| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 10 |
Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69 |
Jan 12 |
Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816) |
Jan 25 |
Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies |
Jan 25 |
Visconde de Taunay, Inocência |
Jan 25 |
Adolphe d'Ennery, Orphans of the Storm |
Jan 29 |
Alfred Sisley, painter, dies |
Jan 29 |
Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75 |
Feb 6 |
Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 |
Feb 6 |
Prince Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (b. 1874) |
Feb 10 |
Archibald Lampman, Morning on the Lièvre |
Feb 11 |
George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies |
Feb 16 |
Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 |
Feb 16 |
François Félix Faure, President Faure Shooting Pheasants |
Feb 18 |
M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56 |
Feb 24 |
Charles Nuitter, Dr. Coppelius |
Feb 25 |
Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies |
Mar 1 |
Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian MP, dies at 90 |
Mar 1 |
William H. Monk, 28 Days Later... |
Mar 3 |
William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. 1827) |
Mar 6 |
Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875) |
Mar 14 |
Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76 |
Mar 14 |
Emile Erckmann, The Bells |
Mar 16 |
Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823) |
Mar 18 |
Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 |
Mar 18 |
Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35 |
Mar 18 |
Svetolik Rankovic, Stari vruskavac |
Mar 20 |
Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair. |
Mar 20 |
Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (b. 1822) |
Mar 24 |
Billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies |
Apr 16 |
Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (b 1875) |
Apr 17 |
Hans Balatka, composer, dies at 74 |
Apr 20 |
Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820) |
Apr 21 |
Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80 |
Apr 22 |
E J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies |
May 1 |
Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) |
May 15 |
Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70 |
May 24 |
Emilio Castelar, Isabel de Solís, reina de Granada |
May 25 |
Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68 |
May 29 |
Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer, dies at 60 |
Jun 3 |
Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73 |
Jun 3 |
Johann Strauss, The Grand Budapest Hotel |
Jun 7 |
Augustin Daly, Madelaine Morel |
Jun 10 |
Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44 |
Jun 30 |
Jon Helgason, Icelandic poet (Ur Landsudri), dies |
Jul 12 |
Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, gov of Suriname, dies at 67 |
Jul 18 |
Horatio Alger Jr, American clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies |
Jul 21 |
Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and military officer (b. 1833) |
Aug 9 |
Edward Frankland, British structural chemist who co-discovered helium and developed the theory of valence, dies on holiday in Norway at 74 |
Aug 16 |
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811) |
Sep 7 |
Karolina Svetlá, Kríz u potoka |
Sep 8 |
Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer, dies at 78 |
Sep 14 |
Henry Bliss, 1st auto death (NYC) |
Sep 17 |
Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist (b. 1842) |
Sep 27 |
Pietari Hannikainen, Silmänkääntäjä |
Sep 28 |
Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare), dies |
Oct 5 |
Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer, dies at 57 |
Oct 20 |
Robert H "Bobby" Gunning, Brit colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle |
Oct 23 |
W Penn Symons, British gen-maj, dies in battle |
Oct 28 |
C Grant B Allen, Canada, British writer (Woman Who Did), dies |
Oct 28 |
Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-born inventor (tuberculosis) (b. 1854) |
Oct 28 |
Grant Allen, Die Frau mit dem schlechten Ruf |
Oct 30 |
William Henry Webb, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1816) |
Nov 19 |
[Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55 |
Nov 20 |
Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63 |
Nov 21 |
Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies |
Nov 21 |
Garret A. Hobart, President McKinley's Inspection of Camp Wikoff |
Nov 24 |
Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies |
Nov 25 |
Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73 |
Nov 25 |
Robert Lowry, Angels in America |
Nov 27 |
Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74 |
Nov 27 |
Guido Gezelle, Kerkhofblommen |
Nov 28 |
Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19 |
Dec 2 |
Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875) |
Dec 7 |
Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82 |
Dec 11 |
Andrew Wauchope, British Major-General, dies in Battle of Magersfontein in the Boer war, South Africa. Another British Major, The Marquess of Winchester also killed. |
Dec 17 |
Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle |
Dec 18 |
John William Glover, composer, dies at 84 |
Dec 22 |
Dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies |
Dec 30 |
James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget), dies at 85 |
Dec 31 |
Karl Millöcker, Mephisto |
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