Famous Deaths Happened In 1898

Jan 03 James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 On this day in history frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 11 Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1898.  

Jan 14 Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jan 16 On this day in history death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)  

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 in the year 1898.  

Feb 18 Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1898.  

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

Mar 15 In the year 1898 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 in the year 1898.  

Mar 18 Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826) died in the year 1898.  

Mar 19 In the year 1898 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 Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820) died in the year 1898.  

Apr 15 On this day in history death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

Apr 18 On this day in history gustave Moureau, painter, dies  

Apr 21 On this day in history louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78  

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

May 19 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809) died on this day in history.  

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 Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian Shoemaker died on this day in history.  

Jun 06 Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Jun 10 Tuone Udaina, last speaker of the Dalmatian language died in the year 1898.  

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 In the year 1898 george Ulyett, cricketer (949 runs 50 wkts for England 25 Tests), dies  

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

Jan 01 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)  

Jan 03 In the year 1898 birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of roger Vuataz, composer  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39)  

Jan 06 Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971) was born in the year 1898.