Famous Deaths in 1816

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  • Jan 1 Francois Alexander Sallantin, French composer, dies at 60
  • Jan 15 Henry Harington, composer, dies at 88

Person of interestSamuel Hood

Jan 27 Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies at 92

British Admiral Samuel Hood
British Admiral
Samuel Hood
  • Jan 30 Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74
  • Feb 4 Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63
  • Feb 6 Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)
  • Feb 10 Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74
  • Feb 22 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92
  • Mar 18 Johann Paul Schulthesius, German composer, dies at 67
  • Mar 19 Philip Mazzei, Italian physician (b. 1730)
  • Mar 23 Ignaz Vitzthumb, Austrian musician, composer, and conductor, dies at 91
  • Apr 28 Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)
  • May 28 Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord
  • May 29 Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies
  • Jun 5 Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76
  • Jun 6 Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51
  • Jun 12 Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (b. 1757)
  • Jul 3 Dorothy Jordan, Irish-English actress, courtesan, mistress of future King William IV of the United Kingdom, dies at 65
  • Jul 6 Philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67
  • Jul 7 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright (The Rivals, The School for Scandal) and Whig MP, dies at 64
  • Jul 14 Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66
  • Jul 20 Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (b. 1743)
  • Jul 23 Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68
  • Aug 6 Karl Frieberth, Austrian composer, dies at 80
  • Aug 7 Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel, Dutch jurist (Theses Selectae, Select Theses on the Laws of Holland and Zeeland), dies at 77
  • Aug 8 Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65
  • Aug 9 Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)
  • Oct 30 Frederick I of Württemberg (b. 1754)
  • Nov 6 Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (b. 1752)
  • Dec 15 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44
  • Dec 15 Charles Stanhope, 3rd earl Stanhope, English radical politician and scientist, dies at 63
  • Dec 16 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer, dies at 73