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== Deaths ==

=== January–June ===
[[File:Emperor Ninkō.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Emperor Ninkō]]]]
[[File:Gregory XVI.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Pope Gregory XVI]]]]
* [[February 21]] – [[Emperor Ninkō]] of Japan (b. [[1800]])
* [[February 27]] – [[María Trinidad Sánchez]], heroine of the Dominican War of Independence (b. [[1794]])
* [[March 17]] – [[Friedrich Bessel]], German mathematician and astronomer (b. [[1784]])
* [[May 11]] – [[Jane Irwin Harrison]], ''de facto'' [[First Lady of the United States]] (b. [[1804]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Robert Otway|Sir Robert Otway]], British admiral (b. [[1770]])
* [[May 23]] – [[Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki]], Polish politician (b. [[1778]])
* [[June 1]] – [[Pope Gregory XVI]] (b. [[1765]])
* [[June 8]] – [[Rodolphe Töpffer]], Swiss author, painter, and caricature artist (b. [[1799]])
* [[June 13]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès]], French geographer, author and translator (b. [[1767]])

=== July–December ===
* [[August 5]] – [[Dorothy Thomas (entrepreneur)|Dorothy Thomas]], Caribbean entrepreneur and former slave (b. [[1756]])
* [[August 16]]
** [[Samuel Humphreys]], American naval architect (b. [[1778]])
** [[Sylvain Charles Valée]], [[Marshal of France]] (b. [[1773]])
* [[September 14]] – [[Jacques Dupré]], Louisiana State Representative, State Senator, and Governor (b. [[1773]])
* [[September 23]] – [[John Ainsworth Horrocks]], English-born explorer of South Australia (b. [[1818]])
* [[September 26]] – [[Thomas Clarkson]], English abolitionist (b. [[1760]])<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Thomas Clarkson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/clarkson_thomas.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[October 2]] – [[Benjamin Waterhouse]], American physician, medical professor (b. [[1754]])
* [[October 15]] – [[Bagyidaw]], Burmese king (b. [[1784]])
* [[November 6]]
** [[Alexander Chavchavadze]], Georgian Romantic poet, military figure (b. [[1786]])
** [[Karol Marcinkowski]], Polish physician, social activist (b. [[1800]])
* [[November 11]] – [[José Escolástico Marín]], Salvadoran politician 
* [[November 12]] – [[William Findlay (governor)|William Findlay]], American politician (b. [[1768]])
* [[December 18]] – [[Emilie Högquist]], Swedish dramatic star (b. [[1812]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Mateli Magdalena Kuivalatar]], Finnish-Carelian folksinger (b. [[1777]])

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Maria Medina Coeli]], Italian physician (b. [[1764]])