Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1890

Aug 06 John hart or william kemmler: Us, 1st executed in electric chair (ny)  

Aug 11 John henry newman: English cardinal,  

Aug 22 Vasile alecsandri: Romania poet/foreign minister,  

Sep 03 Charles-a chatrian: French writer (waterloo),  

Sep 05 Ludwig deppe: Composer,  

Sep 18 Dion boucicault: Irish/us actor/playwright (octoroon),  

Sep 22 Johanna d courtmans-berchmans: Flemish author,  

Oct 03 Andries andre: Actor (trumpeter-major),  

Oct 04 Catherine booth: The mother of the salvation army (b. 1829)  

Oct 07 John hill hewitt: Composer,  

Oct 13 Samuel freeman miller: U.s. supreme court justice (b. 1816)  

Oct 17 Prosper philippe catherine sainton: Composer,  

Oct 20 Sir richard burton: British explorer and writer (b. 1821)  

Oct 23 Karel m m verlat: Flemish painter/graphic artist,  

Oct 26 Collodi: [carlo lorenzini], italian writer (pinocchio),  

Nov 03 Ulrich ochsenbein: Swiss federal councilor (b. 1811)  

Nov 04 Jacob pp baron van zuylen: Dutch foreign minister (1852-3),  

Nov 08 Caesar-auguste franck: Belgian organist/composer,  

Nov 16 Johann a h scheler: Belgian man of letters/librarian,  

Nov 22 Johanne luise heiberg: Danish actress,  

Nov 23 Willem iii: King of netherland (1849-1890),  

Nov 24 August belmont: Sr., prussian-born financier (b. 1816)  

Nov 27 Emmanuele muzio: Composer,  

Dec 03 Bill midwinter: Cricketer (8 tests for australia, 4 for england),  

Dec 04 Willem iii: Dutch king, buried  

Dec 10 Ludolf ajw sloet van de beele: Gov-gen (net india 1861-66),  

Dec 15 Sitting bull: Hunkpapa-sioux chief (little big horn), killed by us  

Dec 21 Niels vilhelm gade: Danish composer,  

Dec 26 Heinrich schliemann: German archaeologist (trojan war),  

Dec 29 Big foot: Sioux indian chief,  

Dec 31 Pancha carrasco: Costa rican war heroine (b. 1826)  

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Jan 01 Florence lawrence: Hamilton ont, silent screen actress (confidence)  

Jan 01 Anton melik: Slovenian geographer  

Jan 04 Alfred g jodl: German wehrmacht general/chief of staff  

Jan 04 Mosa pijade: Yugoslavia, mp (communist)  

Jan 05 Cora witherspoon: New orleans la, actress (bank dick), dies  

Jan 07 Henny porten: Magdeburg germany, silent screen star (deception)  

Jan 07 Maurice e mcloughlin: Tennis champ (us open-1912)  

Jan 08 Sandor rado: Hungarian/us psycho analyst