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1861 deaths

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Taras Shevchenko

Ukrainian poet and artist (1814–1861)

Camillo Benso di Cavour

first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy from March to June in 1861

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

English poet (1806–1861)

31th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839–1861)

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the husband of Queen Victoria and consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort in 1857.

Frederick William IV of Prussia

King of Prussia (1795–1861)

Nikolay Dobrolyubov

Russian critic and philosopher

Friedrich Carl von Savigny

German jurist (1779-1861)

Xianfeng Emperor

The ninth emperor (and the seventh after defeating Ming) of the Qing Dynasty (1831-1861)

Pedro V of Portugal

King of Portugal from 1853 to 1861

Irish dancer and actress (1821–1861)

French dramatist and librettist (1791-1861)

Pavel Jozef Šafárik

Slovak poet, linguist, literature historian, publicist, educator, publicist, translator, writer and science writer (1795–1861)

British anatomist (1827–1861)

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

German princess (1786–1861)

Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

French preacher and journalist (1802-1861)

Stephen A. Douglas

American politician and lawyer (1813–1861)

queen of Imerina (1828-1861)

novelist and poet from France

Founder of Otis Elevator Co.

Japanese artist (1798–1861)

Adam Czartoryski

Polish nobleman, statesman, diplomat and author (1770-1861)

Heinrich August Marschner

German composer (1795–1861)

Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov

Russian general (1777–1861)

Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

French zoologist (1805-1861)

Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1805-1861)

Joachim Lelewel

Polish historian and politician (1786-1861)

Lars Levi Læstadius

Swedish Lutheran pastor, botanist and botanical collector (1800-1861)

Italian writer, journalist and patriot (1831-1861)

John Stevens Henslow

British botanist, priest and geologist (1796-1861)

Johann Andreas Wagner

German zoologist (1797–1861)

Carlos Luis de Borbón y Bragança

Spanish royalty (1818-1861)

Teréz Brunszvik

Hungarian noble (1775-1861)

Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska

Polish composer

French explorer (1826–1861)

Gabriel Antonio Pereira

president of Uruguay (1794-1861)

Heinrich Rudolf Schinz

Swiss zoologist (1777–1861)

Czech archivist, poet, librarian, lexicographer, linguist, literature historian, publicist, translator, writer, university educator and science writer

first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War

Pierre Berthier

French geologist

Karol Lipiński

Polish musician (1790–1861)

Russian writer (1824–1861)

Robert O'Hara Burke

Australian explorer (1821–1861)

Peter Georg Bang

Danish politician (1797-1861)

Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov

Russian general (1793–1861)

Marshal of France (1810-1861)

Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer

Austrian historian (1790-1861)

Antun Mihanović

Croatian poet (1796–1861)

Manuel Antônio de Almeida

Brazilian novelist, physician, teacher and literary critic (1831–1861)

Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod

French Roman Catholic bishop and saint (1782-1861)

Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies

Two Sicilian Royal (1820–1861)

Frédéric de Lafresnaye

French ornithologist

Baltic German explorer and botanist (1825-1886)

Eliphalet Remington

American firearm designer (1793–1861)

José María Obando

President of Colombia (1795-1861)

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea

British politician (1810-1861)

French engineer who invented artificial cement

Friedrich Julius Stahl

German lawyer and politician (1802-1861)

Francisco del Rosario Sánchez

Dominican Republic politician (1817-1861)

Edward Dickinson Baker

American politician, lawyer and military leader (1811–1861)