Famous Deaths Happened 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 In the year 1898 gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86  

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

Jan 16 In the year 1898 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 28 Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1898.  

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 in the year 1898.  

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

Mar 11 In the year 1898 death of william Rosecrans, American Civil War Union general (b. 1819)  

Mar 12 In the year 1898 death of zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818)  

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

Mar 16 Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on this day in history.  

Mar 17 In the year 1898 blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington  

Mar 18 On this day in history 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 On this day in history sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80  

Mar 31 In the year 1898 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 Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader died on this day in history.  

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

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

May 01 On this day in history alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81  

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

May 22 Edward Bellamy, writer, dies at 48 in the year 1898.  

May 28 Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies on this day in history.  

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

Jun 05 In the year 1898 death of salvatore Ferragamo, Italian Shoemaker  

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

Jun 10 In the year 1898 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 On this day in history birth of george van Derton, Belgian  

Jan 01 George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born on this day in history.  

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 ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1898 birth of roger Vuataz, composer  

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

Jan 06 Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.