Famous Deaths for Year 1884
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Months in Year 1884: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 48 of 48
Jan 6th - Gregor Mendel, Austrian Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61
Jan 6th - Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75
Jan 17th - Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (b. 1804)
Jan 21st - Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75
Jan 24th - Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75
Feb 8th - Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76
Feb 21st - John Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71
Feb 23rd - Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23
Mar 1st - Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician (b. 1820)
Mar 13th - Leland Stanford, Jr., son of American railroad magnate, Stanford University named for him (b. 1868)
Mar 14th - Quintino Sella, Italian statesman (b. 1827)
Mar 19th - Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 54
Mar 21st - Ezra Abbot, American bible scholar (b. 1819)
Mar 30th - Hans Hampel, composer, dies at 61
Mar 31st - Jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77
Apr 3rd - Carel JCH van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch Cath politician, dies at 59
Apr 4th - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian artist and diarist (b. 1860)
Apr 5th - John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies
Apr 6th - Emanuel Geibel, writer, dies at 68
Monk/Geneticist Gregor Mendel (Jan 6th)
Apr 7th - Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet (Avondlamp), dies at 80
May 7th - Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72
May 9th - Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69
May 12th - Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60
May 13th - Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies
May 17th - Louis Brassin, composer, dies at 43
Jun 8th - Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51
Jun 18th - Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentine writer (Crime of War), dies at 74
Jun 21st - Alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W Friso, dies
Jun 25th - Hans Rott, composer, dies at 25
Jul 5th - Victor Masse, composer, dies at 62
Jul 10th - Paul Charles Morphy, US lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47
Jul 18th - Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)
Aug 1st - Heinrich Laube, writer, dies
Aug 6th - Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)
Aug 14th - Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46
Sep 17th - Louis Schubert, composer, dies at 56
Sep 20th - Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (b.1802)
Sep 28th - Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies
Sep 30th - Louis Lacombe, composer, dies at 65
Oct 3rd - Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Geur), dies at 44
Oct 31st - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (b. 1858)
Nov 2nd - Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer, dies at 62
Nov 11th - Alfred Brehm German zoologist (b. 1827)
Nov 16th - FrantiĊĦek Chvostek, Moravian physician (b. 1835)
Nov 27th - Franziska "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina/choreography, dies at 74
Dec 1st - William Swainson (lawyer), second, and last, Attorney-General (New Zealand) of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
Dec 4th - Alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45
Dec 28th - Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56
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