Famous Deaths In 1891

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

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

Jan 07 In the year 1891 carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79  

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

Jan 11 In the year 1891 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 20 In the year 1891 david Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies  

Jan 21 In the year 1891 calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48  

Jan 23 On this day in history 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 In the year 1891 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 In the year 1891 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 William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 15 Théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823) died on this day in history.  

Mar 17 In the year 1891 napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68  

Mar 28 In the year 1891 dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies  

Mar 29 Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 on this day in history.  

Apr 07 In the year 1891 phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey), dies at 88  

Apr 15 On this day in history stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49  

Apr 17 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1891.  

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 in the year 1891.  

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

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

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 In the year 1891 ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73  

May 26 Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jun 06 John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815) died on this day in history.  

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

Jun 23 Francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1891.  

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

Jan 03 Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15] was born in the year 1891.  

Jan 04 Edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893] was born in the year 1891.  

Jan 06 In the year 1891 birth of ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)  

Jan 07 Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)