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 In the year 1891 carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79

Jan 08 Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1891.

Jan 11 On this day in history georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81

Jan 16 In the year 1891 clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54

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 on this day in history.

Jan 23 Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21 on this day in history.

Jan 26 On this day in history nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies

Jan 31 In the year 1891 ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75

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

Feb 10 In the year 1891 death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)

Feb 13 On this day in history 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 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 Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 on this day in history.

Apr 07 Phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey), dies at 88 in the year 1891.

Apr 15 Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1891.

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

May 08 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies in the year 1891.

May 11 A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) died in the year 1891.

May 16 On this day in history death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)

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 In the year 1891 nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77

Jun 23 Francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1891.

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out)

Jan 03 In the year 1891 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 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 In the year 1891 birth of bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer

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