Died in 1862

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Died in 1862

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

George Bascom Military c. 1837 21-Feb-1862 Launched Cochise on the warpath

Jean-Baptiste Biot Physicist 21-Apr-1774 3-Feb-1862 Biot-Savart Law

Henry Thomas Buckle Historian 24-Nov-1821 29-May-1862 History of Civilization in England

Charles John Canning Government 14-Dec-1812 17-Jun-1862 Governor-General of India

Samuel Colt Inventor 19-Jul-1814 10-Jan-1862 Invented the revolver

Cornelius Felton Scholar 6-Nov-1807 26-Feb-1862 Classical scholar of Greek

Fromental Halévy Composer 27-May-1799 17-Mar-1862 La Juive

Hans Daniel Hassenpflug Politician 26-Feb-1794 10-Oct-1862 Hessian anti-constitutionalist

Albert Sidney Johnston Military 3-Feb-1803 6-Apr-1862 Confederate General felled at Shiloh

Philip Kearny Military 2-Jun-1815 1-Sep-1862 US Civil War general

Fitz-James O'Brien Author 31-Dec-1828 6-Apr-1862 The Diamond Lens

Étienne-Denis Pasquier Politician 21-Apr-1767 5-Jul-1862 Last Chancellor of France

Charles Ferguson Smith Military 24-Apr-1807 25-Apr-1862 Union Army General, died after Shiloh

Henry David Thoreau Author 12-Jul-1817 6-May-1862 Walden

John Tyler Head of State 29-Mar-1790 18-Jan-1862 10th President of the U.S.

Martin Van Buren Head of State 5-Dec-1782 24-Jul-1862 8th US President, 1837-41

Edward Gibbon Wakefield Government 20-Mar-1796 16-May-1862 Colonizer of Australia, New Zealand

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