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 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 in the year 1891.

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

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

Jan 21 On this day in history 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 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 Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71 in the year 1891.

Feb 10 On this day in history 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 On this day in history william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71

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 In the year 1891 dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies

Mar 29 Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 in the year 1891.

Apr 07 In the year 1891 phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey), dies at 88

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

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 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 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 Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.

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 in the year 1891.

Jun 23 On this day in history francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73

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Jan 01 On this day in history 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 Edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948) was born on this day in history.

Jan 05 In the year 1891 birth of johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]

Jan 06 Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's) was born in the year 1891.

Jan 07 On this day in history birth of zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960)

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.