Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1890

Aug 06 In the year 1890 death of john Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY)  

Aug 11 In the year 1890 john Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89  

Aug 22 On this day in history vasile Alecsandri, Romania poet/Foreign minister, dies at 69  

Sep 03 Charles-A Chatrian, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 63 in the year 1890.  

Sep 05 On this day in history ludwig Deppe, composer, dies at 61  

Sep 18 Dion Boucicault, Irish/US actor/playwright (Octoroon), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Sep 22 Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author, dies at 79 in the year 1890.  

Oct 03 Andries Andre, actor (Trumpeter-Major), dies at 36 in the year 1890.  

Oct 04 In the year 1890 death of catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829)  

Oct 07 John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

Oct 13 Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1816) died on this day in history.  

Oct 17 Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1890.  

Oct 20 On this day in history death of sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821)  

Oct 23 In the year 1890 karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies  

Oct 26 On this day in history collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies  

Nov 03 In the year 1890 death of ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)  

Nov 04 On this day in history jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74  

Nov 08 Caesar-Auguste Franck, Belgian organist/composer, dies at 67 in the year 1890.  

Nov 16 Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71 in the year 1890.  

Nov 22 In the year 1890 johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77  

Nov 23 Willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Nov 24 On this day in history death of august Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816)  

Nov 27 Emmanuele Muzio, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Dec 03 Bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies in the year 1890.  

Dec 04 In the year 1890 death of willem III, Dutch king, buried  

Dec 10 On this day in history ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84  

Dec 15 On this day in history death of sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US  

Dec 21 On this day in history niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73  

Dec 26 Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Dec 29 Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on this day in history.  

Dec 31 Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (b. 1826) died in the year 1890.  

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Jan 01 Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress (Confidence) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)  

Jan 04 Alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff was born in the year 1890.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of mosa Pijade, Yugoslavia, MP (communist)  

Jan 05 Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies was born in the year 1890.  

Jan 07 On this day in history birth of henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception)  

Jan 07 Maurice E McLoughlin, tennis champ (US Open-1912) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 In the year 1890 birth of sandor Rado, Hungarian/US psycho analyst