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 On this day in history guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89

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 On this day in history georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81

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 David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies in the year 1891.

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

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 in the year 1891.

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 Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850) died on this day in history.

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

Feb 14 In the year 1891 william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71

Mar 15 Théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823) died on this day in history.

Mar 17 Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68 in the year 1891.

Mar 28 In the year 1891 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 On this day in history phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey), dies at 88

Apr 15 On this day in history stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49

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 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 A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) died on this day in history.

May 16 On this day in history death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)

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

May 26 Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1891.

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

Jun 14 In the year 1891 nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77

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 on this day in history.

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

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)

Jan 07 Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960) was born on this day in history.

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

Jan 08 Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954) was born in the year 1891.