Famous Deaths In 1891

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

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 Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

Jan 17 In the year 1891 johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74

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

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

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 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 in the year 1891.

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 in the year 1891.

Feb 14 William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71 in the year 1891.

Mar 15 In the year 1891 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 Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 on this day in history.

Apr 07 In the year 1891 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 In the year 1891 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 In the year 1891 sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls

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

May 11 In the year 1891 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 In the year 1891 frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67

Jun 06 John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815) died in the year 1891.

Jun 14 Nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.

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 Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15] was born on this day in history.

Jan 04 In the year 1891 birth of edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)

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 on this day in history.

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

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

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