December1859

Famous People Who Died in December 1859

John Brown

Dec 2 John Brown, American abolitionist and revolutionary (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59

John Brown — Abolitionist John Brown

Dec 5 Louis Poinsot, French mathematician and instrument maker, dies at 82
Dec 8 Thomas De Quincey, English writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater), dies at 74

Wilhelm Grimm

Dec 16 Wilhelm Grimm, German writer (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at 73

Wilhelm Grimm — Author Wilhelm Grimm

Dec 21 Nicolaas Christiaan Kist, Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian, dies at 66
Dec 28 Thomas Babington Macaulay, English poet and historian (Ivry, Naaseby), dies at 59
Dec 31 Luigi Ricci, Italian composer, dies at 54

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