Famous Deaths Happened 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 in the year 1891.  

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

Jan 08 Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 16 In the year 1891 clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54  

Jan 17 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 20 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 10 On this day in history 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 On this day in history napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68  

Mar 28 In the year 1891 dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies  

Mar 29 Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 in the year 1891.  

Apr 07 Phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey), dies at 88 in the year 1891.  

Apr 15 In the year 1891 stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49  

Apr 17 On this day in history jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77  

Apr 24 On this day in history 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 On this day in history sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls  

May 08 In the year 1891 helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies  

May 11 In the year 1891 death of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)  

May 16 Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) died on this day in history.  

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

May 26 In the year 1891 frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67  

Jun 06 John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815) died on this day in history.  

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

Jun 23 Francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1891.  

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Jan 01 In the year 1891 birth of frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out)  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15]  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07 Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960) was born in the year 1891.  

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

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