Redigerer Lyrikkåret 1859 (avsnitt)

== Dødsfall ==
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!Måned !!Dag !!Navn !!Nasjonalitet !!Yrke !!Alder !!Fødselsår !!Ref.
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|Januar 
|20. || [[Bettina von Arnim]] || tysk || sosialkritisk skribent, aktivist, kulturpersonlighet, romanforfatter, poet,<br />sanger, visuell kunstner, illustratør og komponist ||align=center|73 ||align=center|[[Lyrikkåret 1785|1785]] || <ref>{{SNL|Bettina_von_Arnim|Bettina von Arnim}}</ref>
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| November 
|28. || [[Washington Irving]] || {{Flaggnasjonalitet|USA|1859}} || forfatter, essayist, biograf, historiker og poet ||align=center|76 ||align=center|[[Lyrikkåret 1783|1783]] || <ref>{{SNL|Washington_Irving|Washington Irving}}</ref>
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<!--* January 23 &ndash; [[Iswarchandra Gupta]] (born [[1811 in poetry|1811]]), [[Bengali poetry|Bengali]] poet and writer
* February 13 &ndash; [[Eliza Acton]] (born [[1799 in poetry|1799]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet and cook who produced one of the country's first cookbooks aimed at the domestic reader rather than the professional
* March 30 &ndash; [[James Matthews Legaré]] (born [[1823 in poetry|1823]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet and failed inventor
* April 14 &ndash; [[Sydney, Lady Morgan]], née Owenson (born about [[1781 in poetry|1781]]), [[Irish poetry|Irish]] novelist and poet
* July 23 &ndash; [[Marceline Desbordes-Valmore]] (born [[1786 in poetry|1786]]), [[French poetry|French]]
* August 28 &ndash; [[James Henry Leigh Hunt|Leigh Hunt]] (born [[1784 in poetry|1784]]), [[English poetry|English]] critic, essayist, poet and writer
* December 28 &ndash; [[Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay]] (born [[1800 in poetry|1800]]) [[English poetry|English]] historian, Whig politician and poet-->
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| April || 3. || [[Reginald Heber]] || engelsk || biskop, poet og salmedikter ||align=center| ||align=center|[[Lyrikkåret 1783|1783]]-->