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 Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89 on this day in history.

Jan 07 On this day in history carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79

Jan 08 On this day in history fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81

Jan 11 Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81 on this day in history.

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 David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies on this day in history.

Jan 21 Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1891.

Jan 23 In the year 1891 boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21

Jan 26 On this day in history nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies

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 Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850) died in the year 1891.

Feb 13 On this day in history david Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77

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

Mar 15 Théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823) died in the year 1891.

Mar 17 On this day in history napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68

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

Mar 29 Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 on this day in history.

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

Apr 15 Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1891.

Apr 17 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1891.

Apr 24 In the year 1891 count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies

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

May 04 Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls in the year 1891.

May 08 On this day in history helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies

May 11 A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) died in the year 1891.

May 16 In the year 1891 death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)

May 23 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

May 26 On this day in history frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67

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

Jun 14 Nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.

Jun 23 In the year 1891 francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73

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Jan 01 Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out) was born in the year 1891.

Jan 03 Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15] was born in the year 1891.

Jan 04 Edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948) was born on this day in history.

Jan 05 Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893] was born on this day in history.

Jan 06 Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's) was born in the year 1891.

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

Jan 08 In the year 1891 birth of bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer

Jan 08 Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954) was born on this day in history.