Famous Deaths Happened In 1898

Jan 03 James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1898.  

Jan 11 Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Jan 14 Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jan 16 Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802) died on this day in history.  

Jan 23 W A Remy, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1898.  

Jan 28 In the year 1898 alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74  

Feb 16 Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) died on this day in history.  

Feb 18 Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at 58 in the year 1898.  

Mar 01 George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India, author (b. 1825) died in the year 1898.  

Mar 11 William Rosecrans, American Civil War Union general (b. 1819) died on this day in history.  

Mar 12 On this day in history death of zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818)  

Mar 15 Henry Bessemer, English metallurgist (b. 1813) died in the year 1898.  

Mar 16 In the year 1898 aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23  

Mar 17 On this day in history blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington  

Mar 18 On this day in history death of matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)  

Mar 19 Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

Mar 27 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 31 On this day in history edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies  

Apr 12 On this day in history death of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)  

Apr 15 In the year 1898 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

Apr 18 Gustave Moureau, painter, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 21 Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

May 01 In the year 1898 alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81  

May 19 On this day in history death of william Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)  

May 22 Edward Bellamy, writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

May 28 On this day in history edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies  

Jun 03 On this day in history nikolai Afanisev, composer, dies at 77  

Jun 05 Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian Shoemaker died in the year 1898.  

Jun 06 On this day in history constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62  

Jun 10 Tuone Udaina, last speaker of the Dalmatian language died in the year 1898.  

Jun 13 On this day in history death of joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1840)  

Jun 17 Edward Burne-Jones, English artist (b. 1833) died in the year 1898.  

Jun 18 George Ulyett, cricketer (949 runs 50 wkts for England 25 Tests), dies in the year 1898.  

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Jan 01 In the year 1898 birth of george van Derton, Belgian  

Jan 01 George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born in the year 1898.  

Jan 01 In the year 1898 birth of viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)  

Jan 03 Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames) was born in the year 1898.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of roger Vuataz, composer  

Jan 06 Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) was born in the year 1898.  

Jan 06 In the year 1898 birth of charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971)