Jan 5 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 Jan 9 Caroline Herschel, German-born pioneering female astronomer (comet 35P/Herschel-Rigolle), dies at 97 Jan 20 Christian VIII, King of Denmark (1839-1848) and King of Norway (1814), dies of blood poisoning at 61 1847 Famous Deaths by Year 1849