Famous Deaths for Year 1890
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Months in Year 1890: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 70 of 70
Jan 7th - Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78
Jan 7th - Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer, dies at 82
Jan 14th - Francesco D'Arcais, composer, dies at 59
Jan 17th - Salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85
Jan 18th - Amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44
Jan 20th - Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86
Jan 30th - Karl Merz, composer, dies at 53
Feb 3rd - Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72
Feb 17th - Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819)
Feb 18th - Guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66
Feb 22nd - John Jacob Astor III, American businessman (b. 1822)
Feb 22nd - Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (b. 1834)
Mar 13th - Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67
Mar 16th - Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)
Mar 20th - Alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825)
Mar 22nd - Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader, dies at 85
Apr 1st - David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
Apr 2nd - Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70
Apr 4th - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Quebec politician (b. 1820)
Apr 4th - Edmond Hébert, French geologist (b. 1812)
Apr 8th - Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76
Apr 11th - Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man" (b. 1862)
Apr 13th - Samuel J. Randall, American politician (b. 1828)
Apr 17th - John Barnett, composer, dies at 87
May 6th - Hubert Leonard, composer, dies at 71
May 19th - Gus Kempis, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24
May 28th - Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49
Jun 3rd - Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer, dies at 76
Jun 20th - Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer, dies at 63
Jun 28th - Edouard Gregoir, composer, dies at 67
Jun 30th - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer, dies at 71
Jul 7th - Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814)
Jul 13th - John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (b. 1813)
Jul 15th - Gottfried Keller, writer, dies at 70
Jul 16th - Gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies
Jul 29th - Vincent Van Gogh, painter, dies in Auvers, France
Aug 3rd - Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76
Aug 11th - John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89
Aug 22nd - Vasile Alecsandri, Romania poet/Foreign minister, dies at 69
Sep 3rd - Charles-A Chatrian, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 63
Sep 3rd - Willem Linnig Jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies
Sep 5th - Ludwig Deppe, composer, dies at 61
Sep 18th - Dion Boucicault, Irish/US actor/playwright (Octoroon), dies at 67
Sep 22nd - Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author, dies at 79
Oct 3rd - Andries Andre, actor (Trumpeter-Major), dies at 36
Oct 3rd - Joseph Hergenröther, German historian (b. 1824)
Oct 4th - Catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
Oct 7th - John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89
Oct 13th - Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1816)
Oct 17th - Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77
Geographer, Explorer & Translator Richard Francis Burton (Oct 20th)
Oct 20th - Sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821)
Oct 23rd - Karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies
Oct 26th - Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies
Nov 3rd - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)
Nov 4th - Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74
Nov 4th - Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer, dies at 46
Nov 8th - Caesar-Auguste Franck, Belgian organist/composer, dies at 67
Nov 16th - Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71
Nov 22nd - Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77
Nov 23rd - Willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73
Nov 24th - August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816)
Nov 27th - Emmanuele Muzio, composer, dies at 69
Dec 3rd - Bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies
Dec 4th - Willem III, Dutch king, buried
Dec 10th - Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84
Dec 15th - Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US
Dec 21st - Niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73
Dec 26th - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86
Dec 29th - Big Foot, Sioux Indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee
Dec 31st - Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (b. 1826)
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