Famous Deaths Happened In 1900

Jan 03 On this day in history edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80  

Jan 08 Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies in the year 1900.  

Jan 20 John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 in the year 1900.  

Jan 22 On this day in history death of david E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)  

Jan 30 On this day in history vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71  

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 In the year 1900 death of clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824)  

Feb 23 In the year 1900 william Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies  

Mar 06 On this day in history gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 18 Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32 on this day in history.  

Mar 19 In the year 1900 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 In the year 1900 pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69  

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

Apr 04 On this day in history death of edward VII, King, assassinated  

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

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 In the year 1900 george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76  

Apr 30 In the year 1900 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 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1900.  

May 31 James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 Polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jun 29 Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1900) died in the year 1900.  

Jul 24 On this day in history death of ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59  

Jul 29 On this day in history death of umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF)  

Jan 01 William Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney) was born in the year 1900.  

Jan 01 Xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo) was born in the year 1900.  

Jan 01 Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03 In the year 1900 birth of maurice Jaubert, composer  

Jan 04 In the year 1900 birth of james Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)  

Jan 05 In the year 1900 birth of dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]