Famous Deaths for Year 1899
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Deaths 1 - 61 of 61
Jan 10th - Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69
Jan 12th - Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)
Jan 25th - Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies
Jan 29th - Alfred Sisley, painter, dies
Jan 29th - Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75
Feb 6th - Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67
Feb 6th - Prince Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (b. 1874)
Feb 11th - George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
Feb 16th - Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57
Feb 18th - M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56
Feb 25th - Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies
Mar 1st - Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian MP, dies at 90
Mar 3rd - William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. 1827)
Mar 6th - Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)
Mar 14th - Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
Mar 16th - Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
Mar 18th - Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76
Mar 18th - Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35
Mar 20th - Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair.
Mar 20th - Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (b. 1822)
Mar 24th - Billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies
Apr 16th - Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (b 1875)
Apr 17th - Hans Balatka, composer, dies at 74
Apr 20th - Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)
Apr 21st - Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80
Apr 22nd - E J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies
May 1st - Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824)
May 15th - Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70
May 25th - Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68
May 29th - Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer, dies at 60
Jun 3rd - Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73
Jun 10th - Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44
Jun 30th - Jon Helgason, Icelandic poet (Ur Landsudri), dies
Jul 12th - Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, gov of Suriname, dies at 67
Jul 18th - Horatio Alger Jr, American clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies
Jul 21st - Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and military officer (b. 1833)
Aug 16th - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)
Sep 8th - Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer, dies at 78
Sep 14th - Henry Bliss, 1st auto death (NYC)
Sep 17th - Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist (b. 1842)
Sep 28th - Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare), dies
Oct 5th - Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer, dies at 57
Oct 20th - Robert H "Bobby" Gunning, Brit colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle
Oct 23rd - W Penn Symons, British gen-maj, dies in battle
Oct 28th - C Grant B Allen, Canada, British writer (Woman Who Did), dies
Oct 28th - Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-born inventor (tuberculosis) (b. 1854)
Oct 30th - William Henry Webb, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1816)
Nov 19th - [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55
Nov 20th - Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63
Nov 21st - Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies
Nov 24th - Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies
Nov 25th - Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73
Nov 27th - Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74
Nov 28th - Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19
Dec 2nd - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875)
Dec 7th - Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82
Dec 11th - Andrew Wauchope, British Major-General, dies in Battle of Magersfontein in the Boer war, South Africa. Another British Major, The Marquess of Winchester also killed.
Dec 17th - Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle
Dec 18th - John William Glover, composer, dies at 84
Dec 22nd - Dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies
Dec 30th - James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget), dies at 85
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