Famous Deaths In 1900

Jan 03 Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1900.

Jan 08 Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies on this day in history.

Jan 20 John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 on this day in history.

Jan 22 David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831) died on this day in history.

Jan 30 Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71 in the year 1900.

Feb 03 Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33 in the year 1900.

Feb 16 On this day in history george Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle

Feb 18 Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824) died on this day in history.

Feb 23 On this day in history william Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies

Mar 06 Gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65 on this day in history.

Mar 10 Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer, dies at 94 in the year 1900.

Mar 11 Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies in the year 1900.

Mar 18 Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32 in the year 1900.

Mar 19 On this day in history death of john Bingham, American politician and lawyer (b. 1815)

Mar 26 In the year 1900 isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80

Mar 27 Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69 on this day in history.

Mar 31 Frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v S Afr 1898-99), dies on this day in history.

Apr 04 Edward VII, King, assassinated died on this day in history.

Apr 05 In the year 1900 comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/S African general, dies in battle

Apr 20 Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.

Apr 21 Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1900.

Apr 24 George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 in the year 1900.

Apr 30 On this day in history john Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck

May 05 In the year 1900 death of ivan Aivazovsky, Russian painter (b. 1817)

May 07 Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1900.

May 18 In the year 1900 death of jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813)

May 20 In the year 1900 gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80

May 31 James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 in the year 1900.

Jun 05 On this day in history stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28

Jun 11 Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.

Jun 21 On this day in history polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69

Jun 29 In the year 1900 death of ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)

Jul 24 In the year 1900 death of ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59

Jul 29 Umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci died in the year 1900.

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Jan 01 In the year 1900 birth of hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF)

Jan 01 William Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney) was born on this day in history.

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)

Jan 03 Dorothy Arnzer, director was born in the year 1900.

Jan 03 Maurice Jaubert, composer was born on this day in history.

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of james Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]