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1855 deaths

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Carl Friedrich Gauss

German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)

Søren Kierkegaard

Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)

Charlotte Brontë

British novelist and poet (1816-1855)

Adam Mickiewicz

Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist (1798-1855)

Nicholas I of Russia

The 11th Emperor of Russia (1825–1855)

French writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855)

Russian fleet commander

Mihály Vörösmarty

Hungarian writer (1800-1855)

Antonio Rosmini

Italian philosopher and priest (1797–1855)

Carlos de Borbón y Borbón-Parma

Infante of Spain (1788–1855)

mathematician from Geneva (1803-1855)

Archduchess Adelaide of Austria

Archduchess of Austria, queen consort of Sardinia

Prince Diponegoro (; born Bendara Raden Mas Mustahar, ; later Bendara Raden Mas Antawirya, ; 11 November 1785 – 8 January 1855), also known as Dipanegara and Dipa Negara, was a Javanese prince who opposed the Dutch colonial rule. The eldest son of the Yogyakarta Sultan Hamengkubuwono III, he played an important role in the Java War between 1825 and 1830. After his defeat and capture, he was exiled to Makassar, where he died at 69 years old.

Jacques Charles Dupont de l'Eure

French politician (1767-1855)

William Swainson

English naturalist and artist (1789–1855)

Konstantin Batyushkov

Russian poet, essayist and translator

William Edward Parry

English naval officer and Arctic explorer (1790–1855)

Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom

Swedish poet (1790–1855)

Delphine de Girardin

French writer (1804–1855)

President of Mexico (1851–1853)

François Magendie

French physiologist

FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan

British politician (1788-1855)

Maria Theresa of Austria

Austrian archduchess

Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

Archduchess of Austria (1797–1855)

French sculptor (1784-1855)

Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa

Italian prince (1822-1855)

Jean-Baptiste Isabey

French painter (1767-1855)

August Leopold Crelle

German mathematician, architect and engineer (1780-1855)

Louis-Mathieu Molé

French politician (1781-1855)

Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro

Peruvian priest and politician (1780-1855)

Dorothy Wordsworth

British author, poet and diarist (1771-1855)

Russian noble who was a classical scholar and formulated the famous doctrine "Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality" to united many ethnicities (1786-1855)

British mason, bricklayer and inventor (1778-1855)

Thai nobleman and poet

Princess Charlotte Frederica of Prussia

Prussian princess (1831–1855)

Italian general

Henry De la Beche

English geologist, palaeontologist and Slave plantations owner (1796–1855)

Amschel Mayer Rothschild

German banker (1773-1855)

Timofey Granovsky

Russian historian (1813-1855)

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1799-1855)

Carl Anton von Meyer

Russian botanist (1795-1855)

Josef Munzinger

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1791-1855)

Dutch zoologist (1801–1855)

Kitsos Tzavelas

Prime Minister of Greece

Thomas Mitchell

Scottish surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia (1792–1855)

Salomon Mayer von Rothschild

Austrian banker and businessman (1774-1855)

Mary Russell Mitford

English author and dramatist (1787–1855)

John C. Spencer

American politician (1788-1855)

Henri Braconnot

French chemist and pharmacist (1780-1855)

Andreas Johan Sjögren

Finnish linguist (1794-1855)

Feargus O'Connor

Irish politician (1794-1855)

Mihály Pollack

Hungarian architect (1773-1855)

François André Michaux

French botanist (1770-1855)

1st President of Nicaragua (1804-1855)

Karl Friedrich Hermann

German classical scholar (1804–1855)

Maria Adeodata Pisani

Maltese beatified nun (1806–1855)

Carl Mayer von Rothschild

German-Italian banker

French artist and writer (1790-1855)

Alessandro Ferrero La Marmora

Italian general (1799–1855)

Jean de Charpentier

German-Swiss geologist (1786-1855)