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 In the year 1900 john Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81  

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

Jan 30 In the year 1900 vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71  

Feb 03 On this day in history ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33  

Feb 16 George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Feb 18 In the year 1900 death of clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824)  

Feb 23 William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 06 In the year 1900 gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65  

Mar 10 In the year 1900 johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer, dies at 94  

Mar 11 On this day in history edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies  

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

Mar 19 John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (b. 1815) died on this day in history.  

Mar 26 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 05 On this day in history comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/S African general, dies in battle  

Apr 20 On this day in history mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies  

Apr 21 On this day in history heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55  

Apr 24 On this day in history 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 On this day in history richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81  

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 On this day in history james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75  

Jun 05 Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28 in the year 1900.  

Jun 11 In the year 1900 charles Swinnerton Heap, composer, dies at 53  

Jun 21 Polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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 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 On this day in history 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]