Famous Deaths Happened In 1891

Jan 04 Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07 On this day in history carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79  

Jan 08 In the year 1891 fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81  

Jan 11 On this day in history georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81  

Jan 16 On this day in history 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 In the year 1891 calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48  

Jan 23 Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21 in the year 1891.  

Jan 26 On this day in history nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies  

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 On this day in history death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)  

Feb 13 On this day in history david Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77  

Feb 14 On this day in history william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71  

Mar 15 In the year 1891 death of théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823)  

Mar 17 Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1891 count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies  

Apr 25 Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811) died in the year 1891.  

May 04 On this day in history sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls  

May 08 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on this day in history.  

May 11 In the year 1891 death of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)  

May 16 Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) died in the year 1891.  

May 23 On this day in history ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73  

May 26 On this day in history frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67  

Jun 06 John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815) died in the year 1891.  

Jun 14 In the year 1891 nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77  

Jun 23 In the year 1891 francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73  

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Jan 01 In the year 1891 birth of frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out)  

Jan 03 In the year 1891 birth of osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15]  

Jan 04 Edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948) was born in the year 1891.  

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

Jan 06 Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's) was born in the year 1891.  

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

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer  

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