Deaths in the 1840s

Carl Friedrich Gok

1776–1849 (age 73)

Hoppenlau Cemetery

August Hartmann

1764–1849 (age 85)

Hoppenlau Cemetery

August Hartmann was a German politician whose career extended across more than eight decades.

Friedrich Walz

1794–1842 (age 48)

Hoppenlau Cemetery

Emilie Reinbeck

1794–1846 (age 52)

Hoppenlau Cemetery

Emilie Reinbeck was a German painter of the early 19th century.

Franz Xaver Heller

1778–1840 (age 62)

Hauptfriedhof Würzburg

Thomas August Ruland

1776–1846 (age 70)

Hauptfriedhof Würzburg

Thomas August Ruland was a German physician whose career extended across seven decades.

Hirsch Jakob Strauss

1780–1846 (age 66)

Buttenheim Jewish cemetery

Carl Moritz Schlenkert

1787–1846 (age 59)

Innerer Neustädter Friedhof

Friedrich Wilhelm Schwabe

1780–1842 (age 62)

Historical Cemetery, Weimar

Henriette Eberwein

1790–1849 (age 59)

Historical Cemetery, Weimar

Ernestine Engels

1785–1845 (age 60)

Historical Cemetery, Weimar

Amalie Ridel

1765–1848 (age 83)

Historical Cemetery, Weimar

Amalie Ridel

1795–1841 (age 46)

Historical Cemetery, Weimar

Carl Friedrich von Rumohr

1785–1843 (age 58)

Innerer Neustädter Friedhof

Karl Heinrich Endell

1776–1843 (age 67)

Kleistpark

Georg August Goldfuss

1782–1848 (age 66)

Poppelsdorf Cemetery

Frederick William III of Prussia

1770–1840 (age 70)

mausoleum of Charlottenburg Park

Johann Benedikt Jakob von Königslöw

1754–1841 (age 87)

Kirch Grambow

Jean Baptiste Bastiné

1783–1844 (age 61)

Aachen East Cemetery

Christian Quix

1773–1844 (age 71)

Aachen East Cemetery

Johann Heinrich Caspar Joseph Schervier

1784–1845 (age 61)

Aachen East Cemetery

A prominent Aachen politician whose career spanned the transformative early decades of the nineteenth century.

Wilhelm Smets

1796–1848 (age 52)

Aachen East Cemetery

A nineteenth-century German writer whose literary contributions enriched the cultural heritage of his age.

William II of Hesse-Kassel

1777–1847 (age 70)

Marienkirche Hanau

A Hessian nobleman and military officer whose career shaped the political landscape of early nineteenth-century Germany.

Princess Karoline Amalie of Hesse-Kassel

1771–1848 (age 77)

Schlosspark Gotha

Johann Christoph Biernatzki

1795–1840 (age 45)

Sankt-Christophorus-Kirche, Friedrichstadt

An early nineteenth-century German writer whose literary contributions reflected the intellectual spirit of his age.

Johann Joachim Bellermann

1754–1842 (age 88)

St. Marien- und St. Nikolai-Friedhof I

Emanuel Sutro

1791–1847 (age 56)

Jüdischer Friedhof Lütticher Straße (Aachen)

Friedrich August Christian Eisendecher

1784–1842 (age 58)

Neustädter Friedhof

A dedicated civil servant whose administrative career contributed to the professionalization of German government.

Georg Wilhelm Glünder

1796–1848 (age 52)

Neustädter Friedhof

Johann Stieglitz

1767–1840 (age 73)

Neustädter Friedhof

A physician whose medical practice contributed to the health and welfare of his community during the early nineteenth ce...

Johann Jakob Wagner

1775–1841 (age 66)

Pfuhl

Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen

1778–1847 (age 69)

St. Jakob

Jakob Linckh

1787–1841 (age 54)

Steigfriedhof

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

1752–1840 (age 88)

Albanifriedhof

Johann Friedrich Herbart

1776–1841 (age 65)

Albanifriedhof

Johann Heinrich Christian Striehl

1770–1840 (age 70)

Engesohde city cemetery

Eugénie de Beauharnais

1808–1847 (age 39)

Stiftskirche Hechingen

Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

1757–1844 (age 87)

Stiftskirche Hechingen

Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

1778–1841 (age 63)

Welf family mausoleum

Wilhelm Gesenius

1786–1842 (age 56)

Stadtgottesacker

Countess Julie von Brandenburg

1793–1848 (age 55)

Schloss- und Pfarrkirche St. Mariä Himmelfahrt

Kaspar Josef Biegeleben

1766–1842 (age 76)

Alter Friedhof Darmstadt

Ernst Schleiermacher

1755–1844 (age 89)

Alter Friedhof Darmstadt

Friedrich Jakob Haldy

1788–1844 (age 56)

Alter Friedhof

Friedrich Körner

1778–1847 (age 69)

Johannisfriedhof

Ernst Elias Niebergall

1815–1843 (age 28)

Alter Friedhof Darmstadt

Christian Heinrich Rinck

1770–1846 (age 76)

Alter Friedhof Darmstadt

Duchess Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

1818–1842 (age 24)

Church in Mirow

Gutle Rothschild

1753–1849 (age 96)

Old Jewish Cemetery

Leopold Cassella

1766–1847 (age 81)

Old Jewish Cemetery