Famous People Who Died In 1868
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1868. This list includes people like James Buchanan, Thaddeus Stevens, Kit Carson, Gioachino Rossini, Black Kettle and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include physicists, political leaders, emperors & kings and composers who died in 1868. This list includes people from United States, France, England and many more countries.
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Birthdate: April 23, 1791
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 1
Birthdate: December 24, 1809
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Madison County
Died: May 23
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Gioachino Rossini(Italian composer Best Known for His Operas: ‘The Barber of Seville’, ‘La Cenerentola’ and ‘Semiramide’)
Birthdate: February 29, 1792
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pesaro, Italy
Died: November 13
Birthdate: April 4, 1792
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Danville
Died: August 11
5
Tewodros II of Ethiopia
(Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 to 1868)
Birthdate: 1818 AD
Birthplace: Qwara, Dembiya
Died: April 13
Birthdate: December 7, 1803
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Black Hills
Died: November 27
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Bhanubhakta Acharya
(Poet)
Birthdate: July 13, 1814
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chundi Ramgha, Nepal
Died: April 23
8
James Brooke
(Politician, Writer, Diplomat)
Birthdate: April 29, 1803
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Varanasi
Died: June 11
Birthdate: September 18, 1819
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris
Died: February 11
10
Mongkut
(King of Thailand)
Birthdate: October 18, 1804
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Died: October 1
11
David Brewster
(Scientist)
Birthdate: December 11, 1781
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jedburgh, Scotland
Died: February 10
12
Okita Sōji
(Captain of the First Unit of the 'Shinsengumi', a Special Police Force in Kyoto During Late Shogunate Period)
Birthdate: 1842 AD
Birthplace: Edo, Japan
Died: July 19
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James Mayer de Rothschild
(Banker, Art collector, Economist, Businessperson)
Birthdate: May 15, 1792
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Frankfurt
Died: November 15
Birthdate: October 26, 1786
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 28
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Adah Isaacs Menken
(Actress)
Birthdate: June 15, 1835
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bordeaux, France
Died: August 10
Birthdate: July 12, 1847
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Edo, Japan
Died: October 10
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Emanuel Leutze
(Painter best known for his 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware)
Birthdate: May 24, 1816
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Died: July 18
18
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
(Politician)
Birthdate: September 19, 1778
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cowgate, Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: May 7
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Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, 1st Baronet
(Brewer)
Birthdate: November 1, 1798
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: May 19
Birthdate: September 27, 1803
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 27
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Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
(Statesman)
Birthdate: May 4, 1810
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Walewice, Poland
Died: September 27
Birthdate: April 4, 1821
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Salisbury, New York, United States
Died: December 25
Birthdate: 1825 AD
Birthplace: Eswatini
Died: 1868 AD
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John Elliotson
(Physician, University teacher)
Birthdate: October 29, 1791
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Southwark
Died: July 29
25
Laura Secord
(Canadian loyalist)
Birthdate: September 13, 1775
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 17
Birthdate: July 23, 1796
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: April 3
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Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
(German Botanist Who Is Known for His Research on Brazilian Flora)
Birthdate: April 17, 1794
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Erlangen, Germany
Died: December 13
28
August Schleicher
(German linguist)
Birthdate: February 19, 1821
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Meiningen
Died: December 6
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Christian Friedrich Schönbein
(German-Swiss Chemist Best Known for Inventing the 'Fuel Cell')
Birthdate: October 18, 1799
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Metzingen, Germany
Died: August 29
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Lafayette C. Baker
(American Detective and Spy Who Served the Union Army during the 'American Civil War')
Birthdate: October 13, 1826
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stafford, New York, United States
Died: July 3
31
William Sidney Mount
(Painter)
Birthdate: November 26, 1807
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Setauket- East Setauket, New York, United States
Died: November 19
32
Felicien Mallefille
(Writer)
Birthdate: May 3, 1813
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Port Louis, Mauritius
Died: November 24
33
Ludwig I of Bavaria
(King)
Birthdate: August 25, 1786
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: February 29
34
Eduard van der Nüll
(Former architect, who was one of the great masters in the historicist style of Vienna's Ringstrasse)
Birthdate: January 9, 1812
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: April 4
35
William Rutter Dawes
(Astronomer)
Birthdate: March 19, 1799
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: West Sussex, England
Died: February 15
36
James David Forbes
(Scottish Physicist and Glaciologist Known for His Research on Heat Conduction and Glaciers)
Birthdate: April 20, 1809
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: December 31
37
Tiruwork Wube
(The Empress of Ethiopia as the Wife of Emperor Tewodros II)
Birthplace: Ethiopia
Died: May 16
38
Rasoherina
(Queen of Madagascar from 1863 to 1868)
Birthdate: 1814 AD
Birthplace: Madagascar
Died: April 1
39
Chauncey Jerome
(Clockmaker)
Birthdate: June 10, 1793
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Canaan, United States
Died: April 20
40
Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker
(Classical philologist)
Birthdate: November 4, 1784
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Grünberg, Germany
Died: December 17
Birthdate: August 13, 1783
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Islay, Scotland
Died: May 11
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James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan
(Military Officer)
Birthdate: October 16, 1797
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hambleden, England
Died: March 28
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William T. G. Morton
(Dentist)
Birthdate: August 9, 1819
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Charlton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 15
Birthdate: January 18, 1811
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Waterford, Ireland
Died: January 22
45
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
(Archaeologist)
Birthdate: September 10, 1788
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Perthes, France
Died: August 5
46
Charles Harpur
(Australian Poet)
Birthdate: January 23, 1813
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Windsor, Australia
Died: June 10
47
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
(Former Member of the Canadian Parliament for Montreal West (1867 - 1868))
Birthdate: April 13, 1825
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Carlingford, Ireland
Died: April 7
48
Pierre-Antoine Berryer
(Advocate)
Birthdate: January 4, 1790
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 29
49
Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia
(Spanish Statesman and General)
Birthdate: August 5, 1799
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Loja, Spain
Died: April 23
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Samuel Lover
(Irish Songwriter, Composer, Painter and Novelist)
Birthdate: February 24, 1797
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland
Died: July 6