1869 deaths

president of the United States from 1853 to 1857

French composer and conductor (1803–1869)

French author, poet and statesman (1790-1869)

Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 179715 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, was an Indian poet and letter writer of the Mughal Empire. Writing in Persian and Urdu during the final years of the Mughal Empire and the rise of British colonial rule, his poetry often addressed themes of love, loss, philosophy, the human condition, and socio-political disturbances with a depth and complexity that influenced the literary traditions of his time. His ghazals, noted for their intricate imagery and layered meanings, form a significant part of Urdu literature. He spent most of his life in

French literary critic (1804–1869)

systematizer of Spiritism (1804–1869)

British politician (1799–1869)

Czech biologist, physiologist, doctor, inventor and politician (1787–1869)

British chemist (1805–1869)

Russian composer

American lawyer and politician (1814–1869)

German painter, a member of the Nazarene movement (1789–1869)

British photographer (1819–1869)

Russian noble and admiral (1787-1869)

Dutch explorer in Africa and photographer (1835-1869)

French-Swiss officer who served as a general with the French and Russian armies and writer on the art of war (1779-1869)

German philosopher, physician, painter (1789–1869)

German-American engineer

German composer (1796–1869)

German scientist and philosopher (1788–1869)

Australian explorer (1795-1869)

French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist (1790-1869)

American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist (1795–1869)

English physician and philologist (1779-1869)

French physicist (1797-1869)

Russian writer and philosopher (1803–1869)

Japanese military leader (1835-1869)

Ottoman administrator and statesman (1814–1869)

Anglo-Irish scientist and writer (1827-1869)

Moldavian polymath (1788-1869)

French journalist and art critic (1807-1869)

Russian poet, playwright and teacher (1815-1869)

British writer (1787-1869)

Croatian cardinal (1788–1869)

Duke of Augustenburg (1798-1869)

German paleontologist

American politician (1801-1869)

American musician and composer (1829-1869)

Two Sicilian Royal

arctic explorer and admiral of Russian Navy

Italian botanist (1775-1868)

Austrian philanthropist (1780-1869)

German classical philologist, archaeologist and musicologist (1813-1869)

Slovene poet, lyricist and writer (1835–1869)

U.S. ornithologist (1813–1869)

Belgian prince (1859–1869)

Norwegian biologist and priest (1805-1869)

Italian executioner (1779–1869)

Italian patriot, philosopher and politician (1801-1869)

Mexican general, diplomat and regent (1803-1869)

American lawyer and politician (1796–1869)

French Army general and statesman, also Marshal of France (1802-1869)

President of Colombia (1798–1869)

Austrian diplomat and linguist (1811–1869)

Duke of Urach (1810–1869)

Czech composer and pianist (1818–1869)

Greek poet (1792–1869)

Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist (1810–1869)

Prime Minister of Hungary (1812-1869)

Polish musician (1810-1869)