Famous Deaths In 1891

Jan 04 In the year 1891 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 On this day in history fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81

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 on this day in history.

Jan 17 On this day in history johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74

Jan 20 In the year 1891 david Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies

Jan 21 On this day in history calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48

Jan 23 On this day in history boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21

Jan 26 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies in the year 1891.

Jan 31 On this day in history 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 David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77 on this day in history.

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 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 on this day in history.

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

Apr 17 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1891.

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

Apr 25 Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811) died in the year 1891.

May 04 Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls in the year 1891.

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

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

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 On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.

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

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

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