Notable Deaths - 1889
1889 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 10 |
Martin Andreas Udbye, composer, dies at 68 |
Jan 13 |
Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823) |
Jan 14 |
Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b. 1834) |
Jan 17 |
Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56 |
Jan 27 |
Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, dies at 65 |
Jan 30 |
Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria (b. 1858) |
Feb 1 |
Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78 |
Feb 3 |
Belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40 |
Feb 12 |
Andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies |
Feb 13 |
João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (b. 1885) |
Feb 26 |
Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (b. 1838) |
Mar 3 |
Edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49 |
Mar 8 |
Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 |
Mar 9 |
Paolo Ferrari, Le vie del cuore |
Mar 12 |
Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle |
Mar 15 |
Melville Reuben Bissell, American inventor of the carpet sweeper, dies of pneumonia at 45 |
Mar 17 |
Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet, dies at 68 |
Mar 18 |
William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 |
Mar 27 |
Moritz Furstenau, composer, dies at 64 |
Mar 27 |
John Bright, English statesman (b. 1811) |
Mar 28 |
Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler |
Apr 4 |
Thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 56 |
Apr 4 |
Gisela von Arnim, Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns |
Apr 8 |
Henry Jupp, cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for Engl in 1877), dies |
Apr 9 |
Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist (b. 1786) |
Apr 11 |
Emile DeNajac, That Uncertain Feeling |
Apr 15 |
Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) |
Apr 19 |
Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies |
Apr 23 |
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808) |
Apr 23 |
Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, The Last Mistress |
May 9 |
William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800) |
May 10 |
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826) |
May 10 |
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Ono |
May 14 |
Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809) |
May 15 |
Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies |
May 17 |
William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies |
May 18 |
Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823) |
May 28 |
Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37 |
Jun 8 |
Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54 |
Jun 15 |
Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39 |
Jun 18 |
Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (b. 1855) |
Jun 27 |
Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies |
Jun 27 |
Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer, dies at 50 |
Jun 28 |
Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70 |
Jun 30 |
Eugenio Terziani, composer, dies at 64 |
Jul 4 |
Auguste Mermet, composer, dies at 79 |
Jul 7 |
Giovanni Bottesini, composer, dies at 67 |
Jul 11 |
Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet, dies at 34 |
Jul 13 |
Carli Zoeller, composer, dies at 49 |
Jul 13 |
Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (b. 1830) |
Jul 16 |
Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 |
Jul 21 |
Nelson Dewey, American politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813) |
Jul 30 |
Charles Absolom, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies in an accident |
Aug 2 |
Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851) |
Aug 2 |
Eduardo Gutiérrez, Juan Moreira |
Aug 4 |
Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 |
Aug 4 |
Félix Pyat, Le chiffonnier de Paris |
Aug 5 |
Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 |
Aug 17 |
Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42 |
Aug 18 |
Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Kyvadlo, jáma a nadeje |
Aug 19 |
Jean MMPA de Villiers de l'isle-Adam, French writer (Axel), dies at 60 |
Aug 22 |
John Sanger, circus entrepreneur, dies |
Aug 24 |
Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies |
Aug 29 |
Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815) |
Sep 23 |
Wilkie (William) Collins, English writer (Moonstone), dies (b. 1824) |
Sep 23 |
Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White |
Sep 29 |
Louis Faidherbe, French general (b. 1818) |
Oct 3 |
Karel Miry, composer, dies at 66 |
Oct 10 |
Adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75 |
Oct 11 |
James Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818) |
Oct 17 |
Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828) |
Oct 17 |
Nikolay Chernyshevskiy, Che fare? |
Oct 18 |
Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (b. 1808) |
Oct 19 |
King Louis of Portugal (b. 1838) |
Oct 22 |
Olivier Metra, composer, dies at 59 |
Oct 30 |
Émile Augier, Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier |
Nov 18 |
William Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68 |
Dec 3 |
Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82 |
Dec 6 |
Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81 |
Dec 6 |
Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys, painter, dies at 48 |
Dec 10 |
Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, dies at 50 |
Dec 10 |
Ludwig Anzengruber, The Sternstein Manor |
Dec 12 |
Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77 |
Dec 12 |
Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1804) |
Dec 12 |
Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin |
Dec 15 |
Ferdinand II A F A, King of Portugal, dies at 73 |
Dec 21 |
Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61 |
Dec 21 |
Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist (b. 1809) |
Dec 24 |
Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819) |
Dec 31 |
Ion Creanga, Romanian (fairy tales) author, dies at 52 |
Dec 31 |
Ion Creanga, Memories of My Childhood |
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