Famous People Who Died In 1842
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1842. This list includes people like Stendhal, Allan Cunningham, Luigi Cherubini, Letitia Christian Tyler, Thomas Arnold and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include novelists, poets, non-fiction writers and military leaders who died in 1842. This list includes people from England, France and many more countries.
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1
Stendhal(French Writer Best Known for His Novels 'The Red and the Black' and 'The Charterhouse of Parma')
Birthdate: January 23, 1783
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Grenoble, France
Died: March 23
2
Constanze Mozart
(Austrian Singer and Biographer )
Birthdate: January 5, 1762
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Zell im Wiesental, Germany
Died: March 6
3
Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun
(Painter)
Birthdate: April 16, 1755
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 30
4
Luigi Cherubini
(Composer)
Birthdate: September 14, 1760
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: March 15
5
Letitia Christian Tyler
(First lady)
Birthdate: November 12, 1790
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cedar Grove, Virginia, US
Died: September 10
6
Francisco Morazán
(Politician)
Birthdate: October 3, 1792
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Died: September 15
7
Charles Bell
(Scottish Surgeon Known for Discovering the Difference Between Sensory Nerves and Motor Nerves in the Spinal Cord)
Birthdate: November 12, 1774
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: April 28
8
Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
(Politician)
Birthdate: June 20, 1760
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dangan Castle, Ireland
Died: September 26
Birthdate: June 13, 1795
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: East Cowes, England
Died: June 12
10
Jules Dumont d'Urville
(French Explorer and Naval Officer Who Explored the Western and South Pacific, New Zealand, Australia, and Antarctica)
Birthdate: May 23, 1790
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Condé-sur-Noireau, France
Died: May 8
11
Dominique Jean Larrey
(French Military Doctor and Surgeon Who is Widely Regarded as the First Modern Military Surgeon)
Birthdate: July 8, 1766
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Beaudéan, France
Died: July 25
12
Shah Shujah Durrani
(Emir of the Durrani Empire)
Birthdate: November 4, 1785
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Unknown
Died: April 5
13
Benjamin Wright
(American Civil Engineer Who Was Chief Engineer of the Erie Canal and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal)
Birthdate: October 10, 1770
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States
Died: August 24
14
Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo
(Saint)
Birthdate: May 3, 1786
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bra, Italy
Died: April 30
Birthdate: September 4, 1796
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: August 28
Birthdate: December 7, 1784
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dalswinton, Scotland
Died: October 30
17
William Ellery Channing
(American Unitarian Preacher)
Birthdate: April 7, 1780
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Died: October 2
18
José de Espronceda y Delgado
(Poet)
Birthdate: March 25, 1808
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Almendralejo, Spain
Died: May 23
19
Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi
(Historian)
Birthdate: May 9, 1773
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: June 25
20
John Sell Cotman
(British painter)
Birthdate: May 16, 1782
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Norwich, England
Died: May 24
21
Galbraith Lowry Cole
(Politician)
Birthdate: May 1, 1772
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: October 4
22
Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases
(Author)
Birthdate: June 21, 1766
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Revel, France
Died: May 15
Birthdate: September 9, 1778
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz, Germany
Died: July 28
24
Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo
(Politician)
Birthdate: March 8, 1764
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Alata, France
Died: February 15
Birthdate: June 3, 1761
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bradford-on-Avon, England
Died: March 13
26
Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
(Duke)
Birthdate: September 3, 1810
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Died: July 13
Birthdate: June 3, 1780
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bath, England
Died: November 8
28
Charles Armitage Brown
(Known for friend of Keats)
Birthdate: April 17, 1787
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lambeth, London, United Kingdom
Died: June 5
29
Andrew Ducrow
(British Equestrian)
Birthdate: October 10, 1793
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 27
Birthdate: April 3, 1798
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kilkenny, Ireland
Died: August 30
31
Pierre Joseph Pelletier
(French Chemist Who was the Co-discoverer of Quinine, Caffeine, and Strychnine)
Birthdate: March 22, 1788
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 19
Birthdate: October 15, 1809
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Voronezh, Russia
Died: October 29
33
William Radcliffe
(British Inventor Who Known for His Innovations to 'Power Looms')
Birthdate: 1761 AD
Birthplace: Mellor, Derbyshire, England
Died: May 20
Birthdate: September 23, 1786
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Died: April 11
35
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
(Military Officer)
Birthdate: August 11, 1772
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Shropshire, England
Died: December 10
Birthdate: May 20, 1763
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Duchy of Luxembourg
Died: January 6
37
James Ivory
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: February 17, 1765
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dundee, Scotland
Died: September 21
38
Friedrich Dionysus Weber
(Bohemian Musicologist and Composer Who Served as the First Director of the 'Prague Conservatory')
Birthdate: October 9, 1766
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Velichov, Czechia
Died: December 25
39
Archduchess Hermine of Austria
(Archduchess of Austria (1817-1842))
Birthdate: September 14, 1817
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: February 13
40
Wilhelm Gesenius
(Biblical critic)
Birthdate: February 3, 1786
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nordhausen, Germany
Died: October 23
41
Jules Solime Milscent
(Haitian Poet, Fabulist, and Politician)
Birthdate: 1778 AD
Birthplace: Grande-Rivière-du-Nord
Died: May 7
42
Bertrand Clauzel
(Marshal)
Birthdate: December 12, 1772
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mirepoix, France
Died: April 21