Famous Deaths In 1883

Jul 12 Hermann Zopff, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jul 15 Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44 on this day in history.  

Jul 24 In the year 1883 death of matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls  

Jul 27 Albert Franz Doppler, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Aug 01 On this day in history karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies  

Aug 12 Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies in the year 1883.  

Aug 19 Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (b. 1810) died on this day in history.  

Aug 27 In the year 1883 august Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76  

Sep 03 Iwan Turgenjew, writer, dies at 64 in the year 1883.  

Sep 15 In the year 1883 joseph AF Plateau, Belg physicist (Blue Moon), dies  

Sep 21 On this day in history johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters/theologist, dies at 65  

Oct 15 On this day in history francesco Schira, composer, dies at 74  

Oct 22 George Coulthard, cricketer (Test for Australia 1882), dies in the year 1883.  

Oct 29 In the year 1883 friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68  

Oct 30 Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Oct 31 In the year 1883 death of swami Dayananda Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj  

Nov 05 William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle on this day in history.  

Nov 18 On this day in history wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies  

Nov 25 Ludwig Erk, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Nov 26 On this day in history sojourner Truth, abolitionist/women's rights advocate, dies at 96  

Dec 13 Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812) died on this day in history.  

Dec 25 Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor (3 Drops of Water)/theater director was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 Clement Richard Attlee, (L) British PM (1945-51) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of johanna Westerdijk, botanist/Neth 1st female prof (Utrecht, 1917-52)  

Jan 04 Max F Eastman, US, critic/essayist (Masses) was born in the year 1883.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of max Eastman, American writer (d. 1969)  

Jan 06 Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07 Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II) was born on this day in history.