The Year of Death Game

1858: Matthew C. Perry, Commodore of the United States Navy

1859: John Brown began a-mouldering in the grave

1860: Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher

1861: Eliphalet Remington, rifle maker

1862: Henry David Thoreau

1863: Sam Houston

1864: Princess Caraboo (aka Mary Baker)

1865: John Wilkes Booth

1866: Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciples of Christ

1867: Michael Faraday, English scientist

1868: James Buchanan, 15th POTUS (and perhaps the worst)

1869: [Louis] Hector Berlioz, French composer

1870: Robert E. Lee, Confederate general

1871: Charles Babbage

1872: Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king

1873: David Livingstone (I presume?), explorer of Africa.

1874: Millard Fillmore

1875: Georges Bizet, French composer

1876: Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin (aka George Sand), French novelist

1877: Adolphe Thiers