Famous Deaths 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 on this day in history.

Jan 07 On this day in history carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79

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 On this day in history 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 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 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 on this day in history.

Jan 31 On this day in history ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75

Feb 09 In the year 1891 johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71

Feb 10 Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850) died in the year 1891.

Feb 13 David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77 on this day in history.

Feb 14 On this day in history 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 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 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 In the year 1891 count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies

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

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 A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) died in the year 1891.

May 16 Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) died on this day in history.

May 23 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1891.

May 26 On this day in history frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67

Jun 06 On this day in history death of john A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)

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

Jan 05 In the year 1891 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 in the year 1891.

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

Jan 08 Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954) was born on this day in history.