Necrology 1868
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This is a list of famous people who died in 1868 . 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 | Carl Mayer | German copper and steel engraver, painter, graphic artist and publisher | 69 | |
| January 2nd | Christoph Schmidt | German entrepreneur | 64 | |
| January 3rd | Moritz Hauptmann | German composer, violinist and music theorist | 75 | |
| January 3rd | Friedrich Wachsmuth | German lawyer and politician | 64 | |
| January 7th | William Batchelder Bradbury | American composer | 51 | |
| January 7th | George Hull | American politician | 79 | |
| January 8th | Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg | Prussian politician | 64 | |
| January 8th | Aaron Harlan | American politician | 65 | |
| January 8th | William Lander | American lawyer and Confederate politician | 50 | |
| January 8th | Henry Tattam | English coptologist | 79 | |
| January 9th | Charles Coffin Jewett | American librarian | 51 | |
| 10. January | Heli Freymond | Swiss criminal, last execution in the canton of Vaud | ||
| 10. January | Georg Oberhäuser | German optician | 69 | |
| 10. January | Karl Ferdinand Schimpf | Swiss politician and judge | 61 | |
| 10. January | Karol Szajnocha | Polish writer and historian | 49 | |
| 11th January | Mathieu Elie Matthes | Entrepreneurs in the chemical industry | 59 | |
| 11th January | Maria von Mörl | South Tyrolean aristocrats, mystics and stigmatists | 55 | |
| January 12th | Norman Williams | American politician and lawyer | 76 | |
| January 14th | Bendicht Straub | Swiss politician | 80 | |
| 15. January | William W. Ellsworth | American politician and lawyer | 76 | |
| January 16 | Friedrich Wilhelm Schoen | German genre painter and lithographer of the Biedermeier period | 57 | |
| January 16 | Theodor Schönemann | German mathematician | 55 | |
| January 17th | Carl Leopold Planck von Planckburg | Austrian banker and member of the state parliament | 65 | |
| January 19th | Frederic Baraga | Catholic missionary to the Indians, bishop | 70 | |
| January 19th | John Hull Campbell | American politician | 67 | |
| January 20th | Ernst Boll | German naturalist and historian | 50 | |
| January 20th | Johann Friedrich Danneil | German prehistorian | 84 | |
| January 20th | Inoue Genzaburō | Leader of the 6th Shinsengumi unit | 38 | |
| January 20th | Joseph Kenner | Austrian civil servant, draftsman and poet | 73 | |
| January 20th | Damien Marchesseault | American politician | 49 | |
| 21th January | Alexander Asboth | General of the US Army in the Civil War | 56 | |
| 21th January | Charlotte Reihlen | German deaconess | 62 | |
| 22nd of January | Charles Kean | British stage actor | 57 | |
| January 23 | Heinrich von Brandt | Prussian general of the infantry | 78 | |
| January 23 | Arthur Conradi | German businessman, active in Stuttgart, member of the state parliament | 54 | |
| January 23 | Peter Force | American politician | 77 | |
| January 23 | Alexander Michelis | German painter | 44 | |
| January 24th | Joseph Ignaz von Beroldingen | German officer and diplomat | 87 | |
| January 24th | John Davy | English doctor, chemist and zoologist | 77 | |
| January 24th | Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Hagen | German historian | 57 | |
| January 26th | Josef Georg Boehm | Austrian astronomer and mathematician | 60 | |
| January 26th | Leonor Reichenheim | German-Jewish entrepreneur, member of the Reichstag | 53 | |
| January 27th | Walerian Łukasiński | Polish officer, resistance fighter in the November uprising | 81 | |
| January 27th | Antonia Werr | Founder of the order | 54 | |
| January 28th | Adalbert Stifter | Austrian writer, painter and educator | 62 | |
| January 29th | José María Achá | Bolivian general and president | 57 | |
| January 29th | William Taylor Sullivan Barry | American politician, US MP from Mississippi | 46 | |
| January 29th | Simon Plößl | Austrian optician | 73 | |
| January 30th | Éléonore Denuelle | Beloved Napoléon Bonaparte | ||
| January 30th | Guido Samson from Himmelstjerna | German-Baltic military doctor and university professor | 59 | |
| 31 January | Tadeusz Gorecki | Polish portrait painter | 42 | |
| 31 January | Josef Körösi | Austrian industrialist | 56 | |
| 31 January | Matthias Gotthilf Löschin | German educator and historian | 77 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Gustav Eduard Benseler | German classical philologist and lexicographer, MdL | 61 | |
| February 1st | Isaac Leeser | American rabbi of conservative judaism | 61 | |
| 3 February | Karl Mathy | Minister of State in Baden | 60 | |
| February 4th | Benjamin Enos | American politician | 79 | |
| February 6th | Anson Herrick | American politician | 56 | |
| February 6th | Yamazaki Susumu | Spy of the Shinsengumi, a police unit of the Bakumatsu period | ||
| February 8 | Ferdinand Glaser | Franconian lawyer | ||
| February 10th | David Brewster | Scottish physicist, inventor of the kaleidoscope | 86 | |
| February 10th | Heinrich Eduard Dirksen | German legal historian and lexicographer | 77 | |
| February 10th | Robert Sidney Pratten | British flautist | 44 | |
| February 11th | Léon Foucault | French physicist | 48 | |
| February 12th | Charles II | Landgrave of Hessen-Philippsthal | 64 | |
| February 12th | Karl Wilhelm Mayer | German gynecologist | 72 | |
| 14th of February | Carl Georg Christian Grote | German Oberbergrat | 72 | |
| February 15th | William Rutter Dawes | English astronomer | 68 | |
| February 17th | Charles Meryon | French painter and engraver | 46 | |
| February 17th | Anna zu Stolberg-Wernigerode | German deaconess; Superior of Bethany | 48 | |
| February 18 | Franz Christian Schaumburg | German botanist and horticultural artist | 79 | |
| February 18 | Gottfried Seebode | German classical philologist, grammar school director and librarian | 75 | |
| 19th of February | Bernardo Prudencio Berro | President of Uruguay | 64 | |
| 19th of February | Dominick Daly | British Governor of Tobago, Prince Edward Island and South Australia | 69 | |
| 19th of February | Venancio Flores | Uruguayan President | 59 | |
| 20. February | Karl von Basse | German administrative officer and manor owner | 87 | |
| 20. February | Joseph Reed Ingersoll | American politician | 81 | |
| 20. February | Matthias Martini | Vicar General of the Diocese of Trier | 74 | |
| 20. February | Julie Pfannenschmidt | German writer | 61 | |
| 21st of February | Giuseppe Abbati | Italian painter | 32 | |
| February 22 | Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna | Venetian book collector, scholar, author, translator | 79 | |
| February 22 | Hermann August Malm | German lawyer | 57 | |
| February 23 | Eduard von Schaper | Prussian civil servant, President of the Province of Westphalia and the Prussian Rhine Province and Postmaster General | 75 | |
| February 23 | Adamo Tadolini | Italian sculptor | 79 | |
| February 24th | John Herapath | English physicist and astronomer | 77 | |
| February 24th | George Loyall | American politician | 78 | |
| February 24th | Johann von Pechmann | Bavarian politician | ||
| February 24th | Carl Olof Rosenius | Swedish lay preacher and initiator of a new Evangelical, free church revival movement | 52 | |
| February 24th | Alexander Török from Szendrő | Austrian officer (field marshal lieutenant) | 59 | |
| February 25 | Johann David Erdmann Preuss | German historian | 82 | |
| February 25 | Sophie Schröder | German singer and actress | ||
| February 25 | Ludwig Türck | Austrian medic | 57 | |
| February 26th | Georg Heinrich Busse | German court and library engraver, painter and etcher | 57 | |
| February 26th | Eduard Nauwerck | German lawyer and mayor of Strelitz | 59 | |
| 27th of February | Maximilien de Meuron | Swiss painter | 82 | |
| 27th of February | Gottfried Gustav von Möller | German judge and president of the court of appeal | 64 | |
| 27th of February | Christoph Gottlieb pancake | German administrative lawyer and historian | 82 | |
| February 28 | Arthur Anderson | English entrepreneur and politician | 77 | |
| February 28 | Henry Deringer | American weapons designer | 81 | |
| February 28 | August Wissowa | German classical philologist and grammar school director | 70 | |
| February 29th | Thomas H. Ford | American politician | 53 | |
| February 29th | Ludwig I. | King of Bavaria (1825–1848) | 81 | |
| February | Abel Barbin | French hermaphrodite |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Charles Hunt | Governor of Western Australia | ||
| 1st March | Józef Simmler | Polish painter | 44 | |
| 2nd March | Albert von Bezold | German medic | 32 | |
| 2nd March | Franz Carl Adelbert Eberwein | Music director and conductor at the grand ducal opera in Weimar | 81 | |
| 2nd March | Christian Tunica | German painter | 72 | |
| 3 March | Heinrich Mützel | German painter | 70 | |
| 3 March | Louis Wolff | German lithographer | 65 | |
| 4th of March | Portus Baxter | American politician | 61 | |
| 4th of March | Richard H. Bayard | American politician | 71 | |
| 4th of March | Jesse Chisholm | American businessman and guide | ||
| 4th of March | Alexander of Daniels | Prussian high tribunal councilor, crown syndicate and university professor | 67 | |
| 4th of March | Gustav Fischer | German political scientist and member of parliament | 64 | |
| 4th of March | Ida von der Groeben | German pietist | 77 | |
| 4th of March | Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein | German painter | 79 | |
| 6th March | Albert Woldemar Hollander | German educator | 71 | |
| 8th of March | Jón Thoroddsen | Icelandic writer | ||
| 9th March | Heinrich Friedrich Jacobson | German, canonical writer | 63 | |
| March 10th | Herman Wilhelm Bissen | Danish sculptor | 69 | |
| March 10th | Jan van der Hoeven | Dutch naturalist | 66 | |
| March 10th | Friedrich Ernst August von Schwichow | German Landstallmeister | 69 | |
| March 10th | Bernhard Wuermeling | German lawyer and parliamentarian | 46 | |
| March 11 | Samuel Black | Swiss politician | 54 | |
| March 12th | Ernest Doudart de Lagrée | French explorer and sailor | 44 | |
| March 12th | Valentin von Massow | Prussian lieutenant colonel | 42 | |
| March 12th | Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer | German botanist and educator | 64 | |
| March 13th | Albert Geutebrueck | German architect of classicism | 67 | |
| March 13th | Wilhelm Peter Melhop | German accountant, writer, instrument maker and amateur astronomer | 65 | |
| the 14th of March | Edouard Verreaux | French ornithologist, taxidermist and dealer in natural produce | 57 | |
| March, 15 | Christian Friedrich Glumann | German politician, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony) | 79 | |
| March, 15 | François-Édouard Picot | French painter | 81 | |
| March 16 | David Wilmot | American politician | 54 | |
| 17. March | Karl Josef Napoleon Balling | Austrian chemist and mining specialist | 62 | |
| 17. March | Julius Scharre | German democratic politician and mayor | 58 | |
| March 18th | Josef Jakob Dambacher | German archivist | 74 | |
| March 18th | Benizelos Rouphos | Greek politician and prime minister | ||
| March, 20th | August Daniel von Binzer | German poet and journalist | 74 | |
| March 21st | Andreas von Hesse | German judge and politician, member of the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 74 | |
| March 22 | Henry H. Childs | American politician | 84 | |
| March 22 | Hermann Gemmel | German painter, architect and university professor | 54 | |
| March 22 | August of the Howen | Courland state official | 64 | |
| March 23 | Karl Braun | Saxon politician and head of government | 60 | |
| 25th March | David Rytz from Brugg | Swiss mathematician and teacher | 66 | |
| 28th March | James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan | British general in the Crimean War | 70 | |
| 28th March | Justus Amadeus Lecerf | German composer, music teacher and city music director in Aachen | 78 | |
| February 28 | Karl Riemer | German administrative officer | ||
| March 29 | Felix Slade | English lawyer and art collector | 79 | |
| March 30 | Julius Schoppe | German painter | 73 | |
| March 31 | Ludwig Lange | German architect, architectural and landscape draftsman | 60 | |
| March 31 | Jacob Ludwig Theodor Reh | German politician | 66 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | James Parker | American politician | 92 | |
| April 1st | Rasoherina | Queen of Madagascar (1863–1868) | ||
| 3rd of April | Franz Berwald | Swedish composer and violinist | 71 | |
| 4. April | William Chalmers Burns | Scottish missionary in China | 53 | |
| 4. April | Eduard van der Nüll | Austrian architect | ||
| April 5th | Carl Ferdinand Busse | German architect and Prussian building officer | 65 | |
| April 5th | Anton Emil von Krosigk | Anhalt privy councilor, chamberlain, castle captain, legal knight and Prussian cavalry master | 77 | |
| April 5th | Johann Peter Carl Luck | German businessman and writer | 70 | |
| April 5th | John Magee | American politician | 73 | |
| April 5th | Karel Purkyně | Czech painter and art critic | 34 | |
| April 6th | Edward Rumsey | American politician | 71 | |
| 7th of April | Thomas D'Arcy McGee | Irish-Canadian politician | 42 | |
| April 8th | Johann Theodor Vömel | German classical philologist, Lutheran theologian and grammar school director | 76 | |
| 10th of April | Laurenz Meyer | Swiss entrepreneurs and politicians | ||
| 11 April | Philip Dorsheimer | American politician | 70 | |
| 11 April | Andreas Heusler | Swiss lawyer, legal historian, politician and journalist | 66 | |
| 12. April | Michael of Canaval | Austrian writer and classical philologist | 69 | |
| 12. April | James M. Cook | American businessman, banker and politician | 60 | |
| April 13th | Theodore II | Emperor of Ethiopia | ||
| April 14th | Hermann of Vicari | Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau | 94 | |
| April 14th | Friedrich von Zander | Prussian lawyer, crown syndic and chancellor in the Kingdom of Prussia | 77 | |
| April 15th | Robert Bernard Hall | American politician | 56 | |
| April 16 | Eduard Ludwig von Harnier | German lawyer and politician | 68 | |
| 17th April | Anton Wilhelm Hüffer | German entrepreneur in the textile and mining industry | 81 | |
| 17th April | Eduard Lange | Pedagogue and pomologist | 64 | |
| 17th April | Ludwig von Sztankovics | Austrian general (Feldzeugmeister) | 62 | |
| April 19th | Alexander W. Buel | American politician | 54 | |
| April 19th | Hans von Mangoldt | German political scientist and economist | 43 | |
| April 22 | Bernhard Studer | Swiss landscape painter | 35 | |
| April 23 | Karl Muffat | German architect and urban planner | 71 | |
| April 23 | Ramón María Narváez | Spanish military, politician (President), Duke of Valencia (since 1844) | 67 | |
| April 23 | Albert Wichert | German math teacher | 54 | |
| April 24th | Hanns Gasser | Austrian painter and sculptor | 50 | |
| April 24th | Franz Haniel | German entrepreneur | 88 | |
| April 24th | Maria Euphrasia Pelletier | French nun, founder and saint | 71 | |
| April 25 | Kondō Isami | Captain of the Shinsengumi, a Japanese protection force | 33 | |
| April 25 | Philipp Petri | German miniature and porcelain painter | 67 | |
| April 25 | William Cabell Rives | American politician and ambassador | 74 | |
| April 25 | Julius von Szymanowski | Surgeon of German descent, active in Russia | 39 | |
| 26th of April | Christoph Friedrich Schlienz | German missionary | 64 | |
| April 29 | Karl Maria von Aretin | Bavarian historian, diplomat and politician | 71 | |
| April 29 | John Burnet | Scottish painter and engraver | 84 | |
| April 29 | Theophil Herbst | German philologist and university professor | 61 | |
| April 29 | Hermann von Krosigk | Prussian major general | 53 | |
| April 29 | Johann August Philipp Multhaupt | German businessman | ||
| April, 30th | Charles Le Hon | Belgian politician | 76 | |
| April, 30th | Isaac Teller | American politician | 69 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Leopold August von Stutterheim | Prussian major general | 59 | |
| 2.May | Gustav Lührsen | German lawyer, head of the Hamburg mortgage administration | ||
| 2.May | Philipp Rincker | Bell founder of Nassau politicians | 73 | |
| 2.May | Eduard Schütz | German actor | 68 | |
| May 3rd | William Henry Carroll | Brigadier General of the Confederate States Army in the Civil War | ||
| May 4th | John Adams Gilmer | American politician | 62 | |
| 5th of May | Charles Grafton Page | American inventor | 56 | |
| 5th of May | Vincent Maria Suess | Founder of the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum | 66 | |
| May 6th | Anton von Schallhammer | Austrian officer and historian | 67 | |
| May 6th | Christian Heinrich Ziller | German builder and architect, government building officer | 76 | |
| May 7th | Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux | British writer, lawyer, scientist, politician and opponent of slavery | 89 | |
| May 7th | Nicoll Fosdick | American politician | 82 | |
| May 7th | Sebastian property damage | German painter | ||
| May 7th | Carl Schenck | Nassau politician | 62 | |
| 8th of May | Williamson Simpson Oldham | American lawyer and politician | 54 | |
| May 9 | Christian Ludwig Brandt | German educator and author | 67 | |
| May 9 | Rudolf Sutermeister | Swiss doctor for the poor, early socialist and socio-political writer | 66 | |
| 10th of May | Henry Bennett | American lawyer and politician | 59 | |
| May 11th | John Crawfurd | Scottish orientalist and ethnologist | 84 | |
| 12th of May | Johann Hermann Maack | German civil engineer and construction officer | 58 | |
| May 14th | Girolamo d'Andrea | Italian cardinal | 56 | |
| May 14th | Karl August Wildenhahn | German Protestant theologian and religious writer | 63 | |
| May 15 | Giacomo Ciani | Swiss politician and banker | 91 | |
| May 15 | August from Grote | Officer, landowner and member of the Reichstag | 40 | |
| May 16 | Johannes Fitz | German businessman, winery owner and Dürkheim city council | 71 | |
| May 16 | Martin Gotthard Oberländer | German lawyer and politician, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony), Saxon Interior Minister | 67 | |
| 17th of May | Ludwig Löw from and to Steinfurth | German university professor, Nassau judge and member of parliament | 64 | |
| 17th of May | Lemuel Stetson | American lawyer and politician | 64 | |
| 17th of May | Manasse Unger | German painter and art scholar | 66 | |
| May 18 | August stallion | German sculptor | 72 | |
| May 18 | Carl Mayet | German chess player | 57 | |
| May 18 | Leonhard Widmer | Swiss poet, promoter of popular song and founder of a music shop with a publisher | 59 | |
| May 19th | Benjamin Guinness | Irish brewer and philanthropist | 69 | |
| May 19th | William W. Wick | American politician | 72 | |
| May 20th | Salomon Friedrich Stiebel | German doctor | 76 | |
| May 20th | John Woodruff | American politician | 42 | |
| May 21 | Samuel Hebich | German missionary | 65 | |
| May 21 | Thomas Lawyer | American lawyer and politician | 82 | |
| May 22 | Johannes coin | Pioneer of the German labor movement | 45 | |
| May 22 | Julius Plücker | German mathematician and physicist | 66 | |
| 23. May | Kit Carson | American pioneer and trapper | 58 | |
| 23. May | Gennaios Kolokotronis | Greek politician and prime minister | ||
| May 24th | Eugen Megerle von Mühlfeld | Austrian liberal lawyer and politician | 58 | |
| 25. May | Friedrich Kallmeyer | German painter | 63 | |
| May 27th | Georg Egestorff | German industrialist | 66 | |
| May 29th | Julius Abegg | German criminal lawyer and university professor | 72 | |
| May 29th | Levi Lincoln junior | American politician | 85 | |
| May 29th | Franz Pfeiffer | Swiss Germanist and philologist | 53 | |
| 30th May | Johann Gottfried Boltze | German agricultural entrepreneur | 66 | |
| 30th May | Michał Marcin Mioduszewski | Polish Catholic priest and Lazarist, collector and editor of hymns | 80 | |
| 30th May | Georg Ratkay | Robbery | ||
| 30th May | Theodor Zeerleder | Swiss architect, draftsman and watercolorist | 48 | |
| 31. May | Heinrich Christian Friedrich Gebhardt | German theologian and high school teacher; Member of the Paulskirche | 70 | |
| 31. May | John J. McRae | American politician | 53 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1st | James Buchanan | American politician, 15th President of the USA (1857–1861) | 77 | |
| June 1st | Eduard Haupt | German theologian, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly | 62 | |
| June 4th | Nathaniel Ward | British doctor, inventor of Ward's box for transporting plants | ||
| June 5th | Anselm Hüttenbrenner | Austrian composer and music critic | 73 | |
| June 5th | Louis Royer | Belgian-Dutch painter and sculptor | 74 | |
| June 5th | Eduard Schweickhardt | German economist, university professor and politician | 62 | |
| 6th of June | Daniel Pierce Thompson | American politician, writer and judge | 72 | |
| June 9th | Stephen B. Cushing | American lawyer and politician | 56 | |
| June 10th | Charles Harpur | Australian poet | 55 | |
| June 10th | Samuel Williams Inge | American politician | 51 | |
| June 10th | Antonio José de Irisarri | first Director Supremo of Chile (1814) | 82 | |
| June 10th | Mihailo Obrenović | Serbian prince | 44 | |
| June 11th | James Brooke | English adventurer, white Raja from Borneo | 65 | |
| June 11th | Luigi Maria Cardelli | Italian clergyman and Archbishop of Izmir | 90 | |
| June 11th | Eugen Karl Czernin from and to Chudenitz | Austrian-Bohemian historian and topographer, landowner and industrialist | 71 | |
| June 11th | Lazar Horowitz | Rabbi in Vienna | ||
| June 11th | August Sicard of Sicardsburg | Austrian architect | 54 | |
| June 13th | August Grahl | German painter | 77 | |
| 14th June | Claude Servais Mathias Pouillet | French physicist | 77 | |
| 15th June | David S. Walbridge | American politician | 65 | |
| 17th of June | George Arnott Walker Arnott | Scottish botanist | 69 | |
| 17th of June | Egidius Yolk | Saxon wall clock manufacturer | 84 | |
| June 19th | Karl von Meißner | Austrian-Braunschweig railway pioneer and emeritus professor of building sciences at the Collegium Carolinum | 59 | |
| 20th June | Adolf Friedrich Furchau | German pastor and poet | 81 | |
| 20th June | Friedrich Rödinger | German lawyer, journalist and politician | 68 | |
| June 21st | Christian Gottlob Herzog | German theologian and classical philologist | 79 | |
| June 21st | Karl Theodor von Thurn and Taxis | Royal Bavarian General of the Cavalry from the Bohemian line of the House of Thurn and Taxis | 70 | |
| June 22 | John Reeves Jones Daniel | American politician | 66 | |
| June 22 | Christian Hohe | German draftsman, painter and lithographer | 69 | |
| June 22 | Andrei Afanassjewitsch Krassowski | Russian officer and Ukrainian revolutionary democrat | 49 | |
| June 22 | Rudolf Vollmöller | German entrepreneur | 49 | |
| June 24th | William Henry Kurtz | American politician | 64 | |
| June 24th | Hermann Plüddemann | German history painter and illustrator | 58 | |
| 25th June | Siegmund Lachenwitz | German animal painter from the Düsseldorf School and a photographer | 47 | |
| 25th June | Carlo Matteucci | Italian physicist and neurophysiologist | 57 | |
| 25th June | Alexander Mitchell | Irish engineer | 88 | |
| June 26th | Friedrich Schenck | German politician, member of the state parliament, Grand Duchy of Hesse | 78 | |
| June 26th | Johann Nepomuk dwarfs | German sculptor and university professor | 72 | |
| June 28th | Friedrich Stein | German administrative officer and judge | ||
| June 28th | Eduard Zeis | German surgeon | 60 | |
| June 29th | Johann Friedrich Christian Bornemann | German spa doctor | 76 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Samuel Hays | American politician | 84 | |
| July 1 | Johann Georg Kraus | Bavarian politician | 80 | |
| July 1 | Samuel Tweedy | American politician | 92 | |
| 2nd July | John H. Boyd | American lawyer and politician | 68 | |
| 2nd July | William Grason | American politician | 80 | |
| 3rd of July | Lafayette C. Baker | American intelligence officer during the Civil War | 41 | |
| 3rd of July | August Colberg | German pathologist and university professor | 38 | |
| 3rd of July | Balthasar Estermann | Roman Catholic secular priest | 41 | |
| July 4th | August Howaldt | German sculptor | 29 | |
| 5th July | Magnus of Wright | Finnish painter | 63 | |
| July 6th | Harada Sanosuke | Captain of a Japanese protection force | ||
| 7th of July | Edward Coles | American politician | 81 | |
| 8th of July | Samuel Ludwig Hartig | German organ builder | 78 | |
| July 9 | John R. Needham | American politician | 43 | |
| 10th of July | Heinrich Wilhelm von Pabst | German agricultural scientist | 69 | |
| 10th of July | Jean Pons Viennet | French poet | 90 | |
| July 12 | Ralph Abercromby, 2nd Baron Dunfermline | British diplomat | 65 | |
| July 12 | Friedrich Wilhelm Klumpp | German educator | 78 | |
| July 12 | Wilhelm Kosegarten | German political scientist | 75 | |
| July 13th | Anton Calaminus | German uniate theologian and historian | 60 | |
| July 13th | Leopold von Puttkamer | Prussian general of the infantry | 71 | |
| July 13th | Giorgio Stigelli | German opera tenor and composer | 49 | |
| July 14th | Willis Hall | American lawyer and politician | 67 | |
| July 14th | Ernst Wilhelm Meyer | German organ builder | 89 | |
| 15th of July | William Thomas Green Morton | American Doctor; Anesthesia pioneer | 48 | |
| 15th of July | Gustav Friedrich scales | German art historian | 74 | |
| 15th of July | Samuel Wells | Governor of Maine | 66 | |
| 16th of July | Oskar Becker | Assassin on King Wilhelm of Prussia | 29 | |
| 16th of July | Louis François Dauprat | French horn player and composer | 87 | |
| 16th of July | Dmitri Ivanovich Pissarev | Russian literary critic and philosopher | 27 | |
| 17th July | Johann Jakob Ryffel | Swiss politician | 60 | |
| July 18th | Emanuel Leutze | American-German painter | 52 | |
| July 19 | Karl Heinrich Haase | German lawyer and politician | 82 | |
| July 19 | Max Hess | German decoration and history painter | 42 | |
| July 19 | Okita Soji | Captain of a Japanese protection force | ||
| July 19 | James Wilson | American politician | 89 | |
| 20th of July | Johann Friedrich Kittl | bohemian composer | 62 | |
| 20th of July | Johann Christian von Stramberg | German historian and author | 82 | |
| 21 July | Heinrich Graefe | German educator | 66 | |
| 21 July | Friedrich Wilhelm Schubert | German historian, political scientist and university professor | 69 | |
| 22nd of July | Aloys Hubert Michael Venth | German portrait and history painter | 59 | |
| July 26th | Carl Ostermünchner | German brewers and politicians | 54 | |
| July 26th | Heinrich Adolf Rinne | German otologist | 49 | |
| July 26th | Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth | British lawyer, politician, Member of the House of Commons and Lord Chancellor | 77 | |
| July 28th | Ferdinand Martini | German medic | 70 | |
| July 28th | Joseph C. Noyes | American politician | 69 | |
| 29th of July | John Elliotson | British doctor | 76 | |
| 29th of July | Albrecht Theodor Middeldorpf | German surgeon, founder of galvano-caustic | 44 | |
| 30th July | Michael Tompa | Hungarian poet | 50 | |
| 30th July | August Vilmar | German Lutheran theologian, school man and State Councilor of Hesse | 67 | |
| July 31 | Georg Heinrich Berkhan | German lawyer | 73 | |
| July | Johann Heinrich Neustück | Swiss sculptor |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1st | Pierre Julien Eymard | French Catholic priest, saint and founder of an order | 57 | |
| August 2nd | Jacob Alexander Preston | American politician | 72 | |
| 3rd August | Ludwig von Alvensleben | German writer | 68 | |
| 3rd August | Elisa de Vilmorin | French botanist and plant breeder in the Vilmorin company | 42 | |
| 5th of August | Jacques Boucher de Perthes | French amateur archaeologist (prehistoric) | 79 | |
| 8th August | Laurenz Hannibal Fischer | German politician, Birkenfeld District President (1831–1848) | 84 | |
| 8th August | Edwin Augustus Stevens | American engineer, entrepreneur, and sailor | 73 | |
| August 9 | Friedrich Martin | German administrative officer | ||
| August 10 | Hadji Dimitar | Bulgarian voivode | 28 | |
| August 11th | Karl August Wilhelm Bertram | German local politician and mayor of Halle (Saale) | 80 | |
| August 11th | Halfdan Kjerulf | Norwegian composer | 52 | |
| August 11th | Thaddeus Stevens | American lawyer and politician | 76 | |
| 12. August | Joseph Sachs | German-American educator | 52 | |
| August 14th | Johann Nikolaus Emmerich | German senior geodesist and cadastral inspector | 77 | |
| August 14th | Christian Knorr | Official and member of the state parliament, Grand Duchy of Hesse | 68 | |
| August 14th | Adam Ernst Rochus von Witzleben | Oldenburg master stable master and secret councilor | 77 | |
| 15th of August | Johann Jakob Beck | Swiss painter and draftsman | 81 | |
| 15th of August | Friedrich Emmert | German botanist | 65 | |
| August 16 | Balthasar Harres | German architect and builder | 63 | |
| August 16 | Carl Friedrich Heintz | Bavarian State Parliament President | 66 | |
| 17th August | Franz Breit | German gynecologist as well as professor and rector at the University of Tübingen | 51 | |
| 17th August | Carl Otto Mörner | Swedish baron and lieutenant | 87 | |
| 17th August | William Patterson | American politician | ||
| 17th August | Giovanni Visin | Captain and first Austrian circumnavigator | ||
| 20th of August | Thomas T. Whittlesey | American politician | 69 | |
| August 21 | Franz Adams the Elder | Lawyer and member of the preliminary parliament and the Frankfurt National Assembly | 68 | |
| August 21 | Carl Friedrich Hergenhahn | Nassau Lieutenant General | 75 | |
| August 21 | Karl Immanuel Nitzsch | theologian | 80 | |
| August 22nd | Jean-François Barrière | French author | 82 | |
| August 22nd | Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri | French painter, restorer and musician | 86 | |
| August 22nd | Urban Kreutzbach | German master organ builder | 71 | |
| August 22nd | Georg Treviranus | German Protestant pastor | 80 | |
| August 23 | Christian Friedrich Voigt | German organ builder | 64 | |
| August 24th | Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg | German storyteller, poet and painter | 62 | |
| August 25 | Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer | German actress and writer | 68 | |
| August 25 | Löb Bodenheimer | German rabbi | 60 | |
| August 25 | Darwin Abel Finney | American politician | 54 | |
| August 25 | Jacob van Lennep | Dutch writer | 66 | |
| August 25 | Leopold Oberländer | German lawyer and politician | 57 | |
| 26th of August | Theodor Friedrich Klitsche de la Grange | German-Italian writer and diplomat, Neapolitan general, natural Hohenzoller | ||
| 26th of August | Edwin Augustus Keeble | American politician | 61 | |
| 26th of August | James Mann | American politician | 46 | |
| August 27 | Carl Wilhelm von Bötticher | Prussian civil servant, President of the Province of Prussia (1842–1848) | 77 | |
| August 27 | Franz Xaver Schnyder from Wartensee | Swiss composer and music writer | 82 | |
| August 27 | David Lowry Swain | American politician, governor of North Carolina | 67 | |
| August 27 | Carl Jakob Ziese | German organ builder | 42 | |
| August 28th | Karl von Coudenhove | Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal | 53 | |
| August 28th | Rudolf Rempel | German industrialist and politician | 53 | |
| 29th August | Andreas Christian Birch | Danish writer | 73 | |
| 29th August | Gottlieb Keim | Member of the Frankfurt National Assembly | 85 | |
| 29th August | Gustav Kühn | German printer and publisher of Bilderbogen | 73 | |
| 29th August | Christian Friedrich Schönbein | German-Swiss chemist | 68 | |
| August 30th | Michelina De Cesare | sicilian brigantessa | 26th | |
| August 31 | Francis Granger | American politician | 75 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Georg Ludwig Grote | German administrative lawyer | 79 | |
| September 1 | Ferencz József Gyulay | Austro-Hungarian general | 70 | |
| September 3 | Gerhard Heinrich von Motz | Minister of Finance of Hesse | 91 | |
| September 3 | Thomas H. Seymour | Attorney, Congressman, and Connecticut Governor | 60 | |
| September 3 | Richard Spencer | American politician | 71 | |
| September 4th | Eduard Friedrich Poeppig | German zoologist, botanist and explorer | 70 | |
| 5th September | Bernardine Baccinelli | Italian Archbishop of India, Carmelite | 61 | |
| September 6th | Abijah Mann junior | American lawyer and politician | 74 | |
| September 8th | Gustav von Tempsky | Prussian adventurer, officer and painter | 40 | |
| the 9th of September | Mzilikazi | King of Southern Africa (Kingdom of Matabele) | ||
| the 9th of September | Johann Christian Ravit | German university professor, politician and banker | 62 | |
| the 9th of September | Johann Martin von Rohden | German landscape painter and draftsman, German-Roman | 90 | |
| 12th September | David Stuart | American politician | 52 | |
| 13.september | Richard Rothwell | Irish painter | 67 | |
| September 15th | George Hoyte | Lord Mayor of Dublin | ||
| 16th September | Ferdinand Hauser | Austrian politician | 72 | |
| 17th of September | Roman Nose | Chief of the Himoweyuhkis Indians | ||
| September 19th | Gerhard from the bush | German doctor | 76 | |
| September 19th | William Sprague | American politician | 59 | |
| September 19th | George W. Summers | American politician | 64 | |
| September 20th | Moritz Heinrich von Boyneburg | Austrian general of the cavalry | 79 | |
| 21st September | Gustav Adolf von Greisinger | Imperial Austrian major general and mathematician | 75 | |
| September 22 | Mendel Rosenbaum | German rabbi | ||
| September 23rd | Jesse Atherton Bynum | American politician | 71 | |
| September 23rd | Albert Jung | Landowner, First District Deputy and Prussian District Administrator of the Elberfeld District | 57 | |
| September 24th | Karl Karcher | Merchant | 50 | |
| 25th of September | Josefine von Hoffinger | Austrian Dante translator | 47 | |
| 25th of September | Eduard Zander | German draftsman and painter | 54 | |
| September 26th | Samuel Beall | American politician | 61 | |
| September 26th | August Ferdinand Möbius | German mathematician and astronomer at the University of Leipzig | 77 | |
| September 27th | Thomas Carmichael Hindman | Major general in the Confederate Army and politician | 40 | |
| September 27th | August Piepenhagen | Prague landscape painter | 77 | |
| September 27th | Peter Anton Werner | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 49 | |
| September 28th | Thomas Fessenden | American politician | 42 | |
| September 28th | Franz Ludwig Eugen of Montigny | Prussian district administrator | 77 | |
| September 28th | Eduard Seitz | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 54 | |
| 30. September | Mathias Brugman | Puerto Rican insurgent | 57 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2nd | Henry Damian Juncker | German-American theologian and Bishop of Alton, Illinois | 59 | |
| October 2nd | François-Christophe-Edouard Kellermann | French statesman and diplomat | 66 | |
| October 2nd | Alfred Marshall | American politician | ||
| October 3 | Karl von Fischer | Württemberg Lieutenant General | 57 | |
| October 3 | Gustav von der Goltz (District Administrator, 1799) | German district administrator and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly | 68 | |
| 5th October | Robert Henry Whitfield | American lawyer and politician | 54 | |
| 5th October | Karoline von Zöllner | German writer | 73 | |
| October 6th | Heinrich Brandes | German painter | 65 | |
| October 6th | Karl Doerr | Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse | 59 | |
| October 7th | Adam J. Slemmer | American general | 40 | |
| 9th October | Howell Cobb | American politician and Confederate general | 53 | |
| October 10th | Joseph Mindler | German stenographer | 60 | |
| October 10th | Friedrich Ortloff | German lawyer, President of the Higher Appeal Court in Jena | 71 | |
| October 12th | William Bird Herapath | British chemist, physicist and medical professional | 48 | |
| October 12th | Rudolf von Maltzahn | Pomeranian manor owner and Prussian politician | 73 | |
| October 13th | Tachibana Akemi | Japanese poet and Kokugaku scholar | ||
| October, 16th | Wolfgang Robert Griepenkerl | German playwright, storyteller and art critic | 58 | |
| October 17th | Laura Secord | Canadian national heroine (in the war of 1812) | 93 | |
| October 18 | Mongkut | King of Siam (1851–1868) | 64 | |
| the 20th of October | Auguste Burgrave | German theater actress | ||
| October 21 | Albert von Binder | Prelate and General Superintendent of Ludwigsburg | 64 | |
| October 21 | Karl von Maltzahn | Prussian head stable master and district administrator of the Demmin district | 70 | |
| October 22nd | James M. Hinds | American politician | 34 | |
| October 22nd | Hermann Immermann | German lawyer and politician | 60 | |
| October 22nd | Karl von Kolb | German merchant, banker and consul of Württemberg in Rome | 68 | |
| October 22nd | David Outlaw | American politician | 62 | |
| October 24th | George Bliss | American politician | 55 | |
| October 24th | Adalbert Schnizlein | German botanist | 54 | |
| October 25 | Eduard Hildebrandt | German painter | 51 | |
| October 26th | Wilhelm Griesinger | German psychiatrist and internist | 51 | |
| October 26th | Henricus Christianus Millies | Dutch Lutheran theologian and orientalist | 58 | |
| October 27 | Carl Wilhelm Arldt | German draftsman and lithographer | 59 | |
| October 27 | Alexandre Colonna-Walewski | Son of Napoléon Bonaparte and his lover Maria Walewska | 58 | |
| October 27 | Carl Abraham Mankell | Swedish composer | 66 | |
| October 27 | Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland | British noblewoman and lady-in-waiting (Mistress of the Robes) to Queen Victoria | 62 | |
| 28th of October | Erhard Hagen von Hagenfels | Mayor of Bayreuth | 82 | |
| 28th of October | Friedrich Wilhelm von Tigerström | German lawyer and university professor | 65 | |
| 28th of October | Andrew Tracy | American politician | 70 | |
| 30th of October | Luther Badger | American lawyer and politician | 83 | |
| 30th of October | William Everhart | American politician | 83 | |
| October 31 | Karl Johann Cosack | Protestant theologian | 55 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Amos Abbott | American politician | 82 | |
| November 2 | Samuel Rossiter Betts | American lawyer and politician | 81 | |
| November 2 | Carl Henrik Boheman | Swedish entomologist | 72 | |
| November 3rd | Germain Delavigne | French poet and librettist | 78 | |
| November 4th | Moriz Hoernes | Austrian geologist and paleontologist | 53 | |
| November 5th | Franz Steinfeld | Austrian painter | 81 | |
| November 7th | Jacob R. Wortendyke | American politician | 49 | |
| November 8th | Friedrich Christoph Foerster | German historian and writer | 77 | |
| November 9th | John Mercer Johnson | Canadian politician | 50 | |
| November 9th | Henry English Read | confederate politician | 43 | |
| November 10th | William Edward Shuckard | British entomologist and librarian to the Royal Society | ||
| November 11th | Horace Mann junior | American botanist | 24 | |
| November 11th | José Tadeo Monagas | Venezuelan independence fighter and president | 84 | |
| November 11th | Wilhelm von Rapp | German physician, zoologist and zootomist as well as university professor | 74 | |
| November 11th | Stephen Royce | American lawyer and politician | 81 | |
| November 11th | Frédéric Jules Sichel | French medic and entomologist | 66 | |
| November 12th | Bernhard Bessel | East Westphalian district administrator, member of the Reichstag | 54 | |
| November 12th | Léonor-Joseph Havin | French publicist and politician | 69 | |
| November 13th | Auguste Delacroix | French painter | 59 | |
| November 13th | Bonaventure Genelli | German painter and graphic artist | 70 | |
| November 13th | Gioachino Rossini | Italian composer | 76 | |
| November 13th | David's death | American politician | 63 | |
| 15th of November | Jakob Rothschild | banker | 76 | |
| November 16 | Franz Joseph Fleischbein | German-American portrait painter, daguerreotypist, ambrotypist and drawing teacher | ||
| November 16 | Samuel organ fire | Polish publisher | ||
| November 16 | Karl Friedrich Troll | German mayor and politician | 67 | |
| November 18 | Otto Dörr | German painter | 36 | |
| November 18 | Friedrich Wilhelm von Dunker | Prussian lieutenant general | 77 | |
| November 18 | George Gray Leiper | American politician | 82 | |
| November 18 | Christoph Ziemssen | German biologist and director of the Natural History Museum in Hamburg | 77 | |
| November 19th | Otto Lüning | Westphalian social politician, journalist and doctor for the poor | 50 | |
| November 19th | William Sidney Mount | American painter | 60 | |
| November 19th | John Pendleton | American politician and diplomat | 66 | |
| 21st November | Andreas Zelinka | Mayor of Vienna | 66 | |
| November 23 | Nathan George Evans | General of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War | 44 | |
| November 23 | Friedrich von Hermann | German economist and economic statistician | 72 | |
| November 23 | Waddy Thompson | American politician | 70 | |
| 25. November | Francesco Ambrosoli | Italian educator, philologist and writer | 71 | |
| 25. November | Franz Brendel | German music critic, journalist and musicologist | 56 | |
| 25. November | Joseph | Duke of Saxony-Altenburg (1834–1848) | 79 | |
| 25. November | Friedrich Schnirch | German-Bohemian engineer and bridge builder | 77 | |
| 25. November | Agathon Wernich | German entrepreneur and politician | 68 | |
| November 26th | Achilles Roediger | German pastor, lecturer, cantor and boarding school director | 56 | |
| November 27th | Black Kettle | Chief of the Southern Cheyenne | ||
| November 29th | Pierre-Antoine Berryer | French lawyer and politician | 78 | |
| November 29th | Takatsukasa Masamichi | Japanese regent for Ninkō and Kōmei | 79 | |
| 30th of November | August Theodor Blanche | Swedish writer | 57 | |
| 30th of November | Hipolit Cegielski | Philologist, entrepreneur, journalist and politician | 55 | |
| 30th of November | Sikandar Jahan | Regent of the princely state of Bhopal | ||
| November | James Wills | Irish poet, author and biographer | 78 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of December | Paul Abadie the Elder | French architect | 85 | |
| 3rd of December | Wilhelm Adolf Lette | German social politician and lawyer | 69 | |
| 6th of December | Thompson Campbell | American politician | ||
| 6th of December | August Schleicher | German linguist | 47 | |
| December 8th | Babette Gundy | German opera singer (soprano) | ||
| December 8th | Christian Lothary | German entrepreneur and politician | 53 | |
| 9th of December | Karl Ferdinand Kern | German curative pedagogue and human medicine | 54 | |
| 10th of December | Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher | reformed theologian | 72 | |
| 11th December | Alexandre-Félix Alméras | Swiss politician | 57 | |
| 11th December | Philipp Friedrich Gwinner | Mayor of Frankfurt am Main | 72 | |
| 11th December | Moses Simson | German entrepreneur | 60 | |
| 11th December | Arnold Wendel | Hessian baker, mill owner and liberal politician | 51 | |
| 12th of December | Antoni Lukianowicz Andrzejowski | Polish botanist and paleontologist | ||
| 12th of December | Thomas Saunders Gholson | American lawyer and politician | 58 | |
| 13th December | Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius | German naturalist, botanist and ethnographer | 74 | |
| December 14th | Walter Lowrie | American politician | 84 | |
| 15th December | August spirit | German painter | 33 | |
| 15th December | Xavier Gottofrey | Swiss politician | 66 | |
| December 16 | Aimée Davout | Contemporary witness of great events in French history | 86 | |
| December 16 | Karl Gustav Heiland | German philologist | 51 | |
| December 17th | Louis Desnoyers | French journalist and writer | ||
| December 17th | Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker | German, classical philologist | 84 | |
| December 18th | Pierre-Henri Stanislas d'Escayrac de Lauture | French explorer of Africa | 42 | |
| December 18th | Ferdinand von Lobkowitz | Austrian nobleman and industrialist | 71 | |
| December 18th | Max Lohde | German painter | 23 | |
| December 18th | August von Weckherlin | German agronomist and domain administrator | 74 | |
| 20th of December | Carl Beinert | German pharmacist and geologist | 75 | |
| 20th of December | Johann Hinrich Bockelmann | Hamburg manufacturer and member of parliament | ||
| 20th of December | Nestor Wassiljewitsch Kukolnik | Russian novelist, poet and playwright | 59 | |
| 21st December | August Friedrich Moritz Anton | German educator | 70 | |
| 21st December | Charles S. Morehead | American politician | 66 | |
| 21st December | Gustav Nicolai | German writer and composer | 73 | |
| 21st December | Johann Ernst Arminius von Rauschenplatt | German revolutionary and freedom fighter | 61 | |
| December 22 | Karl Wilhelm Bouterwek | German high school director and historian | 59 | |
| December 22 | François-Joseph Cantraine | Belgian zoologist (malacologist) | 67 | |
| December 22 | Johann Karl Girard de Soucanton | Estonian entrepreneur and politician | 83 | |
| December 22 | Carl Wilhelm August Kruger | German lawyer and art collector | 71 | |
| December 22 | Ferdinand von Soyer | German politician | 58 | |
| 24th of December | Adolphe d'Archiac | French geologist and paleontologist | 66 | |
| 24th of December | Abraham Cooper | British painter | 81 | |
| 25 December | Linus Yale | American inventor (cylinder lock) | 47 | |
| December 26th | Johann Heinrich Adolf Goetze | German educator and Evangelical Lutheran clergyman | 76 | |
| December 26th | Carl Haslinger | Austrian music publisher and composer | 52 | |
| December 26th | Joaquín Suárez | President of Uruguay | 87 | |
| December 27th | Richard Lauchert | German painter | 45 | |
| December 28th | Karl Chotek von Chotkow | Bohemian nobleman, administrator and politician | 85 | |
| December 28th | Aaron Hackley Junior | American lawyer and politician | 85 | |
| December 28th | Joseph Martini by Nosedo | Austrian officer | 62 | |
| December 28th | August Uedinck | Richter, MdR in the North German Confederation | 57 | |
| December 29th | Alfred von Görtz-Wrisberg | German officer and politician, 1848 revolutionary | 54 | |
| 30th of December | Nikolaus Hesse | Mayor of Brilon | 74 | |
| 30th of December | Friedrich Albert von Langenn | Saxon lawyer and historian | 70 | |
| 30th of December | Frederick Scheer | German-British merchant and plant lover | ||
| 30th of December | Johann Evangelist Stadler | Bavarian theologian and encyclopaedist | 64 | |
| December 31 | James David Forbes | Scottish physicist | 59 | |
| December 31 | Johann Hermann Holler | Bremen businessman and politician, Member of the Bundestag | 50 | |
| December 31 | Joseph Pirazzi | Entrepreneur; poet | 69 | |
| December | Christian Friedrich Ecklon | Pharmacist and botanist |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gustav-Ludwig Alsen | German cement manufacturer | |||
| Pedro de Ampudia | Spanish officer, Mexican officer and general | |||
| Ivan Andronikashvili | Georgian prince and Russian general | |||
| Bedirxan Beg | Kurdish prince of the Botan dynasty | |||
| Paul-Adrien Bourdaloue | French engineer and geodesist | |||
| Berl Broder | Yiddish folk singer | |||
| El Chinchonero | Honduran politician and military | |||
| Heinrich Elkamp | German composer, pianist, music teacher and music critic | |||
| Francis Farrant | British ambassador | |||
| Julius Gottheil | German painter and graphic artist | |||
| Heinrich Hasse | German medic | |||
| Georg Carl Kuhlmann | German organ builder | |||
| Amalie von Levetzow | Mother of Ulrike von Levetzow (Goethe's last love) | |||
| Johann Friedrich List | German administrative lawyer | |||
| Adolph Majer | German pharmacist and revolutionary | |||
| Albrecht Mann | German judges and parliamentarians | |||
| Wolfardine by Minutoli | German writer and Egyptologist | |||
| Mswati II | King of Swaziland (1840–1868) | |||
| August Ernst Petzholtz | German court architect | |||
| John Reynolds | Irish politician | |||
| Emil von Russdorf | Physician and Mecklenburg politician | |||
| Adalbert Ritter von Schmid | Austrian railway engineer | |||
| Noah Smith | American lawyer and politician | |||
| Letterio Subba | Italian painter, architect and sculptor | |||
| Julius Friedrich Siegismund Tschirschnitz | Prussian administrative officer, district administrator | |||
| Carl Werry | German lawyer and parliamentarian | |||
| Ferdinand Wittmann | German multiple poisoner | |||
| Johann Eduard Wolff | German history and portrait painter |