Famous Deaths In 1891

Jan 04 Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies in the year 1891.  

Jan 05 On this day in history guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89  

Jan 07 Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 08 Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Jan 11 Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81 in the year 1891.  

Jan 16 In the year 1891 clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54  

Jan 17 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1891.  

Jan 20 On this day in history david Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies  

Jan 21 Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1891.  

Jan 23 In the year 1891 boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21  

Jan 26 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 31 On this day in history ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75  

Feb 09 On this day in history johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71  

Feb 10 Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

Feb 13 In the year 1891 david Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77  

Feb 14 In the year 1891 william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71  

Mar 15 Théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823) died in the year 1891.  

Mar 17 Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68 in the year 1891.  

Mar 28 On this day in history dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies  

Mar 29 Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 in the year 1891.  

Apr 07 Phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

Apr 15 Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1891.  

Apr 17 In the year 1891 jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77  

Apr 24 On this day in history count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies  

Apr 25 Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811) died on this day in history.  

May 04 In the year 1891 sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls  

May 08 On this day in history helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies  

May 11 A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) died on this day in history.  

May 16 On this day in history death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)  

May 23 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

May 26 In the year 1891 frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67  

Jun 06 On this day in history death of john A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)  

Jun 14 Nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jun 23 Francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15] was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)  

Jan 05 In the year 1891 birth of johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)  

Jan 07 Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960) was born in the year 1891.  

Jan 08 Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer was born in the year 1891.  

Jan 08 Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954) was born on this day in history.