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 In the year 1891 georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81  

Jan 16 Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1891.  

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 Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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 Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 in the year 1891.  

Feb 09 In the year 1891 johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71  

Feb 10 In the year 1891 death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)  

Feb 13 In the year 1891 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 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 On this day in history dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies  

Mar 29 On this day in history georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31  

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 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

May 04 Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls on this day in history.  

May 08 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies in the year 1891.  

May 11 On this day in history death of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)  

May 16 Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) died in the year 1891.  

May 23 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1891.  

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

Jun 06 On this day in history 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 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 Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15] was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]  

Jan 06 In the year 1891 birth of ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)  

Jan 07 In the year 1891 birth of zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960)  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)