Death year 1856 celebrities

Death year 1856

Robert Schumann Facts

Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuo

Janko Drašković Facts

Janko Drašković (October 20, 1770 – January 14, 1856) was a Croatian national reformer, politician and poet. He was a member of the Drašković family, one of the oldest Croatian noble families.

Théodore Guérin Facts

Mother Théodore Guérin (1798–1856), designated by the Vatican as Saint Theodora, was a French-American saint and is the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, a congregation of Catholic nuns. She was beatified

José María Alfaro Zamora Facts

José María Alfaro Zamora (March 20, 1799 – June 12, 1856) was the Costa Rican Head of State between the periods of 1842 and 1844 as well as 1846 and 1847 and President of Costa Rica between May 1 and May 8, 1847.

Princess Pauline of Württemberg Facts

Princess Pauline Friederike Marie of Württemberg, full German name: Pauline Friederike Marie, Prinzessin von Württemberg (25 February 1810, Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg – 7 July 1856, Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau) was a member of the House of

Princess Elisabeth of Savoy Facts

Elisabeth of Savoy (Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina; 13 April 1800 – 25 December 1856) was a Princess of Savoy and the aunt and mother-in-law of Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of a united Italy.

Adolphe Adam Facts

Adolphe Charles Adam (24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le corsaire (1856, his last work), his operas Le postillon

Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp Facts

Carel Sirardus Willem, Count van Hogendorp (15 August 1788 – 29 October 1856) was acting Governor-General of

Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen Facts

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, Prince of Leiningen (12 September 1804 – 13 November 1856), was the maternal h