Necrology 1855
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This is a list of famous people who died in 1855 . 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 | Pascual Liñán | Spanish officer | 79 | |
| January 4th | Georg Eberle | Austrian field marshal lieutenant and fortress builder | 67 | |
| January 5th | Mihály Pollack | Austro-Hungarian architect | 81 | |
| 6th January | Lorenzo Simonetti | Cardinal of the Catholic Church | 65 | |
| January 7th | David Johnson | American politician | 72 | |
| January 7th | Tunstall Quarles | American politician | ||
| January 8th | Diponegoro | Indonesian freedom fighter on Java | 69 | |
| January 8th | Franz Binder von Krieglstein | Austrian diplomat | 80 | |
| January 8th | Wilhelm von Urff | Elector of Hesse major general and member of the Electorate of Hesse assembly of estates | 55 | |
| January 9th | Louis Pape | German composer | 75 | |
| 10. January | Barnabas Kelet Henagan | American politician | 56 | |
| 10. January | Mary Russell Mitford | British writer and playwright | 67 | |
| 11th January | Moses Norris | American politician (Democratic Party) | 55 | |
| January 12th | John S. Barbour | American politician | 64 | |
| January 12th | Isaac G. Farlee | American politician | 67 | |
| January 12th | Johann Hermann Hüffer | German publisher, politician and Lord Mayor of Münster | 70 | |
| January 12th | Maria Theresa of Austria-Tuscany | Queen of Sardinia-Piedmont | 53 | |
| 13th January | Johannes Schuchard | German manufacturer, businessman and politician | 72 | |
| January 14th | Johann Christian Jauch senior | Hanseatic merchant | 90 | |
| 15. January | Henri Braconnot | French chemist, botanist and pharmacist | 74 | |
| 15. January | Johann Ulrich Fitzi | Draftsman and painter in Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 56 | |
| January 16 | John Van Buren | American lawyer and politician | 55 | |
| January 18th | Konstantin Karl Falkenstein | Swiss historian and writer | 53 | |
| January 18th | Andreas Johan Sjogren | Finnish-Swedish-Russian linguist, historian, ethnographer and researcher | 60 | |
| January 19th | Henry Brush | American lawyer and politician | 76 | |
| January 20th | Adelheid of Austria | Queen of Sardinia | 32 | |
| January 20th | Max Waldau | German writer | 29 | |
| 21th January | Giuseppe Pecci | Bishop of Gubbio and Cardinal of the Roman Church | 78 | |
| 22nd of January | Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol | Guatemalan head of state | 65 | |
| January 23 | Álvaro Gómez Becerra | Prime Minister of Spain | 83 | |
| January 24th | Christoph Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst | German reformed theologian | 89 | |
| January 24th | Joseph Phillimore | English lawyer, university professor and politician | 79 | |
| January 24th | Alexander Lavrentjewitsch Witberg | Russian neoclassical architect and painter of Swedish descent | 67 | |
| January 25th | Gaetano Rossi | Italian writer and librettist | 80 | |
| January 25th | Luther Severance | American politician | 57 | |
| January 25th | Dorothy Wordsworth | English poet and chronicler | 83 | |
| January 26th | Gérard de Nerval | French author | 46 | |
| January 26th | Gustav von Normann | City Commander of Braunschweig | 64 | |
| January 27th | Heinrich Simon Lindemann | German philosopher and university professor | 47 | |
| January 27th | Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann | German botanist | 48 | |
| January 28th | Thomas Carlyle | Scottish lawyer and apostle of the Catholic Apostolic Churches | 51 | |
| January 30th | Johann Georg Baldus | President and Member of the Nassau Estates Assembly | 66 | |
| January 30th | Herman Knickerbocker | American lawyer and politician | 75 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege | German miner, geologist and geographer | 77 | |
| February 1st | Joseph von Gumppenberg | Bavarian major general and fortress commander | 56 | |
| February 1st | Claus Harms | Protestant pastor in Kiel | 76 | |
| February 2nd | John Walker Maury | American politician | 45 | |
| 3 February | Caesar of Lengerke | German Protestant theologian and poet | 51 | |
| February 5th | Rudolf Bollier | Swiss politician and judge | 39 | |
| February 6th | Carl August Alsleben | Higher Regional Court Councilor of Prussia | 84 | |
| February 6th | Bernhard Rudolf Fetscherin | Swiss historian, theologian and politician | 59 | |
| February 6th | Josef Munzinger | Swiss businessman, revolutionary and politician | 63 | |
| February 7th | Abel Hugo | French essayist | 56 | |
| February 8 | Charles Crozatier | French sculptor | 59 | |
| February 9 | Charles by François | Prussian general | 69 | |
| February 10th | Ernst Ludwig von Aster | Prussian general of the infantry | 76 | |
| February 10th | Ferdinand Lammers | German lawyer | 59 | |
| February 10th | Johann Friedrich Osiander | German gynecologist and urologist | 68 | |
| February 10th | Ferdinand Maria of Savoy-Carignan | Italian nobleman and first Duke of Genoa | 32 | |
| February 10th | Carl Heinrich Wünsch | German architect and master builder, Hanoverian and Mecklenburg building officials | 75 | |
| February 12th | Ludwig Brevillier | Austrian industrialist | 54 | |
| 13th February | Thomas Eyton | British barrister | 77 | |
| 13th February | Pierre César Gudin des Bardelières | French infantry division general | 79 | |
| 14th of February | Friedrich Gap | Protestant theologian, university professor and dept | 63 | |
| 14th of February | Emanuel Merck | German pharmacist and founder of the pharmaceutical company Merck | 60 | |
| February 15th | Adalbert von Ladenberg | Prussian politician | 56 | |
| February 15th | Bernhardine from Wintgen | German author and translator | 65 | |
| February 16 | Luise von Haugwitz | German writer | 72 | |
| 20. February | Joseph Hume | British doctor and politician, Member of the House of Commons | 78 | |
| 20. February | Georg von Vogel | Baden administrative officer and member of the state parliament | 58 | |
| February 23 | Carl Friedrich Gauss | German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist and physicist | 77 | |
| February 24th | Carl Anton von Meyer | Russian-German botanist | 59 | |
| February 24th | Nikolaus Meyer | German doctor and writer | 79 | |
| February 25 | August Bahr | Mayor of Harburg, now part of Hamburg | 53 | |
| February 25 | Carl Einert | German legal scholar and lawyer | 77 | |
| February 26th | Emil Ernst Gottfried von Herder | Royal Bavarian Forestry and Government Councilor, son of the philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder | 71 | |
| February 26th | Charles Blachford Mansfield | English chemist and social reformer | 35 | |
| 27th of February | Bryan Donkin | English engineer and inventor | 86 | |
| 27th of February | William Jackson | American politician | 71 | |
| 27th of February | Carl Ludwig Schreiber | German lawyer and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly | 51 | |
| February 28 | Alois Fuchs | Swiss Roman Catholic priest | 60 | |
| February 28 | Hugues Thomas | Swiss politician | 51 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Georges Louis Duvernoy | French zoologist and medic | 77 | |
| 2nd March | Wilhelm Friedrich von Karwinsky von Karwin | German botanist | 75 | |
| 2nd March | Nicholas I. | Emperor of Russia | 58 | |
| 2nd March | Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope | English aristocrat, politician, member of the House of Commons and private scholar | 73 | |
| 3 March | James Sevier Conway | American politician | 56 | |
| 3 March | Copley Fielding | English painter and draftsman | 67 | |
| 3 March | Robert Mills | American architect and cartographer, creator of the Washington Monument | 73 | |
| 4th of March | Egawa Hidetatsu | military official of Bakufu, Japan | 53 | |
| 6th March | Schwen Hans Jensen | Mayor of Kiel and governor on the island of Sylt | 59 | |
| 6th March | Ignatius Aloysius Reynolds | American clergyman, Bishop of Charleston | 56 | |
| 6th March | Philip-Ludwig Wolfart | German civil servant in the Duchy of Ansbach, Duchy of Warsaw and in Prussia | 79 | |
| 9th March | John T. Bergen | American politician | ||
| 9th March | Nathanael Friedrich von Köstlin | Protestant theology professor and senior consistorial councilor as well as superintendent of Tübingen | 78 | |
| March 10th | Carlos María Isidro de Borbon | Spanish Prince and Count of Molina | 66 | |
| March 10th | Carl Mayer von Rothschild | German banker | 66 | |
| March 12th | Fruto Chamorro Pérez | Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua (1853–1855) | 50 | |
| March 12th | Karl Anton Schaab | Grand-ducal Hessian district judge, justice of the peace, Mainz historian and local writer | 93 | |
| the 14th of March | Edward Bromhead | British landowner, magistrate and mathematician | 65 | |
| the 14th of March | Karl Leopold Fabian | Secret mountain ridge, upper mountain ridge and salt office director of Bad Salzelmen | 72 | |
| the 14th of March | Friedrich Ludwig Schardius | Numismatist, archivist and curator | ||
| March, 15 | Joseph von Laßberg | German forester, Germanist and writer | 84 | |
| March, 15 | Moritz von Schoeler | Prussian officer, most recently general of the infantry | 83 | |
| March, 15 | Johann Jacob Wehrli | Swiss educator | 64 | |
| March 16 | Louise von Gall | German writer | 39 | |
| 17. March | Ramon Carnicer | Spanish composer of operas | 65 | |
| 17. March | Johann Wilhelm Bartholomäus sootworm | German theologian | 84 | |
| 17. March | Johann Karl Tobisch | Teacher of math, physics, history and French | 61 | |
| 19th March | David Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine | British nobleman and politician, member of the House of Commons | ||
| 19th March | Vladimir Ivanovich Istomin | Russian naval officer | 46 | |
| 19th March | Georg Stoll | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 53 | |
| March, 20th | Elisa von Ahlefeldt | German nobles and participants in the Lützow hunt | 66 | |
| March, 20th | Joseph Aspdin | British inventor of cement | ||
| March, 20th | Johann Heinrich de Chaufepié | German doctor and founder of the Medical Association Hamburg and its library | 81 | |
| March 21st | James Gillespie Graham | Scottish architect | ||
| March 21st | Kitsos Tzavelas | Greek politician and prime minister | ||
| March 22 | Johann Baptist Bekk | Baden lawyer and statesman | 57 | |
| March 22 | Wilhelm von Faber du Faur | German entrepreneur and inventor | 68 | |
| March 24th | Vasily Fyodorovich Fyodorov | Russian astronomer and university rector | 53 | |
| March 24th | James Alexander de Pourtalès-Gorgier | Count of Neuchâtel and Valangins and Chamberlain to the King of Prussia | 78 | |
| 25th March | Thomas Fitzgerald | American politician | 58 | |
| 25th March | Jonathan Hellmann | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 66 | |
| 25th March | Franz Joseph Hugi | Swiss geologist and alpine researcher | ||
| 25th March | Antoine-Henri de Latour-Foissac | French general of the cavalry | 73 | |
| 25th March | Samuel S. Phelps | American lawyer and politician | 61 | |
| 27th of March | Gustav Rochus Sick | German doctor and parliamentarian | 51 | |
| 27th of March | Ludwig Christian Gottlieb Strauch | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, senior pastor in Hamburg | 68 | |
| 28th March | William S. Archer | American politician (Whig Party) | 66 | |
| 28th March | Thomas M. Woodruff | American politician | 50 | |
| March 29 | Henri Druey | Swiss lawyer, philosopher and politician | 55 | |
| March 29 | John Locke | American politician | 91 | |
| March 30 | Charlotte of Prussia | Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen | 23 | |
| March 30 | Maria Dorothea of Württemberg | Archduchess of Austria and Palatinissa of Hungary | 57 | |
| March 31 | Charlotte Brontë | British writer | 38 | |
| March 31 | Wilhelm Friedrich Eberhard Bernhard von Degenfeld | Baden major general of the cavalry | 77 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Franz Joseph von Arens | German lawyer and politician | 75 | |
| 2nd of April | George Bellas Greenough | English geologist | 77 | |
| April 5th | Anton von Gumppenberg | Bavarian General of the Infantry, Minister of War | 68 | |
| 7th of April | Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco | Sicilian religious, Minister General of the Franciscan Observants and Bishop of Caltagirone | 72 | |
| April 8th | Carl Anton Lüpke | German bishop | ||
| 10th of April | Ernst Ferdinand Oehme | German Romantic painter | 57 | |
| 10th of April | Marie Pachler | Austrian musician, composer and salonnière | 61 | |
| 12. April | Pedro Albéniz | Spanish pianist and composer | 59 | |
| April 13th | Henry Thomas de la Bèche | English geologist | 59 | |
| April 13th | Carlo Oppizzoni | Italian cardinal and archbishop of Bologna | 85 | |
| April 13th | Christian Nathanael from Osiander | German theologian | 74 | |
| April 15th | William John Bankes | English explorer, collector, Egyptologist and politician, member of the House of Commons | 68 | |
| April 15th | Wilhem de Haan | Dutch zoologist | 54 | |
| April 16 | Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook | American politician | 61 | |
| 17th April | Karl Ludwig Bohlendorff | Prussian finance and government official | ||
| 17th April | Friedrich Mutzenbecher | German administrative lawyer and district president in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg | 73 | |
| April 18 | Jean-Baptiste Isabey | French painter | 88 | |
| April 18 | Alexander Petrovich Obolensky | Russian officer and politician | 74 | |
| April 18 | Wilhelm Karl Rust | German pianist and organist | 67 | |
| April 19th | Johann Carl Heinrichs | German educator and Lutheran clergyman | 61 | |
| 20th of April | Michael Belt | Nassau politician | 56 | |
| 20th of April | Franz Reisinger | German doctor | 68 | |
| 20th of April | Gottfried Scharff | German businessman and politician | 72 | |
| 20th of April | Karl Johann Jakob Schultheß | Swiss painter | 80 | |
| April 21 | Samuel Sprigg | American politician | ||
| April 23 | Georg Heinrich Behn | German medic | 81 | |
| April 23 | August Ludwig Leopold von Fritsche | Prussian civil servant, lawyer and district president of Köslin (1834-1852) | 74 | |
| April 24th | John Charles Herries | British politician, Member of the House of Commons and financier | 76 | |
| April 27 | Marie-Victoire Jaquotot | French painter | 83 | |
| April 27 | Johann Ungnad von Weißenwolff | Austrian officer and politician | 75 | |
| April, 30th | Henry Rowley Bishop | English composer | 68 | |
| April, 30th | Emanuel Eduard Fueter | Swiss doctor and professor of medicine | 53 | |
| April, 30th | Christoph of Sethe | German lawyer | 88 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.May | Georg Klett | German doctor | 57 | |
| 2.May | Theodor Obbarius | German classical philologist | ||
| May 3rd | Matthäus von Rosthorn the Younger | Austrian industrialist | 72 | |
| May 4th | Camille Pleyel | French pianist, music publisher and owner of the largest Parisian concert hall | 66 | |
| 5th of May | Seabury Ford | American politician | 53 | |
| 5th of May | Robert Inglis | British politician, member of the House of Commons | 69 | |
| May 6th | Alexander of Soiron | Baden politician and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly | 48 | |
| May 7th | Walter T. Colquitt | American politician (Democratic Party) | 55 | |
| May 7th | Alois III. to Oettingen-Spielberg | German nobleman | 66 | |
| May 11th | Friedrich Ellendt | German classical philologist and grammar school director | 59 | |
| 12th of May | Franz Högler | Austrian sculptor | 53 | |
| 12th of May | Jakob Schlesinger | German painter and restorer | 63 | |
| May 13th | Carl waiter | German optician and inventor | 29 | |
| May 13th | Ange René Armand de Mackau | French politician and admiral | 67 | |
| May 13th | Teresa Belloc | Italian opera singer | 70 | |
| May 13th | Georg Christoph Wilder | German architectural draftsman and engraver | 58 | |
| May 14th | Georg Karl Wisner from Morgenstern | Conductor and music teacher | 71 | |
| May 14th | Solomon Sachs | German architect, Prussian construction clerk, mathematician and writer | 83 | |
| May 16 | Gottlieb von Gruyères | Swiss forester and forest inspector | 77 | |
| May 16 | Ludwig August Helvig | German draftsman, painter and lithographer as well as university drawing teacher | 59 | |
| 17th of May | Anton Joseph Binterim | German Roman Catholic clergyman and church historian, member of the Prussian National Assembly | 75 | |
| 17th of May | Jacob Nikolaus Craigher de Jachelutta | Austrian poet and translator | 57 | |
| May 18 | John Canfield Spencer | American politician | 67 | |
| May 19th | Johann Gottfried Dingler | German chemist and manufacturer | 77 | |
| May 20th | Anton Heinrich Gladrow | German painter | ||
| May 20th | William S. Holabird | American politician | ||
| May 20th | Karl Lyncker | German writer | 32 | |
| May 21 | Johannes Burckhardt | Swiss officer | 56 | |
| 23. May | Friedrich Wilhelm von Dachenhausen | German administrative officer | 64 | |
| 25. May | August Adolf Gottschalck | German lawyer and politician | 60 | |
| May 26 | Jean Isidore Harispe | French general and Marshal of France | 86 | |
| May 26 | Stevan Knićanin | Serbian general | ||
| May 27th | Jean-Louis Dubreton | French general of the infantry | 82 | |
| 31. May | Karl Justus Blochmann | German educator | 69 | |
| 31. May | Karl Kirchner | German educator | 68 | |
| 31. May | Anton von Rosas | Austrian ophthalmologist | 63 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2th of June | Thomas Gaisford | British classical philologist | 75 | |
| 3rd of June | Józef Bohdan Dziekoński | Polish writer | 39 | |
| 3rd of June | Florencio García Goyena | Prime Minister of Spain | 71 | |
| 3rd of June | Christoph Cölestin Mrongovius | Protestant pastor, writer, linguist and translator | 90 | |
| June 4th | Carl Nebel | German engineer, architect and artist | 50 | |
| June 5th | Siegmund Anczyc | Polish theater actor and director | 71 | |
| 6th of June | John Isaac Guion | American politician | 52 | |
| 6th of June | Giovanni Agostino Perotti | Italian composer and choir director | 86 | |
| June 7th | Alessandro La Marmora | Italian general | 56 | |
| 8th June | Johann Ehrenfried Honigmann | German mining authority director | 80 | |
| 8th June | Adolph Jencquel | German entrepreneur | 62 | |
| 8th June | Eduard Michelis | German Catholic theologian | 42 | |
| June 9th | Franz Ferdinand Greiner | German inventor of the first industrially manufactured thermometer | 47 | |
| June 9th | Piotr Michałowski | Polish painter | 54 | |
| June 13th | Levi Hutchins | American watchmaker | 93 | |
| June 13th | Carl Christian Schmidt | German doctor, journalist, actor, theater director and theater director | 62 | |
| June 13th | Isabella Countess of Tauffkirchen-Engelberg | German nobles in the beauty gallery of Ludwig I. | 47 | |
| June 16 | Andrew Parsons | American politician | 37 | |
| June 16 | Stanisław Kostka Rosołkiewicz | catholic priest | 79 | |
| 18th of June | Joseph Max | bohemian sculptor | 51 | |
| June 19th | Johann Conrad Bromeis | German Kurhessischer architect of classicism | 66 | |
| 20th June | Orrin Holt | American politician | 63 | |
| June 21st | John Fay | American politician | 82 | |
| June 22 | Benjamin Brändli | Swiss politician | 38 | |
| June 22 | Jabez Leftwich | American politician | 89 | |
| 23rd June | August Ferdinand ax | German Protestant pastor and politician | 58 | |
| June 24th | Johann Gottfried wing | German philologist, lexicographer and author of several language textbooks | 66 | |
| June 24th | Josef von Sedlnitzky | Austrian civil servant, Vienna police chief | 77 | |
| 25th June | August von Arnswaldt | German writer | 56 | |
| 25th June | Ludwig Nauwerck | German administrative lawyer, graphic artist and poet | 82 | |
| June 27th | August Heinrich Dittrich | German missionary | 58 | |
| June 27th | Franz Adam Petrina | Czech physicist | 55 | |
| June 28th | Karl Friedrich Andreas Jacobi | German mathematician and teacher | 59 | |
| June 28th | Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan | British Field Marshal in the Crimean War and politician, Member of the House of Commons | 66 | |
| June 29th | Dolphins gay | French poet | 51 | |
| June 29th | John Gorrie | Scottish scientist, inventor and doctor | 52 | |
| June 30th | Thomas H. Averett | American politician | 54 | |
| June 30th | James Silk Buckingham | British explorer, MP and writer | 68 | |
| June | Johann Wilhelm Wolf | German philologist and writer |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Antonio Rosmini | Priest, religious founder, philosopher | 58 | |
| July 1 | August Siebert | German medic | 49 | |
| 2nd July | Peter von Richarz | Bishop of Speyer and Augsburg | 72 | |
| 2nd July | Friedrich Schneider | German artillery officer and battle painter | 56 | |
| July 4th | Pietro Calvi | Italian freedom fighter | 38 | |
| July 4th | Horace Eaton | American politician | 51 | |
| July 4th | John Alexander Greer | American politician | 52 | |
| July 4th | William Terrell | American politician | ||
| 5th July | Johann Heinrich Gaedertz | Lübeck councilor | 73 | |
| July 6th | Andrew Crosse | British naturalist | 71 | |
| 7th of July | Henry Sherwood | Canadian lawyer, businessman, officer and politician | ||
| 8th of July | William Edward Parry | British admiral and polar explorer | 64 | |
| July 12 | Carl Andreas August Goos | History, genre and portrait painter | 57 | |
| July 12 | Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov | Russian admiral | 53 | |
| July 12 | Karl Spindler | German writer | 58 | |
| 17th July | Ferdinand Bamberger | German classical philologist | 46 | |
| 17th July | Johann Baptist Czjzek | Austrian geologist | 49 | |
| July 18th | John Davenport | American politician | 67 | |
| July 18th | Aaron Matson | American politician | ||
| July 19 | Konstantin Nikolajewitsch Batjuschkow | Russian poet | 68 | |
| July 19 | Tomasz Zan | Polish poet | 58 | |
| 21 July | Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom | Swedish writer and literary historian | 65 | |
| 22nd of July | Paul Gayrard | French sculptor | 47 | |
| July 23 | James Colquhoun | Lawyer of Scottish descent and diplomatic chargé d'affaires of the Hanseatic cities in London | 75 | |
| July 23 | Heinrich Rost | Author and syndic of the Uetersen monastery | 60 | |
| July 25th | Jules Thurmann | French geologist and botanist | 50 | |
| July 26th | August Ludwig Diemer | German legal scholar | 80 | |
| July 26th | Georg zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg | German nobleman, head of the Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg family | 79 | |
| July 28th | Auguste Barchou de Penhoën | French officer, translator and author | 54 | |
| July 28th | Adrien-Félix Pottier | Swiss politician and judge | 62 | |
| July 28th | Salomon Rothschild | Austrian entrepreneur and banker | 80 | |
| 29th of July | Friedrich Daniel Bassermann | German entrepreneur and liberal politician | 44 | |
| 29th of July | Karl Gottlieb Schweikart | Austrian portrait painter | 83 | |
| 30th July | George Johnston | British naturalist (zoology, botany) and doctor | 58 | |
| 30th July | John Woods | American politician | 60 | |
| July | Karl Eichmann | German legal scholar |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1st | Nikolaus Haas | German Catholic clergyman and historian | 76 | |
| August 2nd | Jakow Ivanovich Danilewski | Russian general of the cavalry | ||
| August 2nd | Abraham M. Schermerhorn | American politician | 63 | |
| August 2nd | Gustav von der Schulenburg | Prussian major general, member of the Prussian manor house | 61 | |
| 3rd August | Justus Elias chest | German painter | 81 | |
| 5th of August | Alexandre Louis Robert de Girardin | French general, author of politico-military writings | 79 | |
| August 7th | Mariano Arista | Spanish officer, Mexican general and President of Mexico | 53 | |
| 8th August | Mathias Obermüller | Bavarian lawyer and politician | 67 | |
| 8th August | Guglielmo Pepe | Neapolitan general | 72 | |
| 8th August | Peter de Weerth | Electoral Palatinate councilor, merchant and large landowner | 87 | |
| August 11th | Toma Jedrlinic | Priest, Bishop of Dubrovnik | 56 | |
| August 11th | Pedro Juan de Zulueta | British banker and Spanish politician | 71 | |
| 12. August | Philipp Houben | German administrative officer, notary and archaeologist | 87 | |
| 13 August | Richard Bourke | Governor of New South Wales in Australia | 78 | |
| 13 August | Isaac H. Bronson | American lawyer and politician | 52 | |
| 13 August | Gustav Adolph Rösler | Member of the Frankfurt National Assembly | 36 | |
| 13 August | Richard Caton Woodville | American painter | 30th | |
| 15th of August | Heinrich Wilhelm Schulz | German art historian and museum director | 46 | |
| August 16 | Philo C. Fuller | American politician | 68 | |
| 18th of August | Jabez Delano Hammond | American doctor, lawyer and politician | 77 | |
| 18th of August | Abbott Lawrence | American politician | 62 | |
| 18th of August | Thomas Metcalfe | American politician | 75 | |
| 18th of August | José Trinidad Muñoz Fernández | Military in Central America | ||
| 18th of August | Wilhelm Unger | German painter, engraver and lithographer | 80 | |
| August 19th | Hans Schröder | German private scholar and lexicographer | 59 | |
| August 19th | Wilhelm Ludwig Volz | Officer and professor from the Grand Ducal Baden; Professor in Tübingen | 56 | |
| 20th of August | Wilhelm von Ditfurth | Prussian general of the infantry | 75 | |
| August 21 | Vincent Ferrerius of Bianchi | Austrian general, Duke of Casalanza | 87 | |
| August 24th | Eel weaver | Hamburg brush binder, eel seller and city original | ||
| August 24th | Arthur Torrens | British general and colonial administrator | 46 | |
| August 27 | Wilson Brown | American politician | 51 | |
| August 28th | Henry W. Collier | American lawyer and politician | 54 | |
| August 28th | Livio Fabretti | Italian Roman Catholic clergyman, Cistercian, abbot and abbot general | 69 | |
| August 28th | Heinrich Gustav Adolf Leybold | Austrian engraver | ||
| 29th August | Roland Daniels | German doctor, member of the Communist League | 36 | |
| 29th August | Franz Klein | Austrian building contractor | 61 | |
| 29th August | Isaac Samuel Reggio | Italian rabbi and educator | 71 | |
| August 31 | Magnus Georg Paucker | Baltic physicist | 67 | |
| August | Leonhard Mälzel | German inventor and mechanic | 72 | |
| August | Johann Paulsackel | Champion for democratic freedom rights | 50 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Wenzel Pilsak from Wellenau | Austrian major general | ||
| September 1 | Bernhard Thiersch | Poet of the Prussian song | 62 | |
| September 2nd | Georg Heinrich von Ramberg | Prussian-Austrian officer | 69 | |
| September 2nd | Georg Carl Treitschke | German lawyer, legal scholar and writer | 71 | |
| September 3 | Max Johann Seidel | Austrian opera singer (tenorbuffo), actor, director and librettist | 65 | |
| September 4th | Gustav Adolf Wilhelm von Ingenheim | illegitimate son of Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia | 66 | |
| 5th September | Franz Ignaz von Holbein | Austrian playwright and theater director | 76 | |
| 5th September | Thomas Livingstone Mitchell | British explorer of Australia | 63 | |
| September 6th | Eduard Seuffert | Austrian piano maker | 36 | |
| 7th of September | William Barton Wade Dent | American politician | 48 | |
| September 8th | Francisco Castellón Sanabria | Supremo Director of Nicaragua | ||
| September 8th | Karl Philipp Christian Schönemann | German librarian and Germanist | 54 | |
| the 9th of September | Petrus Johannes Izaak de Fremery | Dutch medic and chemist | 58 | |
| the 9th of September | Julião José da Silva Vieira | Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor | ||
| September 10 | Shalom Rokeach | Hasidic tzaddik | ||
| September 10 | Maximilian Seyssel d'Aix | royal Bavarian lieutenant general | 78 | |
| September 10 | Charles Sievwright | British Army Officer and Protector of Aborigines | 55 | |
| September 10 | Gottlieb Anton Simon | Swiss politician | 65 | |
| September 11 | Karl Friedrich von Kübeck | Austrian statesman | 74 | |
| September 11 | Maxim Nikiforowitsch Vorobjow | Russian painter | 68 | |
| 12th September | Johann von Charpentier | German geologist | 68 | |
| 12th September | Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm von Trott zu Solz | Minister in the Electorate of Hesse | 60 | |
| 13.september | Giuseppe Bezzuoli | Italian history and portrait painter | 70 | |
| 13.september | Veit Engelhardt | German Protestant theologian and church historian | 63 | |
| 13.september | Giuseppe Gandolfo | Italian painter | 63 | |
| September 14th | Karoline Engelhard | German writer | 73 | |
| September 14th | Johann Adam von Itzstein | Liberal politician of the Baden state parliament | 79 | |
| September 15th | Charles Nicolas Fabvier | French general | 71 | |
| September 15th | George Thomas Napier | British Lieutenant General | 71 | |
| September 15th | Emil Schulthess | Swiss landscape painter and heraldist | 50 | |
| 16th September | Benedetto Pistrucci | Engraver of precious stones, coins and medals | 72 | |
| 16th September | Sergei Semjonowitsch Uvarow | Russian politician and literary scholar | 69 | |
| 16th September | Eugen von Vaerst | German officer, writer and gastrosoph | 63 | |
| 16th September | Hermann Wollheim | German doctor, writer and politician | ||
| 17th of September | Carl Hohnbaum | German doctor and publicist | 75 | |
| 17th of September | Ernst Christian Gottlieb Jens Reinhold | German philosopher | 61 | |
| September 18 | Friedrich of Ammon | German Lutheran theologian | 64 | |
| September 18 | Karl Friedrich Bachmann | German philosopher and mineralogist | 70 | |
| September 18 | Albert Constable | American politician | 50 | |
| September 18 | James Finlay Weir Johnston | English chemist | 59 | |
| September 20th | Harvey Putnam | American politician | 62 | |
| September 20th | Archibald Stuart | American politician | 59 | |
| September 22 | Meredith Mallory | American lawyer and politician | 74 | |
| September 27th | Benjamin Gorham | American politician | 80 | |
| September 27th | August Lanner | Austrian composer | 20th | |
| September 27th | William T. Nuckolls | American politician | 54 | |
| September 28th | Henry Ellis | British ambassador | ||
| September 29th | Georg Julius Friedrich Knauer | German court goldsmith, jeweler, local politician and entrepreneur | 65 | |
| September 29th | Louis Ordonneau | French general of the infantry | 85 | |
| 30. September | August Ludwig Busch | German astronomer | 51 | |
| 30. September | Camille Roqueplan | French painter | 53 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Ernst Dieffenbach | Physician, geologist, naturalist and professor at the University of Giessen. He achieved particular merits through his scientific research into New Zealand. | 44 | |
| October 1 | Guillaume Latrille de Lorencez | French division general | 83 | |
| October 2nd | Franz Wilhelm Miquel | German high school teacher, editor, writer | 37 | |
| October 2nd | Samuel Pym | British naval officer | ||
| October 2nd | Johann Heinrich Walch | German composer | 79 | |
| October 3 | Robert Adair | British diplomat | 92 | |
| October 3 | Johann Peter Götting | German history painter and sculptor of the Romantic period | ||
| October 3 | Paul Neff | German bookseller and publisher | 50 | |
| 5th October | Johannes Fallati | German university professor for political economy and statistics | 46 | |
| 5th October | Salamon János Petényi | Hungarian Lutheran pastor and zoologist | 56 | |
| October 6th | August Crelle | German mathematician, architect and engineer | 75 | |
| October 7th | Adolf Giesebrecht | German pedagogue and Prussian provincial school council | 65 | |
| October 7th | François Magendie | French physiologist | 72 | |
| 8th October | Samuel D. Hubbard | American politician | 56 | |
| 9th October | Georg Heinrich Wolf von Arnim | German ironworks and mining entrepreneurs as well as manor owners on Planitz | 55 | |
| October 10th | Franz Gerstner | German lawyer and politician | 39 | |
| October 11th | Gotthilf Wilhelm Schwartze | German physician and university professor | 68 | |
| October 12th | Between Hirsch Chajes | Orthodox rabbi and Talmud scholar | 49 | |
| October 12th | Miguel Tacón y Rosique | Spanish nobleman, Castilian governor on Cuba in La Paz (Rio de la Plata) | 80 | |
| October 13th | Thomas W. Cumming | American politician | ||
| October 13th | Gottfried Rieger | Czech conductor and music teacher | 91 | |
| 15th October | Désiré-Alexandre Batton | French composer | 57 | |
| 15th October | Johannes Weinrich | German folk artist | 62 | |
| October, 16th | Timofei Nikolajewitsch Granowski | Russian historian | 42 | |
| October, 16th | Jeremias Heinemann | German author | 77 | |
| October 18 | Constantine Newolin | Russian legal historian and university rector | 49 | |
| the 20th of October | Emmeline Stuart-Wortley | British writer | 49 | |
| October 22nd | John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe | British nobleman and politician, member of the House of Commons | 54 | |
| 23rd October | François André Michaux | French botanist | 85 | |
| October 24th | Henryka Beyer | German-Polish painter | 73 | |
| October 24th | Robert H. Morris | American politician | 47 | |
| October 26th | Friedrich Ludwig Engels | Prussian major general, commandant of Cologne | 65 | |
| October 29th | Gottfried Duden | German doctor, farmer in the USA and publicist | 70 | |
| 30th of October | Edward Bishop Dudley | American politician | 65 | |
| October 31 | Johann Jakob Stadler | Swiss landscape painter | 36 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Philipp Geigel | German judge | 61 | |
| November 2 | Thomas Lee | American politician | 74 | |
| November 3rd | Hermann Franck | German writer, aesthetician and critic | 53 | |
| November 3rd | François Rude | French sculptor | 71 | |
| November 4th | Ludwig August Kähler | German Protestant theologian, clergyman and writer | 80 | |
| November 5th | Franz Drepper | Bishop of Paderborn | 68 | |
| November 5th | Johann Ludwig Schumacher | German fiscal officials and parliamentarians | 59 | |
| November 6th | Johann Gottfried Abraham Frenzel | German landscape painter, draftsman, engraver and art writer | 73 | |
| November 6th | Carl Fuchs | German lawyer and politician | 53 | |
| November 6th | Ludwig Heinrich Meyer | German pastor | 57 | |
| November 7th | Dudley Selden | American politician | ||
| November 8th | Ponciano Corral Acosta | Nicaraguan military and 1855 Director Supremo of Nicaragua | ||
| November 9th | Gustav Heidenreich | German genre and history painter | 36 | |
| November 9th | Haile Melekot | Negus from Shewa, a historical region of Ethiopia | ||
| November 10th | Carl von Beaulieu-Marconnay | Hanoverian lieutenant general and forester | 78 | |
| November 11th | Søren Kierkegaard | Danish philosopher and theologian | 42 | |
| November 11th | Franz von Knapp | German administrative lawyer | 64 | |
| November 13th | Joseph Moralt | German musician and conductor | 80 | |
| 14th November | Joaquín María López López | Prime Minister of Spain | 57 | |
| 15th of November | Franz Tschischka | Austrian cultural historian and folk song collector | 68 | |
| November 18 | Franz Xaver Litschgi | German lawyer and politician | 56 | |
| November 18 | Karl-Otto von der Malsburg | German officer, landowner and art patron | 65 | |
| November 19th | Armand Joseph Bruat | French admiral | 59 | |
| November 19th | Bernhard Caboga-Cerva | Austrian Feldzeugmeister | 70 | |
| November 19th | Ambros Rieder | Austrian teacher, composer and organist | 84 | |
| November 19th | Friedrich Leberecht Trüstedt | German medic | 64 | |
| November 19th | Mihály Vörösmarty | Hungarian poet, writer and translator | 54 | |
| 22nd of November | Otto von Bendeleben-Uckermann | Member of the state parliament | 51 | |
| 22nd of November | Patrick C. Caldwell | American politician | 54 | |
| 22nd of November | Julius Lindemann | German liberation fighter and major general | 66 | |
| November 23 | Samuel Brodbeck | Swiss politician and judge | 54 | |
| November 23 | Louis-Mathieu Molé | French politician | 74 | |
| November 23 | Jacob Ludwig Römer | German philologist and writer, ducal councilor in Braunschweig | 85 | |
| 25. November | Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse | German classical philologist and linguist | 58 | |
| 25. November | Justin Pierre Marie Macquart | French entomologist | ||
| November 26th | Adam Mickiewicz | Polish romantic poet | 56 | |
| November 27th | August Ludwig Reuther | Businessman, mayor | 75 | |
| 30th of November | Fulgence Fresnel | French orientalist and diplomat | 60 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Johann Peter Joseph Monheim | Pharmacists, chemists and politicians | 69 | |
| 2. December | Johann Heinrich Albers | German merchant and patron | 81 | |
| 2. December | Conrad Heinrich Fuchs | German pathologist and university professor; Rector in Göttingen | 51 | |
| 2. December | Samuel C. Sample | American politician | 59 | |
| 3rd of December | Aloysia von Eichendorff | Wife of Joseph von Eichendorff | 63 | |
| December 4th | Leopold Werndl | Austrian arms manufacturer | 58 | |
| December 5th | Moritz Hermann Eduard Meier | German classical philologist | 59 | |
| 6th of December | Amschel Mayer from Rothschild | German banker | 82 | |
| 6th of December | William Swainson | English ornithologist | 66 | |
| December 7th | Johann Anton Heidmann | Austrian medic | 83 | |
| 11th December | Robert von der Goltz | German judge, officer and politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly | 43 | |
| 12th of December | Jeremiah H. Pierson | American politician | 89 | |
| 13th December | Jean Barthélemy Darmagnac | French general of the infantry | 89 | |
| December 14th | Joel Abbot | American naval officer | 62 | |
| December 14th | Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp | British politician, member of the House of Commons | 72 | |
| 15th December | Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa | Italian founder of the order | 52 | |
| 15th December | Frederik Meltzer | Norwegian businessman and politician, member of the Storting | 76 | |
| 15th December | Pierre de Pelleport | French division general | 82 | |
| December 16 | Max Keller | German composer and organist | 85 | |
| December 18th | Luigi Cargnelutti | Italian builder | 51 | |
| December 18th | Daniel Jenifer | American politician | 64 | |
| December 18th | Charles-François Sturm | Swiss-French mathematician and physicist | 52 | |
| 20th of December | Hans Heinrich X. Prince of Pless | Prussian prince | 49 | |
| 21st December | Hiram Bell | American politician | 47 | |
| 21st December | Christian Friedrich von Boeckh | Baden official and politician | 78 | |
| December 22 | Johann Heinrich von Olfers | Banker and politician | 64 | |
| 23rd of December | Carl Heinrich Aster | Military writer | 73 | |
| 23rd of December | Ludwig Otto Gmelin | German lawyer and military | 69 | |
| 24th of December | Amélie de Berckheim | first female Alsatian industrialist and manager | 79 | |
| 24th of December | Friedrich Sebald Ringelhardt | German actor, theater director and theater director | 70 | |
| 25 December | Josias Neumann | German law teacher | 73 | |
| December 26th | Adolf Ludwig Follen | German writer and publisher | 61 | |
| December 26th | Carlos Martínez de Irujo | Spanish Prime Minister | 53 | |
| 30th of December | Samuel Bleichröder | banker | 76 | |
| 30th of December | Heinrich Caraway | German sculptor | 45 | |
| 30th of December | Heinrich Ludwig Lobeck | German merchant and insurer | 68 | |
| December 31 | Johannes Jakob Diezler | German landscape and vedute painter of the Biedermeier era | 66 | |
| December 31 | Karl Friedrich Hermann | German archaeologist | 51 | |
| December 31 | George Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend | British nobleman | 77 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad I. al-Husain | Bey of Tunis (1837–1855) | |||
| José de Jesús Alfaro | Nicaraguan politician and 1851 Director Supremo of Nicaragua | |||
| Dordji Banzarov | Burian historian and shamanologist | |||
| Nicolaus Blohm | German architect and engineer as well as urban planning director in Bremen | |||
| José María Bustillo | Supremo Director of Honduras | |||
| Lewis Weston Dillwyn | British politician | |||
| Julius Gierke | Lawyer, MP, Minister | |||
| Franz Sales Glänz | Baden sculptor | |||
| Yep Peter Hansen | German sailor and author from the island of Sylt | |||
| James Hardiman | Irish librarian and writer | |||
| Fritz Hildebrandt | German marine painter | |||
| Samuel Kettell | American author and publicist | |||
| August Kneisel | German lithographer | |||
| Wilhelm Madelung | German banker and entrepreneur in Gotha | |||
| Gerhard Meyer | Bremen businessman and cathedral builder | |||
| Miguel Ramón Morales | Nicaraguan Director Supremo | |||
| Carl Wilhelm Moritz | German instrument maker | |||
| Nali | Kurdish poet | |||
| Maroun an-Naqqash | Founder of theater in the Arab world | |||
| Johann Georg Primavesi | German painter | |||
| Caroline Wilhelmine Johanna Riemer | Goethe's secretary, Privy Councilor of Weimar | |||
| Johann Nepomuk Strixner | German draftsman, lithographer and engraver | |||
| Sunthon Phu | thai poet | |||
| Johann Nepomuk Strixner | German draftsman, lithographer and engraver | |||
| Gottfried August Thilo | German painter | |||
| Johann Friedrich Turley | German organ builder | |||
| François Louis Isidore Valleix | French pediatrician | |||
| Manuel Fernando Vásquez de Novoa y López de Artigas | Chilean politician | |||
| Gottfried Weigle | German missionary and linguist | |||
| Johann Caspar Zellweger | Merchant, scholar and philanthropist |