Notable Deaths - 1887
1887 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 |
Jan 7 |
Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 |
Jan 14 |
Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 |
Jan 14 |
Peter "Peerke" Donders, missionary (Father of Melaatsen), dies at 77 |
Jan 17 |
William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) |
Feb 10 |
Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 |
Feb 10 |
Pieter JBCR van der Aa, Dutch geographer, dies at 54 |
Feb 10 |
Mrs. Henry Wood, East Lynne |
Feb 15 |
Alexander Borodin, composer, dies |
Feb 19 |
Eduard Douwes Dekker (pen name Multatuli), Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 |
Feb 19 |
Multatuli, Max Havelaar |
Feb 27 |
Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 |
Feb 27 |
Aleksandr Borodin, Heartbreakers |
Mar 2 |
August W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47 |
Mar 2 |
Wilhelm Troszel, composer, dies at 63 |
Mar 8 |
Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 |
Mar 8 |
Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman (b. 1813) |
Mar 8 |
James Buchanan Eads, American engineer (b. 1820) |
Mar 8 |
Paul Féval, On Guard |
Mar 16 |
Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 |
Mar 19 |
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Stara basn. Kiedy slonce bylo bogiem |
Mar 20 |
Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73 |
Mar 24 |
Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837) |
Mar 28 |
Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75 |
Apr 11 |
Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54 |
Apr 20 |
Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826) |
Apr 28 |
Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67 |
Apr 30 |
Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71 |
May 7 |
C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811) |
May 8 |
Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar |
May 11 |
Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802) |
May 14 |
Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) |
May 23 |
Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74 |
May 27 |
Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86 |
Jun 12 |
Gustav Weber, composer, dies at 41 |
Jun 21 |
Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 |
Jun 22 |
Eugenie Marlitt, El secreto de la solterona |
Jul 5 |
August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies |
Jul 14 |
Alfred Krupp, |
Jul 16 |
Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 |
Jul 17 |
Dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802) |
Jul 25 |
John Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808) |
Jul 29 |
Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813) |
Aug 8 |
Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808) |
Aug 14 |
Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies |
Aug 17 |
Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74 |
Aug 19 |
Alvan Clark, American Astronomer and telescope maker, dies at 83 |
Aug 20 |
Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860) |
Aug 20 |
Jules Laforgue, Hommelette for Hamlet, operetta inqualificabile (da J. Laforgue) |
Aug 27 |
Wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74 |
Sep 14 |
Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher/writer (Auch einer), dies |
Sep 29 |
Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (b. 1810) |
Oct 7 |
George James Webb, composer, dies at 84 |
Oct 7 |
George J. Webb, The Firestorm |
Oct 12 |
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, Episode #1.5 |
Oct 17 |
Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63 |
Oct 31 |
George Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74 |
Nov 2 |
Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67 |
Nov 8 |
Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter, dies at 36 |
Nov 11 |
Haymarket defenda |
Nov 18 |
Eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81 |
Nov 18 |
Gustav T Fechner, German psychologist/physicist, dies at 86 |
Nov 18 |
Heinrich Panofka, German violist/composer, dies at 80 |
Nov 19 |
Emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in New York at 38 |
Nov 19 |
Emma Lazarus, New York: Part 6 - The City of Tomorrow |
Nov 20 |
Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77 |
Nov 25 |
Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71 |
Dec 1 |
Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78 |
Dec 5 |
Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804) |
Dec 5 |
Philippe Rousseau, Les deux vies du serpent |
Dec 9 |
Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese marabout and military leader |
Dec 26 |
Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40 |
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