1850 deaths

French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)

president of the United States from 1849 to 1850

English Romantic poet (1770–1850)

Argentine general and independence leader (1778–1850)

French chemist and physicist (1778–1850)

King of the French from 1830 to 1848 (1773-1850)

The Báb (born ʻAlí-Muḥammad; ; ; 20 October 1819 – 9 July 1850) was an Iranian religious leader who founded Bábism, and is also one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith. The Báb gradually and progressively revealed his claim in his extensive writings to be a Manifestation of God, of a status as great as Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, receiving revelations as profound as the Torah, Gospel, and Quran. This new revelation, he claimed, would release the creative energies and capacities necessary for the establishment of global unity and peace.

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1788–1850)

vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832 (1782–1850)

French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly (1801-1850)

American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)

vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841

French artist (1761–1850)

Austrian poet (1802-1850)

Uruguayan military leader during the War for Independence

Qing-dynasty Chinese emperor (1782–1850)

Chinese scholar and politician (1785-1850)

French princess (1832-1850); queen consort of the Belgians

Danish poet and playwright (1779–1850)

French zoologist and anatomist (1777-1850)

Astronomer and banker (1797-1850)

British and Hanoverian Royal (1774-1850), Duke of Cambridge from 1786

German sculptor (1764–1850)

British inventor

German economist

British chemist (1785-1850)

Polish general (1794–1850)

German teacher, pastor, author and editor (1792–1850)

Swiss chemist (1802–1850)

German botanist (1788–1850)

Italian poet (1809–1850)

2nd President of Haiti (1776-1850)

Estonian writer (1798-1850)

British entomologist (1759-1850)

German-Danish astronomer (1780-1850)

Austrian archduke (1781-1850)

President of Ecuador (1834 - 1839)

Prussian princess; Duchess consort of Anhalt-Dessau

Baltic German writer and publicist (1769-1850)

Norwegian mathematician (1795–1850)

Italian sculptor (1777-1850)

President of Mexico (1789-1850)

German physician and botanist (1774–1850)

Argentine politician and general (1777-1850)

Italian saint and missionary (1795–1850)

French writer (1806–1850)

German botanist (1772-1850)

President of Mexico (1794-1850)

princess of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Spanish painter (1772-1850)

Czech music educator and composer

Czech composer

American missionary (1788-1850)

Scottish historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure (1776-1850)

Portuguese noble and diplomat (1781-1850)

German artist (1803-1850)

French botanist (1778-1850)

President of Haiti (1789-1850)

Emir of Lebanon (1767–1850)

German theologian and church historian (1789-1850)