| April 8th | Gaetano Donizetti | Italian composer | 50 | |
| 10th of April | Godert Alexander Gerard Philip van der Capellen | Dutch statesman | 69 | |
| 10th of April | William J. Quarter | American bishop | 42 | |
| April 13th | Henriette Charlotte von Itzenplitz | Brandenburg nobleman and landlady | 75 | |
| April 16 | Karl Ludwig Ferdinand Sallentien | German theologian | 67 | |
| 17th April | William Blount Carter | American politician | 55 | |
| 17th April | Gustav Schaeuffelen | Paper manufacturer in Heilbronn | 49 | |
| April 18 | Karl Friedrich von Hufnagel | German legal scholar and politician | 60 | |
| April 18 | Robert Jenkins | American politician | 78 | |
| April 18 | Ludwig von Redwitz | Bavarian nobleman and civil servant | 68 | |
| 20th of April | Friedrich von Gagern | Dutch General of the German Confederation | 53 | |
| 20th of April | Fritz Helfritz | German lawyer, landlord, bailiff and freemason | 57 | |
| 20th of April | Walter Tesche | German writer | 51 | |
| April 23 | Anton Barth | Mayor of the City of Augsburg | 61 | |
| April 24th | Johann Adam Allendörfer | Member of Parliament for the Duchy of Nassau | 69 | |
| April 24th | Charles Claude Jacquinot | French general of the cavalry | 75 | |
| April 24th | Leonhard Truog | Swiss Reformed clergyman and historian | 87 | |
| April 24th | François Van Campenhout | Belgian opera singer, conductor and composer | 69 | |
| April 24th | Theobald Fritz | Austrian Roman Catholic theologian and university professor | 76 | |
| April 25 | James Jones | American politician | 75 | |
| April 25 | Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund | German pastor, theologian, teacher, author and lexicographer | 87 | |
| 26th of April | Johan Thomas Lundbye | Danish painter | 29 | |
| April 27 | Roman Sebastian Zängerle | Prince-Bishop of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau; Administrator of Leoben | 77 | |
| April 29 | Chester Ashley | American politician | 57 | |
| April, 30th | Wilhelm Gotthelf Engelhard | German lawyer | 62 | |
| April | Khachatur Abovyan | Armenian author and writer | ||
| April | Jonathan Taylor | American politician |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3rd | Nikolaus Daniel Hinsche | Mayor of Bergedorf and writer | 76 | |
| May 3rd | Cornelius Menzen | Property speculators as well as real estate brokers and dealers in secularized goods in the French era | 69 | |
| May 3rd | Hans Ernst Karl von Zieten | Prussian officer, most recently Field Marshal General | 78 | |
| May 4th | Antonio-Maria Casabianca | Italian clergyman and bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro in Sardinia | 72 | |
| May 6th | Carl Traugott Beilschmied | German botanist | 54 | |
| May 7th | Gustav Gisevius | German pastor and linguist in Masuria | 37 | |
| May 7th | Charles-Ferdinand Morel | Swiss pastors and politicians | 75 | |
| May 7th | Franz Gerhard Wegeler | German physician and childhood friend of Ludwig van Beethoven | 82 | |
| May 7th | Konrad Heinrich Wolf | German clergyman | 81 | |
| 8th of May | Rudolph Christoph lattice man | Evangelical Lutheran preacher in Eggelingen, doctor of philosophy, author | 72 | |
| 8th of May | Rudolf Kuntz | German animal painter | 49 | |
| 8th of May | George Young | British clergyman, naturalist and geologist | 70 | |
| May 9 | Johann August von Grolman | German jurist and professor | 43 | |
| 10th of May | Caspar von Geismar | Imperial Russian General Adjutant to the Tsar | 64 | |
| May 11th | Anton Cleve | German administrative lawyer | 59 | |
| May 11th | Tom Cribb | English bare knuckle boxer | 66 | |
| 12th of May | Miguel Barreiro | Uruguayan politician | 58 | |
| 12th of May | Thank God Christian Crusius | German educator and author | 62 | |
| 12th of May | Johann Wilhelm Klein | German-Austrian pioneer in education for the blind | 83 | |
| 12th of May | Ulysses Anton von Salis-Soglio | Austrian officer | 55 | |
| May 13th | Wilhelm Baumer | reformed theologian | 64 | |
| May 13th | Joseph Brodmann | Piano maker | 84 | |
| May 15 | Duncan Cameron | Canadian fur trader, politician | ||
| May 16 | Sebastian von Schrenck | Bavarian politician | 73 | |
| May 18 | Julie Bröckelmann | German theater actress | 43 | |
| May 18 | Elisha Jenkins | American trader and politician | ||
| May 19th | Heinrich Arnold Wilhelm Winckler | German teacher and writer | 51 | |
| May 20th | Karl Wilhelm Theodor Hauck | German miller and politician | ||
| May 21 | Georg Dieffenbach | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 60 | |
| May 21 | Feliks Janiewicz | Polish-British composer and violinist | ||
| May 21 | Pierre Wantzel | French mathematician | 33 | |
| May 22 | Johann Friedrich Knapp | Hessian politician, archaeologist, writer, member of the state parliament in the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 71 | |
| 23. May | Louis Benoît Guersent | French doctor and naturalist (botanist) | 71 | |
| May 24th | Annette von Droste-Hülshoff | German writer and composer | ||
| May 27th | Maimon Fraenkel | Teacher and publicist | 60 | |
| May 27th | Sophia of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover | Member of the British royal family from the House of Hanover | 70 | |
| May 29th | Leopoldo Pilla | Italian geologist | 42 | |
| 30th May | Pietro Antonio Bossi | Italian organ builder | 73 | |
| 31. May | Michael Balling | Bohemian chemist and director of the kk Oberhüttenamtsamt | 72 | |
| 31. May | Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm von Bandemer | Prussian officer and district administrator, knight of the order Pour le Mérite | 80 | |
| 31. May | Friederike Kruger | Prussian soldier | 58 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of June | Philipp Aloys Erasmus von Deroy | Bavarian Count, Chamberlain and Imperial Councilor | 42 | |
| 3rd of June | Carl Malß | German poet and theater director | 55 | |
| June 4th | Johann Heinrich Brinkmann | German organ builder | 53 | |
| June 4th | Charles G. Ferris | American lawyer and politician | ||
| June 4th | William Sorell | Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania | ||
| June 5th | Ernst Heinrich von Perbandt | Prussian officer, most recently major general | 75 | |
| June 5th | Karl Samuel Wild | Swiss civil servant, archivist and writer | 83 | |
| June 7th | Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky | Russian literary critic, publicist, linguist and philosopher | 36 | |
| June 7th | Heinrich Braendlin | Swiss politician and businessman | ||
| 8th June | John Herkimer | American lawyer and politician | ||
| June 9th | Esma Sultan | Daughter Abdülhamid I and sister Mustafa IV and Mahmud II. | 69 | |
| June 10th | Wilhelm Philipp Goßweyler | Baden financial lawyer and politician | 57 | |
| June 11th | Dominik Epp | Swiss landowners and politicians | 71 | |
| 14th June | Matthias Schneckenburger | German Protestant theologian | 44 | |
| 15th June | Johann Friedrich Röhr | theologian | 70 | |
| June 16 | Johann Dominicus Aigner | Mayor of Lienz | 87 | |
| June 16 | Ludwig II. | Grand Duke of Hessen-Darmstadt | 70 | |
| 17th of June | Karl of Kopal | Austrian officer | 60 | |
| 17th of June | Owen D. Leib | American politician | ||
| 17th of June | Johann Diedrich Rädecker | German carpenter and instrument maker | 82 | |
| 17th of June | Ludwig Wilhelm Sachs | German doctor and university professor | 60 | |
| 20th June | Heinrich Weiss | Swiss politician | 59 | |
| June 22 | Johann Heinrich Breitinger | Swiss reformed clergyman | 74 | |
| June 22 | Josef Jaroslav Kalina | Czech poet, literary and natural scientist, philosopher, collector of folk literature and translator | 31 | |
| June 22 | Johann Hugo Wyttenbach | German educator, historian and librarian | 81 | |
| 23rd June | Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este | Archduchess of Austria-Este and Electress of Bavaria | 71 | |
| 25th June | Jakob von Albertini | Swiss politician | 54 | |
| 25th June | Johann Heinrich Schröder | Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | 68 | |
| June 26th | Stevenson Archer | American lawyer and politician | 61 | |
| June 27th | Denis Auguste Affre | Archbishop of Paris | 54 | |
| June 27th | Christoph Maurus Fuchs | German art, church and crib painter | 77 | |
| June 27th | August Heinrich Gruner | German politician and mineralogist | 87 | |
| June 27th | Heinrich Zschokke | German-Swiss writer, educator and politician | 77 | |
| June 28th | John Alexander | American Democratic Republican Party politician | 71 | |
| June 28th | Jean-Baptiste Debret | French painter | 80 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd July | James Gholson | American politician | ||
| July 4th | François-René de Chateaubriand | French writer and diplomat | 79 | |
| July 4th | Hans Friedrich Nissen | German Lutheran clergyman and provost in Segeberg | 80 | |
| 5th July | Francesco Anzani | Italian officer and freedom fighter | 38 | |
| 5th July | Wilhelm August Golicke | Baltic German painter | ||
| July 6th | Karl Godulla | German industrialist | 66 | |
| July 6th | Sixt Jakob von Kapff | German Protestant theologian | 83 | |
| 7th of July | William Leigh Brent | American politician | 64 | |
| 8th of July | Ebenezer Pettigrew | American politician | 65 | |
| 10th of July | Karoline Jagemann | German actress | 71 | |
| July 12 | Heinrich Friedrich Francke | German expert in hydrology | 42 | |
| July 13th | Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. | American lawyer and politician | 85 | |
| 16th of July | Jacob Tyson | American lawyer and politician | 74 | |
| July 18th | Alexander Macleay | British-Australian politician and entomologist | 81 | |
| 20th of July | Amalie from Béguelin | German saloniers | 70 | |
| 20th of July | Francis Rawn Shunk | American politician | 59 | |
| 22nd of July | Abram Poindexter Maury | American politician | 46 | |
| July 23 | Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand Guhr | German violinist, composer, theater bandmaster and music entrepreneur | 60 | |
| 24th July | Friedrich Sunstenau von Schützenthal | Austrian officer | 40 | |
| July 26th | John I. De Graff | American politician | 64 | |
| July 26th | Philipp Merian | Swiss trader and founder of the foundation | ||
| July 26th | Heinrich Christian Meyer | German industrialist | 51 | |
| July 26th | Heinrich Schmelen | German missionary; Founder of the Bethanien Mission in South West Africa | 72 | |
| July 26th | Johann Georg August Wirth | political writer of the Vormärz | 49 | |
| July 28th | Louis Berlioz | French country doctor | 72 | |
| July 28th | Wilhelm August Wohlbrück | German actor and librettist | ||
| 30th July | Wilhelm Karl Friedrich Suckow | German medic | 77 | |
| July 31 | Karl Ferdinand Haltaus | German historian and poet | 36 | |
| July 31 | Robert Honyman | Scottish admiral and politician, Member of the House of Commons | ||
| July | Manto Mavrogenous | Greek independence fighter |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2nd | Frederick Marryat | English naval officer and writer | 56 | |
| August 2nd | Alexander Thomson | American politician | 60 | |
| 3rd August | Edward Baines the Elder | English publicist and member of parliament | ||
| 3rd August | Johann Kaspar Fäsi | Russian lieutenant general, native Swiss | 53 | |
| 4th of August | Paul Joseph von Pröpper | Prussian district administrator of the Grevenbroich district | 83 | |
| 4th of August | James B. Ray | American politician | 54 | |
| 5th of August | Nicola Vaccai | Italian composer | 58 | |
| 6th of August | Clement Dorsey | American politician | ||
| 6th of August | Joseph-Michel Dutens | French civil engineer and economist | 82 | |
| August 7th | Jöns Jakob Berzelius | Swedish chemist | 68 | |
| 8th August | Christian Getzner | Austrian textile industrialist | 65 | |
| 8th August | Gustav Adolf Michaelis | German doctor, professor and obstetrician | 50 | |
| August 9 | John Wilson | American politician | 71 | |
| August 11th | Reuben Booth | American politician | 53 | |
| 12. August | George Stephenson | British engineer | 67 | |
| August 14th | Sarah Flower Adams | English poet | 43 | |
| 15th of August | Arunah Metcalf | American politician | 77 | |
| August 16 | Bernhard Emanuel von Rodt | Swiss officer, politician and historian | 71 | |
| 17th August | Carl Friedrich von der Borg | German-Estonian poet, editor and translator of Russian literature | 54 | |
| 17th August | Friedrich Karl von Strombeck | German legal scholar | 76 | |
| 18th of August | Johann Albert Eytelwein | German civil engineer | 83 | |
| 20th of August | Friedrich Brenner | German Catholic theologian and dogmatist | 64 | |
| 20th of August | Georg Wilhelm Glünder | German officer, author and editor, director of the Polytechnic School in Hanover | 48 | |
| August 24th | John Anthony Cramer | British classical scholar | ||
| August 24th | William Dietz | American politician | 70 | |
| August 27 | Carl Godeffroy | German diplomat | 61 | |
| August 27 | Mendel Schie | German banker | ||
| August 28th | Jakob Degen | Swiss-Austrian inventor and aviation pioneer | 88 | |
| August 28th | William Tandy Senter | American politician | 47 | |
| August 28th | Henry St. George Tucker Sr. | American lawyer and politician | 67 | |
| 29th August | Baptiste Alexis Victor Legrand | French minister and engineer | 57 | |
| August 31 | Ludwig Griesselich | German homeopath, physician and editor of a magazine | 44 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Johann Benjamin Gross | German cellist and composer | 38 | |
| September 1 | Charles McVean | American lawyer and politician | 38 | |
| September 3 | Peter Czakert | Roman Catholic clergyman | 39 | |
| 5th September | Alexandre François Louis de Girardin | French politician and landscape painter | 81 | |
| 5th September | Christoph Hawich | German painter, porcelain painter, drawing teacher and lithographer | 65 | |
| 5th September | Vasily Petrovich Stasov | Russian builder | 79 | |
| September 8th | Gustav | Austrian general, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg | 67 | |
| September 8th | Johann Christian Schleip | German piano maker | 62 | |
| September 8th | Ignaz Friedrich Tausch | bohemian botanist | 55 | |
| the 9th of September | Pierre-Jean-Baptiste-Ernest de Buchère de Lépinois | French painter and Mayor of Provins | 69 | |
| the 9th of September | Pauline Wiesel | Girlfriend of Rahel Varnhagen | 70 | |
| September 10 | Thomas Grubb McCullough | American politician | 63 | |
| September 10 | August Albrecht Christian Tischbein | German painter and lithographer | 80 | |
| 12th September | Albert Brown | German physician and university professor | 49 | |
| 13.september | Alexander Slidell Mackenzie | American naval officer and author | 45 | |
| 13.september | Maria Isabel of Spain | Infanta of Spain | 59 | |
| September 14th | Gustav Dresel | German writer, businessman and first German consul general in Texas | 30th | |
| September 14th | Thomas Flournoy Foster | American politician | 57 | |
| September 14th | Johannes Adolph Ibach | German piano maker | 81 | |
| September 15th | Heinrich Friedrich Müller | Austrian art and music dealer and picture book publisher | 69 | |
| 16th September | John P. Cushman | American lawyer and politician | 64 | |
| September 18 | Hans von Auerswald | Prussian major general | 55 | |
| September 18 | Felix von Lichnowsky | German politician | 34 | |
| September 18 | Heinrich von Meyerinck | German officer and chief forest master | 61 | |
| September 19th | William Hayward Wakefield | New Zealand representative of the New Zealand Company, leader of the first expedition to New Zealand and founder of Wellington | 47 | |
| September 20th | Hartwig Peters | German clergyman and publicist | 64 | |
| 21st September | George Cavendish-Bentinck | British politician, member of the House of Commons | 46 | |
| 21st September | Alexander Ivanovich Michailowski-Danilewski | Russian chronicler and military person | 58 | |
| 21st September | Jakob Anton Müller | Swiss politician | ||
| 21st September | Joseph Gabriel von Stengel | Baden lawyer and administrative officer | 77 | |
| 21st September | Franz Ferdinand Michael Stickel | German legal scholar | 61 | |
| September 22 | James Dunlop | Scottish astronomer | 54 | |
| September 24th | Branwell Brontë | British painter and author | 31 | |
| September 27th | William J. Graves | American politician | ||
| September 27th | Michael Hoffman | American lawyer and politician | 60 | |
| September 27th | Ernst Horn | German medic | 74 | |
| September 28th | Franz Philipp von Lamberg | Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal | 56 | |
| 30. September | Joseph Ignaz Düntzer | German medic | 40 | |
| 30. September | Johannes Stoll | Medic and medical officer | 78 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | George William Crump | American politician | 62 | |
| October 2nd | August Goldfoot | German paleontologist and zoologist | 66 | |
| October 2nd | Feliks Łubieński | Polish politician and lawyer, Prussian count | 89 | |
| 4th of October | Peter Friedrich Engstfeld | German organist and hymn poet | 55 | |
| 4th of October | Ferdinand Heinrich Lachmann | German educator | 78 | |
| 4th of October | Louis Massonneau | German violinist, composer and concertmaster of French descent | 82 | |
| 4th of October | Christian August Scheller | Royal Prussian Privy Councilor of Justice | 79 | |
| 4th of October | Franz Theodor Wangenheim | German writer | 43 | |
| 5th October | Alberto Lista | Spanish mathematician and writer | 72 | |
| October 6th | Theodor Baillet from Latour | Austrian Minister of War | 68 | |
| October 6th | Joachim Friedrich Kruger | Merchant and Senator of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | 60 | |
| October 6th | Johann Karl Friedrich Ollenroth | German medic | 60 | |
| October 7th | George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle | British statesman | 75 | |
| 8th October | George Washington Barnett | American doctor, settler, officer and politician | 54 | |
| 9th October | William Cornwallis Harris | Major in the British East India Company, hunter and traveler to Africa | ||
| October 10th | Jacob de Gelder | Dutch mathematician | 82 | |
| October 10th | Heinrich Robert Stöckhardt | German lawyer and professor | 46 | |
| October 11th | John York | American officer, politician and farmer | 48 | |
| October 13th | Heinrich August Theodor Ludolphi | German writer | 37 | |
| October 14th | Johann Claudius of Lassaulx | German architect | 67 | |
| October 14th | Jeremiah Mason | American politician | 80 | |
| October 14th | Wilhelm Smets | German author | 52 | |
| 15th October | Olof Johan Södermark | Swedish officer, painter, printmaker and sculptor | 58 | |
| October 17th | Karl August Friedrich Glocker | Wuerttemberg governor and later government councilor of the Jagstkreis | 80 | |
| October 19th | Samuel Guthrie | American chemist and medical professional | ||
| October 19th | Carl August Richter | German draftsman and graphic artist | 78 | |
| the 20th of October | José Francisco Zelaya y Ayes | President of Honduras | ||
| October 21 | Josef Brunck | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 61 | |
| October 21 | Ernst Honigmann | German mountain sworn major | 59 | |
| October 22nd | Wilhelm Meyer | Swiss officer and stage and architecture painter | 41 | |
| October 22nd | Alexander McNutt | American politician | 46 | |
| October 24th | Joseph Rieder | German administrative officer | 50 | |
| October 24th | Marc François Jérôme Wolff | French lieutenant general of the cavalry | 72 | |
| October 25 | Dixon Hall Lewis | American politician | 46 | |
| October 25 | Isaac Wilson | American politician | 68 | |
| October 27 | Alexander Yegorovich Varlamov | Russian composer | 46 | |
| 28th of October | Harrison Gray Otis | American politician | 83 | |
| 30th of October | Johann Georg Ferdinand Jacobi | German lawyer and mayor of Dresden | 82 | |
| 30th of October | Mathias Nißl | Austrian freedom fighter | 39 | |
| October 31 | Stephen W. Kearny | American officer and politician | 54 | |
| October 31 | Carl Bonaventura Witzka | German Catholic clergyman and composer | 79 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Adam Rankin Alexander | American politician | 67 | |
| November 3rd | Friedrich Günther | Prussian politician, mayor of Düren | 57 | |
| November 3rd | Peter Mayer | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 74 | |
| November 3rd | Charles S. Sewall | American politician | ||
| November 3rd | Jean Vatout | French historian, politician and writer | 57 | |
| November 5th | Joshua Heilmann | Alsatian technician and inventor of the hand embroidery machine | 52 | |
| November 5th | Joseph von Hormayr | Austrian historian | 67 | |
| November 5th | Gerard Sandifort | Dutch medic | 69 | |
| November 7th | Josef Karl Amrhyn | Swiss mayor | 71 | |
| November 7th | James Cochran | American politician | 79 | |
| November 7th | August Robert Friese | German publisher and bookseller | 43 | |
| November 8th | Ludwig Heinrich Wilhelm von Arnim | German administrative officer, manor owner and parliamentarian | 77 | |
| November 8th | William Hale | American politician | 83 | |
| November 8th | Heinrich von der Tann | German officer and member of parliament | 64 | |
| November 9th | Robert Blum | German politician of the March Revolution, publicist and author | 40 | |
| November 9th | Franz Christoph Günther | German Catholic priest, cathedral priest, cathedral capitular and apostolic vicar of Speyer | 78 | |
| November 10th | Ibrahim Pasha | General and Wali of Egypt | ||
| November 12th | Johann Karl Erler the Elder | German Protestant theologian | 78 | |
| November 13th | Robert Darwin | English doctor, son of Erasmus Darwin, father of Charles Darwin | 82 | |
| November 13th | Robert Theodor Heyne | German lawyer | 33 | |
| November 13th | Robert Mitchell | American politician | ||
| 14th November | Peter J. Borst | American politician | 51 | |
| 14th November | Ludwig Schwanthaler | German sculptor | 46 | |
| 15th of November | Aloys von Kaunitz-Rietberg | Austrian diplomat and last Count von Rietberg | 74 | |
| 15th of November | Johann Heinrich Lehnert | German clergyman and writer | 66 | |
| 15th of November | Pellegrino Rossi | Prime Minister of Pope Pius IX | 61 | |
| 15th of November | Francesco de Vico | Italian astronomer | 43 | |
| November 16 | Friedrich Wilhelm Lyra | German administrative officer and author | 54 | |
| November 16 | Wenzel Messenhauser | Austrian officer and writer of Bohemian origin | 35 | |
| November 18 | Georg Friedrich von Fölkersahm | Governor of Livonia | 84 | |
| November 18 | Karl Gottlob Prince | German veterinarian | 52 | |
| November 18 | Johann Wilhelm Oelsner | Secret Commerzienrat, industrialist, educator and philologist | 82 | |
| 20th November | Robert Batty | British painter, draftsman, illustrator, watercolourist and etcher | ||
| 21st November | Andreas Jordan | German mayor and winemaker in Deidesheim | 73 | |
| 22nd of November | Alexander D. Sims | American politician | 45 | |
| November 23 | John Barrow | British civil servant and historian | 84 | |
| November 23 | Alfred Julius Becher | Main leader of the Vienna October Uprising in 1848 | 45 | |
| November 23 | Ela Collins | American lawyer and politician | 62 | |
| November 23 | Hermann Jellinek | Austrian writer and revolutionary | 26th | |
| November 24th | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | British politician, Member of the House of Commons, Home Secretary and Prime Minister | 69 | |
| November 24th | Joseph Mendelssohn | German banker | 78 | |
| November 24th | Carl Theodor Gans Noble Lord of Putlitz | German nobleman, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly | 60 | |
| 25. November | Johann Rudolph von Ahlefeldt | Landlord of Ludwigsburg, Sehestedt, Saxdorf; Husband of the writer Charlotte von Ahlefeld. | 73 | |
| November 28th | Auguste Amalie Schmalz | German opera singer (soprano) and singing teacher | ||
| November 28th | Jacob Sturm | German engraver and naturalist | 77 | |
| November 28th | Amalie of Württemberg | Duchess of Württemberg, by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Altenburg | 49 | |
| 30th of November | Augustus Garrett | American politician | ||
| 30th of November | Robert Gilmor | American shipowner, art collector and patron | 74 | |
| November | Johann Gottfried Sommer | Bohemian author of geographical books |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Carl Johann Franz Josef Becker | German theater actor, theater and opera director and theater director | 54 | |
| December 1 | María Luisa de Borbón y Vallabriga | Margravine of Melgarejo and Duchess of Quiroga | 65 | |
| December 1 | Kilian Joseph Fischer | German Roman Catholic theologian | 66 | |
| December 1 | Kyokutei Bakin | Japanese writer | 81 | |
| 2. December | Andrew Buchanan | American politician | 68 | |
| 2. December | Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois | French admiral | 87 | |
| 2. December | Edward Solly | English merchant and art collector | 72 | |
| December 4th | Joseph Mohr | Austrian priest, poet | 55 | |
| December 5th | Josef Guisez | German administrative officer, district administrator and police director | 64 | |
| 6th of December | Samuel Gottlieb Hünerwadel | Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor | 77 | |
| December 8th | August hunter | German writer | 40 | |
| 10th of December | Ferdinand von Colloredo-Mannsfeld | Austrian diplomat, entrepreneur and politician, member of the state parliament | 71 | |
| 10th of December | Johann Carl Enslen | German painter, showman, panorama designer and pioneer of photography | 89 | |
| 10th of December | Reinhard Poensgen | German master craftsman and manufacturer | 56 | |
| 13th December | Hermann Behr | German Protestant pastor and politician | ||
| 13th December | Ludwig von Gienanth | German industrialist in the iron industry | 81 | |
| 13th December | William Milnor | American politician | 79 | |
| December 14th | Jean Antoine Letronne | French classical scholar | 61 | |
| 15th December | Yevhen Hrebinka | Ukrainian writer | 36 | |
| 15th December | Franz Sinesius Weissenbach | Swiss lawyer and politician | 66 | |
| December 16 | Bruno Abegg | Prussian politician | 45 | |
| December 16 | Stanislaus Schey | Trappist and superior | 78 | |
| December 16 | Franz Stromeyer | German publisher, publicist and revolutionary | 43 | |
| December 17th | Louis Michel Auguste Thévenet | French general | 84 | |
| December 18th | Bernard Bolzano | Philosopher, priest and mathematician | 67 | |
| December 18th | Jean-Baptiste Corbineau | French general of the cavalry | 72 | |
| December 18th | Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson | German entomologist | 39 | |
| 19. December | Emily Brontë | British writer | 30th | |
| 20th of December | Ole Høiland | Norwegian criminal and folk hero | ||
| 21st December | James Dellet | American lawyer and politician | 60 | |
| 21st December | Ferdinand Gottlieb von Gmelin | German physician, natural historian, chemist and explorer | 66 | |
| December 22 | Friedrich von Eerde | German district administrator | 67 | |
| 23rd of December | Gerhard Philipp von Closter | Prussian colonel | 77 | |
| 23rd of December | James Cowles Prichard | English doctor and ethnologist | 62 | |
| 25 December | Jacob Bartholome Rittmeyer | Textile merchant | 62 | |
| 25 December | Konstantin Gottlieb Leberecht von Zepelin | Prussian general of the infantry, first in command of Stettin | 77 | |
| December 26th | Johann Paul Pöhlmann | German clergyman and educator | 88 | |
| December 26th | Roberto Villanueva | Paraguayan poet | 44 | |
| December 28th | Augustus Frederick d'Este | British nobleman, grandson of George III. | 54 | |
| December 28th | Sebastian Jenull | Austrian lawyer | 71 | |
| December 28th | William Seymour | American lawyer and politician | 73 | |
| December 29th | Carl Friedrich Hampe | German painter and draftsman | 76 | |
| 30th of December | Peter Leopold Kaiser | Bishop of Mainz | 60 | |
| 30th of December | Johann Jakob Kirchhoff | German painter, illustrator and lithographer | 52 | |
| 30th of December | Georg Valentin Roeder | German composer and musician | 72 | |
| December 31 | Ernst Anton Clarus | German Protestant clergyman and politician | 72 | |
| December 31 | Gottfried Hermann | German classical philologist | 76 | |
| December 31 | Ignaz Reinold | Moravian organ builder | ||
| December 31 | Ambrose Hundley Sevier | American politician | 47 | |
| December 31 | Johann Jakob Wieland | Swiss politician and industrialist | 65 | |
| December | Edmund Kennedy | Australian explorer | 30th |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ignacy Abłamowicz | Polish physicist and chemist | |||
| Mastura Ardalan | Kurdish poet and writer from Iran | |||
| Johann Ernst Benno | German writer | |||
| Wilhelm Gotthold Büttner | Surgeon and Berlin landowner | |||
| Heinrich Camin | German officer and landowner | |||
| Francis Crozier | British naval officer and polar explorer | |||
| Friedrich Englerth | German Mayor | |||
| May to July | Friedrich Ernst | first German settler in Texas (USA) | ||
| Alexander Ivanovich Galitsch | Russian philosopher and logician | |||
| Johann Martin Giehr | German painter | |||
| James Henderson | British diplomat | |||
| Christoph Friedrich Karl von Kölle | Diplomat of the Kingdom of Württemberg, writer and collector of paintings | |||
| Georg Friedrich King | German lawyer and political writer of the Vormärz | |||
| Theophil Ernst Kriese | German writer and educator | |||
| Paul Christian Nicolaus Lembcke | German lawyer, attorney and procurator at the lower court in Lübeck | |||
| Wassili Wassiljewitsch Lewaschow | Russian general | |||
| Theodor von Liechtenstern | cartographer | |||
| Mohammed Shah | Shah of Persia | |||
| Wilhelm Michael Nebel | German Catholic writer | |||
| Rafael Francisco Osejo | President of Costa Rica | |||
| Evaristo Pérez de Castro Brito | Prime Minister of Spain | |||
| Friedrich von Restorff | German officer, landowner | |||
| Christian Friedrich Reusch | German administrative lawyer | |||
| Friedrich Wilhelm Rostkovius | German doctor, botanist and mushroom expert (mycologist) | |||
| Johannes Konrad Schauer | German botanist | |||
| Moritz Gotthilf Schwartze | Religious historian and researcher of the Coptic language and literature | |||
| April or May | Joseph Sterneck and Ehrenstein | Governor of Carinthia | ||
| Guillaume Triébert | Woodwind instrument maker | |||
| William James West | English doctor and surgeon | |||
| Franz Sales Wocheler | German Catholic theologian and writer |