Famous Deaths In 1898

Jan 03 James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 in the year 1898.

Jan 04 Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

Jan 11 Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.

Jan 14 On this day in history lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65

Jan 16 Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802) died in the year 1898.

Jan 23 W A Remy, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1898.

Jan 28 Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.

Feb 16 Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) died on this day in history.

Feb 18 Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at 58 in the year 1898.

Mar 01 George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India, author (b. 1825) died in the year 1898.

Mar 11 William Rosecrans, American Civil War Union general (b. 1819) died on this day in history.

Mar 12 Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818) died on this day in history.

Mar 15 On this day in history death of henry Bessemer, English metallurgist (b. 1813)

Mar 16 In the year 1898 aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23

Mar 17 Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington on this day in history.

Mar 18 In the year 1898 death of matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)

Mar 19 On this day in history joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26

Mar 27 In the year 1898 sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80

Mar 31 On this day in history edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies

Apr 12 On this day in history death of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)

Apr 15 In the year 1898 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader

Apr 18 In the year 1898 gustave Moureau, painter, dies

Apr 21 Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.

May 01 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 on this day in history.

May 19 In the year 1898 death of william Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)

May 22 On this day in history edward Bellamy, writer, dies at 48

May 28 Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies in the year 1898.

Jun 03 Nikolai Afanisev, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1898.

Jun 05 On this day in history death of salvatore Ferragamo, Italian Shoemaker

Jun 06 On this day in history constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62

Jun 10 On this day in history death of tuone Udaina, last speaker of the Dalmatian language.

Jun 13 On this day in history death of joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1840)

Jun 17 Edward Burne-Jones, English artist (b. 1833) died in the year 1898.

Jun 18 George Ulyett, cricketer (949 runs 50 wkts for England 25 Tests), dies in the year 1898.

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Jan 01 In the year 1898 birth of george van Derton, Belgian

Jan 01 In the year 1898 birth of george van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race)

Jan 01 In the year 1898 birth of viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)

Jan 03 In the year 1898 birth of johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)

Jan 04 Roger Vuataz, composer was born on this day in history.

Jan 06 Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) was born in the year 1898.

Jan 06 In the year 1898 birth of charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971)