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In the year 1857
35 Notable deaths
Mangal Pandey
India's first freedom fighter (1827–1857).
Born July 19th, 1827 in Ballia. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1857 at 29 years old in Barrackpore (hanging to death).
Archduchess Sophie Friederike of Austria
Austrian imperial and royal.
Born March 5th, 1855 in Vienna.
Died May 29th, 1857 at 2 years old in Buda (typhus).
Preston Brooks
South carolina politician. (1819–1857).
Born August 5th, 1819 in Edgefield.
Died January 27th, 1857 at 37 years old in Washington, D.C..
Mikhail Glinka
Russian composer.
Born June 2nd, 1803 in Novospasskoye.
Died February 15th, 1857 at 53 years old in Berlin.
Charles Lucien Bonaparte
French noble, biologist, politician and art collector (1803–1857).
Died July 29th, 1857 at 54 years old in former 10th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Alfred de Musset
French writer (1810–1857).
Born December 11th, 1810 in Paris.
Died May 2nd, 1857 at 46 years old in Paris (syphilis).
Rufus Wilmot Griswold
American editor, literary critic, anthologist, and writer (1815–1857).
Born February 13th, 1815 in Benson.
Died August 27th, 1857 at 42 years old in Manhattan (tuberculosis).
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
French general and politician (1802-1857).
Born October 15th, 1802 in Paris.
Died October 28th, 1857 at 55 years old in Flée.
Achille Devéria
French painter (1800–1857).
Born February 6th, 1800 in Paris. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1857 at 57 years old in Paris.
Eugène Sue
French writer (1804-1857).
Born December 10th, 1804 in Paris.
Died August 3rd, 1857 at 52 years old in Annecy.
Thomas Jefferson Rusk
American politician (1803–1857).
Born December 5th, 1803 in Pendleton.
Died July 29th, 1857 at 53 years old in Nacogdoches.
Daniele Manin
Italian politician (1804-1857).
Born May 13th, 1804 in Venice.
Died September 22nd, 1857 at 53 years old in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
Princess Theodolinde de Beauharnais of Leuchtenberg
Wurttemberg princess (1814-1857).
Born April 13th, 1814 in Mantua.
Died April 1st, 1857 at 42 years old in Stuttgart.
Thomas Crawford
American sculptor (1814-1857).
Born March 22nd, 1814 in New York City. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1857 at 43 years old in London (cancer).
Carlo Pisacane
Italian revolutionary and socialist (1818-1857).
Born August 22nd, 1818 in Naples.
Died July 2nd, 1857 at 38 years old in Sanza.
Grigore Alexandru Ghica
Prince of moldavia (1807-1857).
Born August 27th, 1804 in Botoșani.
Died August 24th, 1857 at 52 years old in Le Mée-sur-Seine.
Abe Masahiro
Japanese politician (1819-1857).
Born December 3rd, 1819 in Edo.
Died August 6th, 1857 at 37 years old in Tokyo.
Elisha Kent Kane
American explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857).
Born February 3rd, 1820 in Philadelphia.
Died February 16th, 1857 at 37 years old in Havana.
Douglas William Jerrold
English dramatist and writer (1803-1857).
Born January 3rd, 1803 in London.
Died June 8th, 1857 at 54 years old in London.
Alcide d'Orbigny
French scientist (1802–1857).
Born September 6th, 1802 in Couëron.
Died June 30th, 1857 at 54 years old in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine.
Henry Montgomery Lawrence
British general (1806–1857).
Born June 28th, 1806 in Sri Lanka.
Died July 4th, 1857 at 51 years old in Lucknow.
Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria, Marchioness of Loulé
Portuguese royal (1806–1857).
Born October 23rd, 1806 in Mafra.
Died June 22nd, 1857 at 50 years old in Rome.
Adolf von Schlagintweit
German botanist and explorer (1829–1857).
Born January 9th, 1829 in Munich.
Died August 26th, 1857 at 28 years old in Kashgar (decapitation).
Stephen Adams
American politician, us senator (1807-1857).
Born October 17th, 1807 in Pendleton.
Died May 11th, 1857 at 49 years old in Memphis.
Nino Chavchavadze
Georgian noble (1812–1857).
Born November 4th, 1812 in Tsinandali.
Died June 28th, 1857 at 44 years old in Tbilisi (cholera).
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