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1839 deaths

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30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808–1839)

First Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (1780–1839)

Frederick VI of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway (1768–1839)

German geologist and mineralogist (1773-1839)

Caroline Bonaparte

Queen of Naples and Sicily (1782-1839)

geologist credited with the first nationwide map (1769-1839)

Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778-1839)

William Murdoch

Scottish engineer and inventor (1754-1839)

Mikhail Speransky

Russian politician (1772–1839)

Milan Obrenović II

Prince of Serbia (1819–1839)

Russian writer and general

Maurice de Guérin

French poet (1810–1839)

Lord William Bentinck

First Governor General of India, British soldier and statesman (1774-1839)

Hester Stanhope

noblewoman; British aristocrat, antiquarian and archaeologist (1776–1839)

Ferdinando Paer

Italian composer (1771–1839)

Wilhelm I, Duke of Nassau

Duke of Nassau (1816-1839)

Mukhtiyar and de facto ruler of Nepal from 1806 to 1837

Gaspard de Prony

French mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics (1755-1839)

Princess Marie of France

French princess, artist, sculptor 1813-1839 (1813–1839)

French cardinal, diplomat, art collector and Prince of France (1763-1839)

Benjamin Morrell

American explorer (1795–1839)

Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano

French statesman and journalist (1763-1839)

Joseph Franz von Jacquin

Austrian botanist (1766-1839)

Pehr Henrik Ling

Swedish physical therapist, developer and teacher (1776-1839)

Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths

William Beechey

English painter (1753–1839)

Joseph Anton Koch

Austrian painter (1768-1839)

Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte

Princess of France (1802-1839)

German operatic soprano

Allan Cunningham

British botanist (1791-1839)

Joseph-François Michaud

French academic (1767-1839)

José María Heredia y Heredia

Dorothea von Schlegel

German novelist and translator

Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

German princess (1773-1839)

Giuseppe Valadier

Italian architect (1762–1839)

Andrew Dung-Lac

Vietnamese Catholic martyr (1795–1839)

Johan Olof Wallin

Swedish poet and clergyman

Scottish writer (1779-1839)

Sybil Ludington

American revolutionary heroine (1761-1839)

Alexander Odoevsky

Russian poet (1802–1839)

Adolphe Nourrit

French opera singer (1802-1839)

Reşid Mehmed Paşa

Ottoman Grand Vizier

first woman to climb Mont Blanc (1779-1839)

Danish-Norwegian professor of mineralogy

Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel

German noble (1768-1839)

Austro-Hungarian rabbi

Russian academic

Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert

French Catholic missionary and saint

Alexandre Lenoir

French archaeologist (1761–1839)

Dutch painter and printmaker (1768-1839)

American politician (1783-1839)

Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna

Portuguese poet, salon-holder, author and painter (1750-1839)

Pedro Romero Martínez

Spanish bullfighter

German pianist and composer

Princess Wilhelmine, Duchess of Sagan

Duchess of Sagan (1781–1839)

Lady Flora Hastings

noblewoman; British aristocrat and lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria's mother (1806-1839)

Érasme-Louis Surlet de Chokier

Belgian politician (1769-1839)

Gustav Heinrich von Bongard

German botanist (1786-1839)

King of Ryūkyū

Australian settler and explorer (1801-1839)