Notable Deaths - 1896
1896 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) |
Jan 4 |
Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) |
Jan 8 |
William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) |
Jan 8 |
Paul Verlaine, French poet (b. 1844) |
Jan 8 |
Paul Verlaine, French Kiss |
Jan 15 |
Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 |
Jan 18 |
Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828) |
Jan 20 |
Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 |
Jan 25 |
Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 |
Jan 25 |
Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies |
Jan 28 |
Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 |
Jan 28 |
Joseph Barnby, Gone with the Wind |
Feb 4 |
Henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73 |
Feb 6 |
Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82 |
Feb 12 |
Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 |
Feb 12 |
Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35 |
Feb 12 |
Ambroise Thomas, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp |
Feb 13 |
Karl Reinthaler, composer, dies at 73 |
Feb 15 |
E J Nicholson, writer, dies |
Feb 16 |
Jens Andreas Friis, Laila |
Feb 22 |
Thomas Hughes, politican/author of Tom Brown's Schooldays, Brighton |
Mar 1 |
Albertone, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle |
Mar 1 |
Arimondi, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle |
Mar 1 |
Vittorio Dabormida, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle |
Mar 22 |
Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays |
Mar 26 |
Nanny v Hof, writer, dies |
Mar 28 |
E Rundle Charles, writer, dies |
Mar 30 |
Charilaos Trikoupis, seven times prime-minister of Greece (b. 1832) |
Apr 5 |
John Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66 |
Apr 5 |
John Rogers Thomas, Reap the Wild Wind |
Apr 12 |
Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 |
Apr 22 |
Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812) |
Apr 27 |
Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815) |
Apr 28 |
Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies |
Apr 30 |
Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68 |
May 1 |
Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 |
May 5 |
Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839) |
May 7 |
H. H. Holmes [Herman Webster Mudgett], American serial killer executed by hanging at 34 |
May 7 |
H.H. Holmes, |
May 11 |
H.C. Brunner, The Seven Graces |
May 12 |
Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38 |
May 13 |
Nora Perry, writer, dies |
May 20 |
Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76 |
May 20 |
Clara Schumann, Management |
May 27 |
Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies |
May 27 |
Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. 1839) |
May 29 |
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814) |
Jun 2 |
Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies |
Jun 7 |
Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (b. 1829) |
Jun 10 |
Amelia Dyer, English murderer (b. 1829) |
Jun 11 |
Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 |
Jun 22 |
Augustus Harris, The Royal Oak |
Jun 25 |
Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 |
Jun 26 |
Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 |
Jul 1 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85 |
Jul 1 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Jul 6 |
Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54 |
Jul 11 |
Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81 |
Jul 13 |
Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829) |
Jul 16 |
Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 |
Jul 16 |
William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies |
Jul 16 |
Edmond de Goncourt, Élisa |
Jul 19 |
Abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859) |
Aug 1 |
William Robert Grove, Welsh Physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell, dies at 85 |
Aug 9 |
Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 |
Aug 10 |
Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies |
Aug 10 |
Otto Lilienthal, |
Aug 12 |
Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg |
Aug 13 |
John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67 |
Aug 17 |
Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident |
Aug 18 |
Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88 |
Aug 18 |
F. Crouch, When Brendan Met Trudy |
Aug 19 |
Josiah Dwight Whitney, American Geologist, dies at 76 |
Aug 30 |
Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824) |
Sep 1 |
Johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62 |
Sep 2 |
Nat Thomson, Australian cricketer (b. 1839) |
Sep 11 |
Francis James Child, American ballad collector (b. 1825) |
Sep 16 |
Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 |
Sep 16 |
Antônio Carlos Gomes, Mato Sem Cachorro |
Sep 16 |
Carlos Gomes, Match Point |
Sep 18 |
Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies |
Sep 20 |
Gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76 |
Sep 23 |
Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83 |
Sep 23 |
Louis-Gilbert Duprez, composer, dies at 89 |
Sep 24 |
Percy McDonnell, cricketer (19 Tests 1880-88, 3 centuries), dies |
Sep 24 |
Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (b. 1818) |
Sep 24 |
Bessie Bellwood, The Lodger |
Oct 3 |
William Morris, artist and writer associated with Arts and Crafts movement, dies at 62 London |
Oct 8 |
George L. Du Maurier, Svengali |
Oct 11 |
Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72 |
Oct 11 |
Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1829) |
Oct 11 |
Anton Bruckner, Bronson |
Oct 12 |
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817) |
Oct 20 |
Félix Tisserand, French Astronomer, dies at 51 |
Oct 21 |
James Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844) |
Oct 26 |
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) |
Nov 12 |
Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84 |
Nov 13 |
Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50 |
Nov 22 |
George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies |
Nov 22 |
Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer, dies at 65 |
Nov 23 |
Ichiyo Higuchi, An Inlet of Muddy Water |
Nov 26 |
Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician (b. 1818) |
Nov 26 |
Coventry Patmore, British poet (b. 1823) |
Dec 8 |
Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 |
Dec 10 |
Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 |
Dec 15 |
John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 |
Dec 27 |
John Brown, British manufacturer (b. 1816) |
Dec 30 |
Jose Protacio Rizal, Filippino nationalist and novelist ('Noli Me Tángere', 'El Filibusterismo') is executed by firing squad at 35 |
Dec 30 |
Jose Rizal, El filibusterismo |
Dec 31 |
Leland Hone, cricketer (scored 7 & 6 in only England Test 1879), dies |
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