1852 deaths

Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)

English mathematician (1815–1852)

British Field Marshal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1828–1830, 1834

French organist and teacher (1809-1852), inventor of braille, a system for reading and writing text and music, used by people who are blind or visually impaired

Russian poet (1783-1852)

Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852)

Baltic German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer (1778–1852)

German educator

Russian painter (1799-1852)

Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist (1760–1852)

14th and 19th United States Secretary of State (1782–1852)

First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829

Slovak author writing in Czech (1793–1852)

American politician from Kentucky (1777-1852)

French General, nobleman and Marshal of France (1774-1852)

German mathematician (1823–1852)

First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850

Azerbaijani poet

British scientist and obstetrician (1790–1852)

German educator, writer and politician (1778-1852)

French writer (1763-1852)

Táhirih (Ṭāhira) (, "The Pure One," also called Qurrat al-ʿAyn ( "Solace/Consolation of the Eyes") are both titles of Fatimah Baraghani/Umm-i Salmih (1814 or 1817 – August 16–27, 1852), an influential poet, women's rights activist and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran. She was one of the Letters of the Living, the first group of followers of the Báb. Her life, influence and execution made her a key figure of the religion. The daughter of Muhammad Salih Baraghani, she was born into one of the most prominent families of her time. Táhirih led a radical interpretation that, though it split the

English architect and designer (1812–1852)

Italian philosopher and politician (1801-1852)

Finnish ethnologist and philologist (1813–1852)

Grand Duke of Baden (1790–1852)

Marshal of France (1773-1852)

Queen consort of Denmark and Norway

Prime Minister of Iran (1807-1852)

Avar leader (1795-1852)

Czech botanist, physician and naturalist (1794-1852)

Czech poet, lexicographer, linguist, literature historian, publicist, professor, publicist, translator, writer, university educator and science writer (1799–1852)

American explorer, writer, and diplomat (1805–1852)

Italian librettist and playwright (1801-1852)

French scholar and orientalist (1801–1852)

Austrian prince (1800-1852)

British ornithologist and entomologist (1792-1852)

Swedish prince (1827–1852)

Russian artist (1815-1852)

Prince of Württemberg

soldier and statesman (1789-1852)

Royal Navy officer and explorer

American activist (1795-1852)

Russian noble (1817-1852)

Romanian journalist and historian (1819–1852)

French botanist (1794-1852)

Bolivian general (1805-1852)

British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist

Swedish chemist and mineralogist

Spanish general during the Peninsular War (1758-1852)

Italian diplomat, explorer and scholar

Finnish orientalist (1811–1852)

German mathematician (1798–1852)

President of Mexico (1797-1852)

French civil servant and scientist (1771-1852)

British poet, translator, editor, writer (1802–1852)

Scottish chemist

French gunsmith (1802–1852)

Saxe-Altenburger Royal

American artist (1805-1852)