1849 deaths

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature. Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the detective fiction genre. In addition, he is credited with contributing significantly to the emergence of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing, which resulted in a financially difficult life and career.

Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)

was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji includes the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Hokusai was instrumental in developing ukiyo-e from a style of portraiture largely focused on courtesans and actors into a much broader style of art that focused on landscapes, plants, and animals. His works had a significant influence on Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet during the wave of Japonisme that spread across Europe in the late 19th century.

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849 (1795–1849)

British novelist and poet (1820-1849)

Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary (1823–1849)

Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent (1800–1849)

Wali of Egypt and Sudan (1769–1849)

Polish Romantic poet (1809–1849)

King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1840 to 1849 (1792-1849)

Austrian Romantic composer

Irish writer (1768-1849)

First Lady of the United States from 1809 to 1817

King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849

German chemist

Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837 (1792–1849)

French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist (1794-1849)

British painter (1787-1849)

Italian cardinal and hyperpolyglot

French salon-holder

Hungarian politician (1807–1849)

German composer and conductor (1810-1849)

American founder of the Adventist movement (1782–1849)

Austrian botanist, linguist and numismatist (1804–1849)

Swiss and American politician, diplomat and scholar (1761-1849)

German-born French pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer (1784-1849)

24th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history

Italian-Brazilian revolutionary, wife of Garibaldi (1821-1849)

Bohemian botanist (1791–1849)

French archaeologist, architect and writer (1755–1849)

French engineer (1769-1849)

German composer and conductor (1780-1849)

Italian-born Russian architect (1775-1849)

Italian princess (1779-1849)

Marshal of France (1784-1849)

Russian Grand Duke (1798-1849)

poet, patriot and writer from Italy

President of Mexico (1797-1849)

painter (1767-1849)

Austrian psychiatrist, poet and philosopher (1806-1849)

Spanish scientist (1764-1849)

Austrian archduke (1821-1849)

Italian opera singer

American artist (1780-1849)

British politician (1784-1849)

Slovak Catholic priest, writer, poet and translator

German stenographer and inventor of Gabelsberger shorthand

American serial killer (1787–1849)

Irish writer, editor (1789-1849)

Spanish classical guitarist and composer

Grand Princess of Russia (1842–1849)

President of Venezuela (1792–1849)

Hungarian general (1804-1849)

French violinist and conductor (1781-1849)

Belgian mathematician (1804–1849)

American educator (1797–1849)

German botanist, entomologist and ornithologist (1766-1849)

British botanist and horticulturist (1766-1849)

Russian admiral

Czech biologist and mycologist (1809–1849)