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 in the year 1891.  

Jan 08 In the year 1891 fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81  

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

Jan 20 On this day in history david Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies  

Jan 21 In the year 1891 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 31 Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 in the year 1891.  

Feb 09 On this day in history johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71  

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 Phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

Apr 15 On this day in history 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 in the year 1891.  

Apr 25 Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811) died on this day in history.  

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

May 08 In the year 1891 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 On this day in history 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 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 In the year 1891 birth of frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out)  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15]  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)  

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 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)