Editing 1848 (section)

=== January–June ===
[[File:Christianviiidenmark.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Christian VIII of Denmark|Christian VIII. of Denmark]]]]
[[File:Droste-Hülshoff 2.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Annette von Droste-Hülshoff]]]]
* [[January 9]] – [[Caroline Herschel]], German astronomer (b. [[1750]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Petrobey Mavromichalis]], Prime Minister of Greece (b. [[1765]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Isaac D'Israeli]], English author (b. [[1766]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Christian VIII of Denmark|Christian VIII]], King of Denmark (b. [[1786]])
* [[February 15]] – [[Hermann von Boyen]], Prussian field marshal (b. [[1771]])
* [[February 22]] – [[Wilhelmine Reichard]], first German woman balloonist (b. [[1788]])
* [[February 23]] – [[John Quincy Adams]], 6th [[President of the United States]], son of [[John Adams]]  and [[Abigail Adams]] (b. [[1767]])
* [[March 29]] – [[John Jacob Astor]], American businessman (b. [[1763]])
* [[April 8]] – [[Gaetano Donizetti]], Italian composer (b. [[1797]])
* [[May 24]] – [[Annette von Droste-Hülshoff]], German writer (b. [[1797]])
* [[June 11]] – [[Parashuramrao Shrinivas I]] (b. [[1777]])
* [[June 23]] – [[Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este]] (b. [[1776]])
* [[June 27]] – [[Denis Auguste Affre]], Archbishop of Paris (b. [[1793]])