Famous Deaths Happened In 1891

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

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

Jan 07 Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1891.  

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 In the year 1891 clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54  

Jan 17 In the year 1891 johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74  

Jan 20 David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 21 Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1891.  

Jan 23 Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21 on this day in history.  

Jan 26 In the year 1891 nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies  

Jan 31 Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 09 Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Feb 10 On this day in history death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)  

Feb 13 In the year 1891 david Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77  

Feb 14 William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71 in the year 1891.  

Mar 15 On this day in history death of théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823)  

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

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 In the year 1891 stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49  

Apr 17 On this day in history jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77  

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 on this day in history.  

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

May 08 In the year 1891 helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies  

May 11 On this day in history death of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)  

May 16 In the year 1891 death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)  

May 23 On this day in history 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 Nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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 Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15] was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1891 birth of edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)  

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

Jan 06 Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's) was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1891 birth of walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)