Famous Deaths In 1891

Jan 04 On this day in history joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies

Jan 05 On this day in history guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89

Jan 07 Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1891.

Jan 08 Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1891.

Jan 11 Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81 in the year 1891.

Jan 16 Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1891.

Jan 17 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1891.

Jan 20 In the year 1891 david Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies

Jan 21 On this day in history calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48

Jan 23 Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21 in the year 1891.

Jan 26 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies in the year 1891.

Jan 31 In the year 1891 ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75

Feb 09 Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71 in the year 1891.

Feb 10 In the year 1891 death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)

Feb 13 David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77 in the year 1891.

Feb 14 On this day in history william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71

Mar 15 In the year 1891 death of théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823)

Mar 17 Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68 on this day in history.

Mar 28 Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies in the year 1891.

Mar 29 On this day in history georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31

Apr 07 On this day in history phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey), dies at 88

Apr 15 On this day in history stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49

Apr 17 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.

Apr 24 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.

Apr 25 Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811) died in the year 1891.

May 04 In the year 1891 sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls

May 08 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies in the year 1891.

May 11 A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) died on this day in history.

May 16 Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) died in the year 1891.

May 23 In the year 1891 ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73

May 26 Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.

Jun 06 In the year 1891 death of john A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)

Jun 14 In the year 1891 nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77

Jun 23 On this day in history francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73

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Jan 01 Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out) was born on this day in history.

Jan 03 Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15] was born on this day in history.

Jan 04 In the year 1891 birth of edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)

Jan 05 Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893] was born in the year 1891.

Jan 06 Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's) was born on this day in history.

Jan 07 On this day in history birth of zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960)

Jan 08 Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer was born in the year 1891.

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)