Famous Deaths Happened In 1891

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

Jan 05 In the year 1891 guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89  

Jan 07 On this day in history carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79  

Jan 08 Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1891.  

Jan 11 Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81 in the year 1891.  

Jan 16 In the year 1891 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 David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 21 Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Feb 13 David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77 in the year 1891.  

Feb 14 On this day in history william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71  

Mar 15 Théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823) died in the year 1891.  

Mar 17 On this day in history napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68  

Mar 28 Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies in the year 1891.  

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

Apr 07 Phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 17 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Apr 24 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies in the year 1891.  

Apr 25 On this day in history death of nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811)  

May 04 Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls in the year 1891.  

May 08 On this day in history helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies  

May 11 A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) died in the year 1891.  

May 16 Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) died on this day in history.  

May 23 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

May 26 In the year 1891 frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67  

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

Jun 14 On this day in history 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 In the year 1891 birth of osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15]  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08 In the year 1891 birth of walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)