- September 26
- Daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at age 85. [1] [5]
- October 8
- Death of Henry Christophe; King of northern Haiti. [1166.246]
1821
- February 23
- John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at age 25 in Rome. [1]
- April 22
- John Crome [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at age 52. [1]
- May 5
- Death of Napoleon Bonaparte (emperor of France, 1799-1815) on Saint Helena island, at age 52, of stomach cancer or poisoning. [1] [129]
- October 24
- Death of Elias Boudinot in Burlington, New Jersey, USA; US Mint Director (1795-1805), member of New Jersey Provincial Congress (1775), President of Continental Congress (1782-1783), signed peace treaty with Great Britain, member of House of Representatives (1789-1795), co-founded American Bible Society (1816), President of American Bible Society. [1098.982]
- December 16
- Claire countess the Rémusat/Vergennes/author (Salon), dies at age 41. [1]
- December 29
- Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, South Netherlands general, dies at age 61. [1]
1822
- February 10
- Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/Governor of Hungary, dies at age 83. [1]
- April 25
- Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at age 83. [1]
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- July 2
- Denmark Vesey and five aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, South Carolina. Vesey was a former slave who led a large group of slaves to attempt to gain freedom by force. [1] [819.83]
- August 25
- Death of William Herschel; musician, composer, scientist (first detection of infrared radiation, discovery of moons around Saturn, discovery of planet Uranus). [1665.31]
1823
- February 7
- Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at age 58. [1]
- February 26
- John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at age 66. [1]
- March 24
- Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at age 66. [1]
- June 1
- Louis Nicholas Davout, French field marshall, dies at age 53. [1]
- December 14
- Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naple revolution 1799), dies at age 53. [1]
1824
- January 10
- Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at age 64. [1]
- January 26
- Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies. [1]
- Théodore Géricault, French painter (Grand Derby d'Epsom), dies. [1]
- February 8
- Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle, Julia), dies at age 71. [1]
- April 15
- Theodorus F van Capellen, Vice-Admiral (Algiers), dies at age 61. [1]
- April 24
- Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at age 71. [1]
- December 25
- Barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at age 60. [1]
1825
- January 4
- Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at age 73. [1]
- February 10
- Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at age 68. [1]
- April 10
- Paul-Louis Courier (Méré), French writer/interpreter, dies at age 53. [1]
- April 16
- John Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at age 84. [1]
- December 1
- Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at age 47. [1]
- December 29
- Jacques-Louis David, French painter (Death of Marat), dies at age 77. [1]
1826
- February 25
- Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of Saint Petersburg, dies at age 60. [1]
- March 10
- João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael AKA João VI, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at age 56. [1]
- July 4
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, second and third US presidents, die. [1] [248.43] [255.43]
- July 22
- Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of first asteroid, dies. [1]
- December 7
- John Flaxman, English sculptor (tombs at Saint Paul's Cathedral), dies at age 71. [1]
- December 15
- William Browser, revolting slave, is executed in New York City, New York. [1]
1827
- January 5
- Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/General, dies at age 63. [1]
- March 5
- Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made first battery), dies at age 82. [1]
- March 26
- Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer ("Appassionata"), dies in Wien (Vienna) at age 56. [1] [5]
- April 23
- Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at age 65. [1]
- May 5
- Frederik Augustus I Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at age 76. [1]
- November 28
- Dov Baer Schneersohn Lubavitch, leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies. [1]
1828
- January 9
- Pieter Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at age 83. [1]
- February 2
- Frederik Sigismund, Earl of Bylandt, Vice-Admiral, dies at age 78. [1]
- February 23
- Mihály Fazekar, Hungarian botanist/literary (Book of Spices), dies. [1]
- April 12
- Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at age 60. [1]
- April 16
- Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes dies in Bordeaux, France at age 82; artist of 700 paintings, 900 drawings, 300 prints. [1] [248.27]
- April 30
- Shaka, the great Zulu king, is killed. [1]
- June 14
- Charles, Duke of Prussia, dies at age 70. [1]
- December 2
- Simon Paap, Dutch 56cm tall dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at age 39. [1]
- December 22
- Death of Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, spouse of (future US President) Andrew Jackson, at age 61. [1] [421.24] [436.4] [464.44]
1829
- January 12
- Death of Friedrich von Schlegel in Hannover, Germany; literary critic, cultural philosopher, poet. [1] [37]
- February 10
- Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at age 68. [1]
- February 16
- François-Joseph Gossec, Belgian/French composer (Messe of Morts), dies at age 95. [1]
- February 22
- Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian General, dies at age 53. [1]
- February 24
- Auguste Chouteau, Saint Louis co-founder, dies. [1]
- April 6
- Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at age 26. [1]
- May 10
- Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies. [1]
- May 29
- Humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at age 84. [1]
- June 27
- James Smithson dies; his will establishes the Smithsonian Institute. [1]
- November 13
- Sam Patch loses his life in a 125-foot dive into Genesse Falls. [1]
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