Famous Deaths Happened In 1891

Jan 04 Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies in the year 1891.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 08 Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1891.  

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 On this day in history johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74  

Jan 20 David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 21 In the year 1891 calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48  

Jan 23 Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21 on this day in history.  

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 Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71 in the year 1891.  

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 In the year 1891 william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71  

Mar 15 On this day in history 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 Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies in the year 1891.  

Mar 29 In the year 1891 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 Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1891.  

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

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

Apr 25 In the year 1891 death of nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811)  

May 04 On this day in history sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1891.  

Jun 23 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948) was born in the year 1891.  

Jan 05 Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893] was born in the year 1891.  

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

Jan 08 In the year 1891 birth of walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)