1856 deaths

The list 1856 deaths includes Robert Schumann, Amedeo Avogadro, Lev Perovski, Thomas L. Jennings and Heinrich Heine. The list consists of 973 members and 2 sublists.

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1856

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People murdered in 1856
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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1856
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Robert Schumann

German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)

Overview: Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left ...

Date of birth: 8 June 1810

Date of death: 29 July 1856

Age: 46 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Musicians from Düsseldorf 49T

Male classical pianists 1,919T

Musicians from Leipzig 97T
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Veliyankode Umar Khasi

Indian mystic leader and schoalr

Overview: Valiyankode Umer Qazi ( Arabic:عمر القاضي بلنكوتي, Malayalam: വെളിയങ്കോട്ട് ഉമര്‍ ഖാസി(റ) ) was a Muslim scholar, freedom fighter and poet. He was active in the Civil disobedience movement and refused ...

Date of death: 15 July 1857

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Male

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12th-century Indian poets 7T

13th-century Indian poets 7T

Indian male poets 973T
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Amedeo Avogadro

Italian chemist

Overview: Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto (, , 9 August 1776 – 9 July 1856) was an Italian scientist, most noted for his contribution to molecular theory now known as A ...

Date of birth: 9 August 1776

Date of death: 9 July 1856

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Chemist

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Scientists from Turin 30T

People from Turin 815T

University of Turin faculty 111T
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Lev Perovski

Russian noble and mineralogist

Overview: Count Lev Aleksevich von Perovski (Russian: Лев Алексе́евич Перо́вский, also transliterated as Perofsky, Perovskii, Perovskiy, Perovsky, Perowski, and Perowsky; also credited as L.A. Perovski) (9 September ...

Date of birth: 9 September 1792

Date of death: 21 November 1856

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Politician

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Burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery (Saint Petersburg) 84T

Imperial Moscow University alumni 132T

Russian mineralogists 14T
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Thomas L. Jennings

American inventor

Overview: Thomas L. Jennings (1791 – February 12, 1856) was an African-American tradesman and abolitionist in New York City, New York. He operated and owned a tailoring business. In 1821 he was one of the first ...

Date of birth: 1791

Date of death: 1856

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Inventor

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19th-century American inventors 564T

African-American history 166T

African-American inventors 88T
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Eston Hemings

Son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings (1808–1856)

Overview: Eston Hemings Jefferson (May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856) was born into slavery at Monticello, the youngest son of Sally Hemings, a mixed-race enslaved woman. Most historians who have considered the question ...

Date of birth: 21 May 1808

Date of death: 3 January 1856

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Socialite

Gender: Male

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Children of Sally Hemings 3T

Children of Thomas Jefferson 5T

Presidents of the United States and slavery 8T
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Heinrich Heine

German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)

Overview: Christian Johann Heinrich Heine ( born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which ...

Date of birth: 13 December 1797

Date of death: 17 February 1856

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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19th-century German Jews 615T

18th-century German Jews 84T

Writers from Düsseldorf 48T
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Thomas Scott

Ohio Jurist and Methodist Minister

Overview: Thomas Scott (October 31, 1772 – February 13, 1856) was Clerk of the Ohio State Senate from 1803 to 1809 and an Ohio Supreme Court Judge from 1809 to 1816.

Date of birth: 31 October 1772

Date of death: 13 February 1856

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

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Politicians from Chillicothe, Ohio 34T

19th-century American lawyers 4,099T

18th-century Methodist ministers 12T
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William Palmer (murderer)

English murderer (1824–1856)

Overview: William Palmer (6 August 1824 – 14 June 1856), also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners, was an English doctor found guilty of murder in one of the most notorious cases of the 19th ...

Date of birth: 6 August 1824

Date of death: 14 June 1856

Age: 31 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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Filicides in England 20T

1850s murders in the United Kingdom 6T

Murder in 1855 4T
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José María Alfaro Zamora

Costa Rican politician

Overview: José María Alfaro Zamora (March 20, 1799 – June 12, 1856) was the Costa Rican Head of State between the periods of 1842 and 1844 as well as 1846 and 1847 and President of Costa Rica between May 1 ...

Date of birth: 20 March 1799

Date of death: 11 June 1856

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: Costa Rican

Occupation: Judge

Gender: Male

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Costa Rican liberals 31T

19th-century Costa Rican people 35T

People from Alajuela 45T
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Mariano Paredes (Guatemala)

Guatemalan President

Overview: Mariano Paredes (1800—1856) was President of Guatemala from January 1, 1849 to November 6, 1851 as a compromise chief of state. Paredes, an army colonel, came to power after Rafael Carrera was ineffective ...

Date of birth: 1800

Date of death: 1856

Age: 55 (age at death)

Nationality: Guatemalan

Occupation: Politician

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Rafael Carrera y Turcios 23T

Liberal Party (Guatemala) politicians 13T

Presidents of Guatemala 57T
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Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen

German prince

Overview: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, Prince of Leiningen (12 September 1804 – 13 November 1856), was the maternal half-brother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Leiningen briefly played an important role ...

Date of birth: 12 September 1804

Date of death: 13 November 1856

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Male

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Grand Crosses of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order 257T

Recipients of the House Order of Fidelity 190T

Princes of Leiningen 12T
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Caroline Lee Hentz

United States author and educator

Overview: Caroline Lee Whiting Hentz (June 1, 1800, Lancaster, Massachusetts – February 11, 1856, Marianna, Florida) was an American novelist and author, most noted for her opposition to the abolitionist movement ...

Date of birth: 1 June 1800

Date of death: 11 February 1856

Age: 55 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Novelists from Massachusetts 401T

19th-century American women writers 1,226T

People from Marianna, Florida 43T
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Anna Gottlieb

Austrian singer

Overview: Maria Anna Josepha Francisca Gottlieb (29 April 1774 – 4 February 1856) was an Austrian soprano. She was the first Pamina in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.

Date of birth: 29 April 1774

Date of death: 4 February 1856

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Austrian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Female

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18th-century women opera singers 9T

19th-century women opera singers 298T

18th-century Austrian opera singers 7T
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Manuela Sáenz

Colombian spy

Overview: Doña Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru (December 27, 1797 – November 23, 1856) was an Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine of South America who supported the revolutionary cause by gathering information ...

Date of birth: 27 December 1797

Date of death: 23 November 1856

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: Ecuadorean

Occupation: Military

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Ecuadorian independence activists 2T

Burials at the National Pantheon of Venezuela 50T

19th-century Ecuadorian people 19T
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Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama

11th Dalai Lama

Overview: Khedrup Gyatso (1 November 1838 – 31 January 1856) was the 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet.

Date of birth: 1 November 1838

Date of death: 31 January 1856

Age: 17 (age at death)

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19th-century Tibetan people 25T

Dalai Lamas 19T

Child rulers from Asia 69T
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Lucia Elizabeth Vestris

British actress and theatre manager

Overview: Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Elizabetta Lucia Bartolozzi; 3 March 1797 – 8 August 1856) was an English actress and a contralto opera singer, appearing in works by, among others, Mozart and Rossini. While ...

Date of birth: 1 January 1797

Date of death: 8 August 1856

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Opera singer

Gender: Female

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19th-century English businesswomen 35T

Vestris family 7T

Bartolozzi family 5T
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Adolphe Adam

French composer

Overview: Adolphe Charles Adam (24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le corsaire ...

Date of birth: 24 July 1803

Date of death: 3 May 1856

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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19th-century male musicians 2,319T

Male opera composers 1,844T

19th-century French composers 316T
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Thomas Doughty

American artist

Overview: Thomas Doughty (July 19, 1793 – July 22, 1856) was an American artist associated with the Hudson River School.

Date of birth: 19 July 1793

Date of death: 22 July 1856

Age: 63 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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Hudson River School painters 61T

American male painters 3,659T

19th-century American painters 1,392T
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Theodore Chasseriau

French painter

Overview: Théodore Chassériau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a Dominican-born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist ...

Date of birth: 20 September 1819

Date of death: 8 October 1856

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Painter

Gender: Male

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French male painters 1,874T

French portrait painters 195T

Dominican Republic people of French descent 86T