Famous Deaths Happened In 1900

Jan 03 Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 22 David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831) died on this day in history.  

Jan 30 On this day in history 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 In the year 1900 george Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle  

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

Feb 23 On this day in history william Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 18 On this day in history antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32  

Mar 19 On this day in history death of john Bingham, American politician and lawyer (b. 1815)  

Mar 26 On this day in history isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80  

Mar 27 In the year 1900 pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69  

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

Apr 04 Edward VII, King, assassinated died on this day in history.  

Apr 05 Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/S African general, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Apr 20 Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies in the year 1900.  

Apr 21 Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1900.  

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

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

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

May 07 On this day in history richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81  

May 18 Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813) died on this day in history.  

May 20 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1900.  

May 31 On this day in history james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75  

Jun 05 In the year 1900 stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28  

Jun 11 Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1900.  

Jun 21 In the year 1900 polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69  

Jun 29 On this day in history death of ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)  

Jul 24 In the year 1900 death of ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59  

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 In the year 1900 birth of william Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney)  

Jan 01 In the year 1900 birth of xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)  

Jan 01 Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of maurice Jaubert, composer  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of james Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)  

Jan 05 In the year 1900 birth of dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]