Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1894

Jul 18 Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Aug 03 George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Aug 16 In the year 1894 herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70  

Aug 18 William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1894.  

Aug 26 PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok in the year 1894.  

Sep 08 Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821) died on this day in history.  

Sep 13 Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (b. 1841) died on this day in history.  

Sep 17 Deng Shichang, Chinese admiral (b. 1849) died in the year 1894.  

Sep 24 Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies in the year 1894.  

Oct 07 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809) died on this day in history.  

Oct 30 Honoré Mercier, politician, Premier of Quebec (b. 1840) died in the year 1894.  

Nov 01 On this day in history aleksandr III A Romanov, czar of Russia (1881-94), dies at 49  

Nov 20 Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Nov 27 On this day in history death of johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)  

Dec 03 HM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Dec 07 On this day in history ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89  

Dec 08 In the year 1894 willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71  

Dec 12 On this day in history death of sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)  

Dec 13 Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Dec 29 Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Dec 30 In the year 1894 amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragist (Bloomers named for her), dies at 76  

Dec 31 In the year 1894 thomas J Stieltjes, mathematician (Stieltjes-integral), dies at 38  

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Jan 01 In the year 1894 birth of shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)  

Jan 01 Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974) was born in the year 1894.  

Jan 02 Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie) was born in the year 1894.  

Jan 03 In the year 1894 birth of zaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)  

Jan 04 In the year 1894 birth of wesley La Violette, composer  

Jan 04 In the year 1894 birth of manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)  

Jan 07 Jose Rozo Contreras, composer was born in the year 1894.  

Jan 08 St Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941) was born in the year 1894.