On This Day

Famous People Who Died in 1812

  • Jan 15 Johannes Herbst, German composer, dies at 76
  • Jan 23 Robert Craufurd, British general, dies at 47
  • Jan 24 Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72
  • Feb 5 Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74
  • Feb 9 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57
  • Feb 24 Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61
  • Feb 24 Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist (Polarization of light), dies at 36
  • Mar 20 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52
  • Apr 2 Louise of Orléans, Daughter of King Louis XV and Queen of Belgium, dies at 38
  • Apr 11 Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at 35
  • Apr 20 George Clinton, American soldier and 4th Vice President (1805-12), dies at 73 and 1st Vice President to die in office
  • Apr 23 Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85

MurderSpencer Perceval

May 11 Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)

British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval
British Prime Minister
Spencer Perceval
  • May 13 Johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62
  • May 21 Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38
  • Jun 2 John W de Winter, Dutch vice-adm, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51

  • Jun 16 Franz Pforr, German painter and cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23
  • Jul 14 Christian G. Heyne, German archaeologist, dies at 82
  • Jul 24 Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63
  • Aug 1 Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)
  • Aug 12 Jean-Joseph Rodolphe, Alsatian composer, dies at 81
  • Aug 19 Vincenzo Righini, composer, dies at 56
  • Aug 21 Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67
  • Sep 12 Pyotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle
  • Sep 19 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German Jewish banker and founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty, dies at 68
  • Sep 21 Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder, composer, dies at 61
  • Oct 11 Jurriaan François de Friderici, Dutch governor-general of Suriname, dies at 60

Person of interestIsaac Brock

Oct 13 Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle at 43

British Army Officer and Administrator Isaac Brock
British Army Officer and Administrator
Isaac Brock
  • Nov 11 Platon Levshin, Metropoitan of Moscow (b. 1737)
  • Nov 15 Eagle Fokke Simonsz, writer (Year 3000), dies at about 57
  • Dec 12 John Malchair, German-born English artist, violinist and composer, dies at 82
  • Dec 13 Marianne Martinez, Austrian composer, dies at 68

Person of interestSacagawea

Dec 20 Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter forthe Lewis and Clark expedition, dies at 24

Interpreter and Guide Sacagawea
Interpreter and Guide
Sacagawea
  • Dec 23 Michel-Richard Delalande, French composer, dies at 73
  • Dec 27 Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Chabad Hasidism (b. 1745)
  • Dec 27 Joanna Southcott, an English self-described religious prophetess.

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