| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 12 |
Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) |
Jan 30 |
John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies |
Feb 1 |
Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826) |
Feb 5 |
Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 |
Feb 6 |
Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies |
Feb 7 |
Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 |
Feb 13 |
Giacinto Gallina, La famegia del santolo |
Feb 19 |
Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 |
Feb 23 |
Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 |
Mar 9 |
Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (b. 1825) |
Mar 10 |
Teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79 |
Mar 11 |
Berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58 |
Mar 11 |
Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist, dies at 45 |
Mar 19 |
Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87 |
Mar 20 |
Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (b. 1821) |
Mar 27 |
Andreas Anagnostakis, Greek physician (b. 1826) |
Apr 3 |
Johannes Brahms, German composer/conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63 |
Apr 3 |
Johannes Brahms, The Truman Show |
Apr 8 |
George Garrett, composer, dies at 62 |
Apr 8 |
Heinrich von Stephan, UK politician, dies |
Apr 23 |
Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25 |
May 2 |
William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63 |
May 4 |
Mrs. Linnaeus Banks, The Manchester Man |
May 10 |
William Thomas Best, composer, dies at 70 |
May 10 |
Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary leader (b. 1863) |
May 11 |
Aleko Konstantinov, Bay Ganyo tragna po Evropa |
May 12 |
Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright, dies at 53 |
May 12 |
Willem Roelofs, painter/lithographer, dies |
May 12 |
Minna Canth, Anna Liisa |
May 21 |
Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77 |
May 23 |
Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34 |
Jun 9 |
Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens |
Jun 9 |
Alvan Graham Clark, American Astronomer (Sirius B), dies at 64 |
Jun 17 |
Sebastian Kneipp, Wer ist der größte Deutsche? |
Jun 22 |
Ralph Abercromby, British meteorologist, dies at about 54 |
Jun 25 |
Mrs. Oliphant, The Open Door |
Jul 6 |
Henri Meilhac, Carmen |
Jul 12 |
Felix Godefroid, composer, dies at 78 |
Jul 16 |
Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies |
Jul 20 |
Jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820) |
Jul 29 |
Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74 |
Aug 8 |
Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79 |
Aug 13 |
Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian, dies at 63 |
Sep 18 |
Chivot, La mascotte |
Sep 20 |
Karel Bendl, composer, dies at 59 |
Sep 21 |
Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (b. 1819) |
Sep 30 |
St Therese of Lisieux, Roman Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1873) |
Sep 30 |
Therese de Lisieux, La vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin |
Oct 8 |
Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43 |
Oct 8 |
Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (b. 1830) |
Oct 9 |
John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch Internal minister (1866..88), dies at 79 |
Oct 11 |
Leon Boelmann, French organist/composer (Suite Gothique), dies at 35 |
Oct 17 |
Isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84 |
Oct 19 |
George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (b. 1831) |
Oct 21 |
Paul Kuczynski, composer, dies at 50 |
Oct 24 |
Francis Turner Palgrave, poet/editor (Golden Treasury), dies at 73 |
Oct 28 |
Hercules Robinson, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89,1895-97), dies at 72 |
Nov 6 |
Edouard Deldevez, composer, dies at 80 |
Nov 9 |
Moritz Heuzenroeder, composer, dies at 48 |
Nov 15 |
John Mercer Langston, US black jurist, dies at 67 |
Nov 17 |
George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820) |
Nov 19 |
William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (b. 1810). |
Nov 30 |
Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (Lib), dies at 64 |
Dec 9 |
Josef Svátek, Prazský kat |
Dec 16 |
Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57 |
Dec 16 |
Alphonse Daudet, Letters from My Windmill |
Dec 18 |
Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70 |
Dec 28 |
Rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (b. 1833) |
Dec 29 |
William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812) |
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