- May 15
- Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at age 75. [1]
- May 19
- José J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies. [1]
- May 21
- Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at age 76. [1]
- May 25
- Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at age 73. [1]
- December 25
- Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at age 32. [1]
1896
- January 8
- Paul M Verlaine, French poet (Elégies, Bonne Chanson), dies at age 51. [1]
- January 15
- Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about age 72. [1]
- January 20
- Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Queen Victoria, dies at age 37. [1]
- January 25
- Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at age 68. [1]
- Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies. [1]
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- February 12
- Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at age 84. [1]
- Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 win on 1,412 mounts (44.5 percent), dies at age 35. [1]
- February 22
- Death of Thomas Hughes in Brighton, England; politican/author of Tom Brown's Schooldays. [1]
- March 1
- Battle of Aduwa: Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats invading Italians. Italian generals Albertone, Arimondi, and Dabormida die in battle. [1]
- May 1
- Naser ed-Din, shah of Persia (1848-96), is murdered at age 65. [1]
- August 9
- Otto Lilenthal is killed during a glider test. [1]
- November 22
- George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies. [1]
- December 8
- Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at age 75. [1]
- December 10
- Alfred Nobel of Sweden dies, in San Remo, Italy. Over his lifetime, 355 patents had been registered in his name, and he owned 93 factories around the world. [1] [7] [129] [423.31]
- December 30
- José Mercado Rizal, anti-Spanish rule of Philippines proponent, dies. [1]
- December 31
- Leland Hone, cricket player (scored 7 and 6 in only England Test 1879), dies. [1]
1897
- January 30
- John Cottam, cricket player (Test for Australia 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies. [1]
- February 5
- Hoss Radbourn, pitcher who won 60 games in 1884, dies at age 42. [1]
- February 6
- Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase and Fable), dies. [1]
- February 8
- Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, premier of Spain, is murdered at age 69. [1]
- March 19
- Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at age 87. [1]
- April 3
- Johannes Brahms, German composer/conductor (Hung Dances), dies at age 63. [1] [5]
- May 23
- Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago and Back), dies at age 34. [1]
- December 16
- Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at age 57. [1]
- December 18
- Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of Parliament, dies at age 70. [1]
1898
- January 3
- James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at age 70. [1]
- January 14
- Reverend Charles L Dodgson AKA Lewis Carroll dies at age 66. [1]
- February 18
- Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at age 58. [1]
- March 16
- Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at age 23. [1]
- March 17
- Blanche Kelso Bruce, Senator (Mississippi, 1875-1881), dies in Washington DC at age 57. [1]
- March 20
- Luis Palés Matos, Puerto Rican poet (Tuntún the paso y grifería), dies. [1]
- March 27
- Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co-founder of Pakistan, dies at age 80. [1]
- March 31
- Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies. [1]
- May 28
- Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies. [1]
- September 10
- Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria is stabbed and killed in Geneva, Switzerland, by Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni. [1206.12]
1899
- January 10
- Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at age 69. [1]
- January 25
- Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies. [1]
- January 29
- Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at age 75. [1]
- February 6
- Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at age 67. [1]
- February 11
- George Morgan is first English motorist to die in an motor accident. [1]
- February 16
- François Félix Faure, President of France (1895-99), dies at age 57. [1]
- February 25
- Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of news agency Reuters, dies. [1]
- March 1
- György earl Apponyi, Hungarian Member of Parliament, dies at age 90. [1]
- March 14
- Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at age 76. [1]
- March 18
- Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at age 76. [1]
- Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at age 35. [1]
- March 24
- Billy Barnes, cricket player (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies. [1]
- April 22
- E J [Ned] Gregory, cricket player (one Test for Australia), dies. [1]
- May 15
- Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at age 70. [1]
- June 7
- Death of John August Daly in Paris, France; actor, playwright (Under the Gaslight play (1867), Pique play (1875)), manager (New York's Fifth Avenue Theatre, Grand Opera House), director, recipient of the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal. [1632.59]
- September 14
- Death of Henry Bliss in New York, USA; first automobile fatality. [1]
- November 21
- Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th US Vice President, dies. [1]
- December 11
- Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle. [1]
- Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle. [1]
- December 17
- Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of British field marshal, dies in battle. [1]
- December 22
- Dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies. [1]
- December 30
- James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget), dies at age 85. [1]
- December 31
- Karl Millöcker, Austrian conductor/composer ("Try-out Kiss"), dies at age 57. [1]
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