1841

Events in 1841 12

• 1773 – 1841 William Henry Harrison 9th President — died after 31 days in office William Henry Harrison (Feb 9, 1773 – Apr 4, 1841) was the 9th President, serving only 31 days — the shortest presidency in US history. He delivered the longest inaugural address in history (105 minutes in cold rain) and died of pneumonia shortly after.
• 1841 – 1910 Edward VII (1841-1910) Died 6 May 1910, aged 68 King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1901 until his death. His diplomatic tours earned him the nickname "Uncle of Europe" and helped shape the alliances that would define the coming war. His funeral in London drew nine reigning monarchs, the largest gathering of royalty in history to that point.
• 1841 – 1870 Frederic Bazille (1841-1870) Died 28 November 1870, aged 29 Frederic Bazille, a French painter associated with the early Impressionist circle including Monet and Renoir, was killed in action at Beaune-la-Rolande during the Franco-Prussian War on 28 November 1870. He had helped finance and support his fellow Impressionist painters before his death. His promising career was cut short at age 29.
• 1841 – 1899 Félix Faure (1841-1899) Died 16 February 1899, aged 58 President of France from 1895 until his death in 1899. He collapsed in the Élysée Palace on 16 February 1899 while meeting privately with his mistress Marguerite Steinheil, and died hours later. His sudden death made way for Émile Loubet's presidency during the height of the Dreyfus Affair.
• 1841 – 1929 Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) Died 24 November 1929, aged 88 French statesman, known as "Le Tigre", who was Prime Minister in the last years of the First World War. He was a principal architect of the Treaty of Versailles.
• 1841 – 1904 Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) Died 10 May 1904, aged 63 Sir Henry Morton Stanley, the Welsh-American journalist and explorer, died in London. He gained worldwide fame for locating the missionary David Livingstone in central Africa in 1871, reportedly greeting him with the words "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" His later expeditions helped open central Africa to European colonization, including work for King Leopold II of Belgium in the Congo.
• 1841 – 1909 Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909) Died 26 October 1909, aged 68 Itō Hirobumi was Japan's first Prime Minister and the principal architect of the Meiji Constitution, later serving as Resident-General of Korea. He was assassinated by Korean independence activist An Jung-geun at Harbin railway station on 26 October 1909. His death intensified tensions ahead of Japan's annexation of Korea the following year.
• 1841 – 1921 Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841-1921) Died 1 March 1921, aged 79 Nicholas I, the last king of Montenegro, died in exile in Antibes, France, having ruled first as prince and then as king from 1860 until his kingdom was absorbed into the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918. He was known across Europe's royal houses as the "father-in-law of Europe" for marrying his daughters into several reigning dynasties. He never returned to Montenegro after fleeing the Austro-Hungarian invasion of 1916.
• 1841 – 1935 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935) Died 6 March 1935, aged 93 Holmes served on the US Supreme Court for three decades and was famous for his dissents and his clear and present danger test. He died in Washington two days before his 94th birthday.
• 1841 – 1919 Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919) Died 17 February 1919, aged 77 Laurier served as prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911, the country's first French-Canadian to hold the office. He championed national unity between English and French Canada and remained leader of the Liberal Party until his death.
• 1841 – 1919 Pierre-Auguste Renoir Impressionism · France Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841 – December 3, 1919) was a French Impressionist painter whose warm, sensuous depictions of leisure and pleasure are among the most joyful in art history.
• 1841 – 1904 Antonín Dvořák Czech Romantic composer Czech composer best known for his New World Symphony, Cello Concerto and Slavonic Dances. He drew on folk music to create a distinctly Czech voice.