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 In the year 1891 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 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 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 On this day in history nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies

Jan 31 Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

Feb 13 In the year 1891 david Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77

Feb 14 William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71 on this day in history.

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

Mar 17 In the year 1891 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 in the year 1891.

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 on this day in history.

Apr 17 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.

Apr 24 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.

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

May 04 In the year 1891 sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls

May 08 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on this day in history.

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

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

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

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

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 in the year 1891.

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

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

Jan 08 Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer was born on this day in history.

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