Famous Deaths Happened In 1900

Jan 03 Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1900.  

Jan 08 On this day in history billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies  

Jan 20 On this day in history john Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81  

Jan 22 On this day in history death of david E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)  

Jan 30 In the year 1900 vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71  

Feb 03 On this day in history ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33  

Feb 16 George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Feb 18 Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824) died in the year 1900.  

Feb 23 William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies in the year 1900.  

Mar 06 On this day in history gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65  

Mar 10 In the year 1900 johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer, dies at 94  

Mar 11 Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies in the year 1900.  

Mar 18 Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32 on this day in history.  

Mar 19 In the year 1900 death of john Bingham, American politician and lawyer (b. 1815)  

Mar 26 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 27 Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Mar 31 In the year 1900 frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v S Afr 1898-99), dies  

Apr 04 Edward VII, King, assassinated died in the year 1900.  

Apr 05 In the year 1900 comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/S African general, dies in battle  

Apr 20 On this day in history mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies  

Apr 21 On this day in history heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55  

Apr 24 George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Apr 30 John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck in the year 1900.  

May 05 Ivan Aivazovsky, Russian painter (b. 1817) died in the year 1900.  

May 07 Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1900.  

May 18 Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813) died in the year 1900.  

May 20 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

May 31 James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 in the year 1900.  

Jun 05 Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28 on this day in history.  

Jun 11 In the year 1900 charles Swinnerton Heap, composer, dies at 53  

Jun 21 On this day in history polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69  

Jun 29 Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1900) died on this day in history.  

Jul 24 Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 died in the year 1900.  

Jul 29 Umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci died in the year 1900.  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF)  

Jan 01 William Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 Xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo) was born in the year 1900.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)  

Jan 03 In the year 1900 birth of dorothy Arnzer, director  

Jan 03 Maurice Jaubert, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5] was born in the year 1900.