Notable Deaths - 1894
1894 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857) |
Jan 8 |
Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 |
Jan 13 |
Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831) |
Jan 19 |
Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 |
Jan 21 |
Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 |
Feb 4 |
Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 |
Feb 8 |
R.M. Ballentyne, The Coral Island |
Feb 11 |
Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70 |
Feb 11 |
Emilio Arrieta, Espérame en el cielo |
Feb 12 |
Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) |
Feb 13 |
Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65 |
Feb 14 |
Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814) |
Feb 17 |
Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, El Barberillo de Lavapiés |
Feb 19 |
Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 |
Feb 21 |
Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 |
Feb 25 |
James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 |
Feb 25 |
Steele MacKaye, The Miller's Daughter |
Mar 3 |
Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857) |
Mar 11 |
John Selby, cricketer (6 Tests for England 1877-82), dies |
Mar 12 |
Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840) |
Mar 20 |
Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91 |
Mar 21 |
Jacob Rosenhaim, composer, dies at 80 |
Mar 24 |
Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68 |
Mar 27 |
Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49 |
Apr 8 |
Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55 |
Apr 8 |
Bankimchandra Chatterjee, Anand Math |
Apr 11 |
Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b. 1832) |
May 8 |
Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 |
May 12 |
Egnate Ninoshvili, Qristine |
May 21 |
August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 |
May 21 |
Emile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872) |
May 24 |
William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63 |
Jun 3 |
Karl Eduard Zachariae, German expert on Byzantine Law (b. 1812) |
Jun 5 |
Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70 |
Jun 22 |
Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823) |
Jun 24 |
M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56 |
Jul 1 |
Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 77 |
Jul 1 |
Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (b. 1819) |
Jul 5 |
Betty Paoli, writer, dies |
Jul 8 |
Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies |
Jul 13 |
Juventino Rosas, composer, dies at 26 |
Jul 13 |
Juventino Rosas, Pitch Perfect |
Jul 17 |
Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (b. 1810) |
Jul 18 |
Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75 |
Aug 3 |
George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap), dies at 69 |
Aug 16 |
Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70 |
Aug 18 |
William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57 |
Aug 26 |
PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok |
Aug 26 |
Te Wherowhero Tāwhia,the second Māori King (New Zealand) |
Sep 8 |
Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821) |
Sep 13 |
Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (b. 1841) |
Sep 13 |
Emmanuel Chabrier, Détective |
Sep 17 |
Deng Shichang, Chinese admiral (b. 1849) |
Sep 24 |
Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies |
Oct 7 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809) |
Oct 7 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Elsie Venner |
Oct 8 |
Robun Kanagaki, Takahashi Oden - Kôhen |
Oct 27 |
Alphons Czibulka, Hour of Glory |
Oct 30 |
Honoré Mercier, politician, Premier of Quebec (b. 1840) |
Oct 30 |
Xisto Bahia, Como É Boa Nossa Empregada |
Nov 1 |
Tsar Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845) Reigned from 1881 |
Nov 2 |
Czar Aleksandr III, |
Nov 20 |
Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64 |
Nov 20 |
Anton Rubinstein, Evening |
Nov 27 |
Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824) |
Dec 3 |
HM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76 |
Dec 3 |
Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, dies at 45 |
Dec 3 |
Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Planet |
Dec 7 |
Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 |
Dec 8 |
Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 |
Dec 8 |
Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (b. 1821) |
Dec 12 |
Sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada, dies of a sudden heart attack at 49 |
Dec 13 |
Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68 |
Dec 29 |
Christina Rossetti, English poet, dies at 64 in London |
Dec 29 |
Christina Georgina Rossetti, The Hunt |
Dec 30 |
Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragist (Bloomers named for her), dies at 76 |
Dec 31 |
Thomas J Stieltjes, mathematician (Stieltjes-integral), dies at 38 |
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