Famous Deaths in March 1827

  • Mar 1 Christopher Gore, American lawyer and politician (8th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 68

Person of interestAlessandro Volta

Mar 5 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and inventor of the 1st battery, dies at 82

Physicist and Inventor Alessandro Volta
Physicist and Inventor
Alessandro Volta
  • Mar 5 Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
  • Mar 9 Franz Xaver Gerl, composer, dies at 62

Person of interestLudwig van Beethoven

Mar 26 Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy), dies of liver disease at 56

Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Mar 27 François Alexandre Frédéric, French social reformer (b. 1747)