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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1895 January 10 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard composer, dies at age 45. [1] January 22 Edward Solomon composer, dies at age 39. [1] January 26 Arthur Cayley mathematician, dies. [1] January 28 François Certain de Canrobert French marshal, dies at age 85. [1] February 4 Faustina Hasse Hodges composer, dies at age 71. [1] February 18 Albrecht arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at age 77. [1] February 20 Frederick Douglass escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at age 78. [1] February 24 Ignaz Lachner composer, dies at age 87. [1] March 2 Berthe Member of Parliament Morisot French painter/aquarelliste, dies at age 54. [1] Ismail Pasha kedive of Egypt (1863-79), dies at age 64. [1] March 5 Nikolai Leskow writer, dies at age 64. [1] March 9 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at age 59. [1] April 19 George Scharf critic, dies. [1] Victor J van Hinsbergh South Netherlands engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at age 70. [1] April 23 Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig physiologist, dies. [1] April 30 Gustav Freytag writer, dies at age 78. [1] May 11 Feliks Jaronski composer, dies at age 71. [1] 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 20 Ratu Agung-Agung Gdé Ngurah radja van Mataram, Lombok, dies. [1] May 21 Franz von Suppe Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at age 76. [1] May 23 Franz E Neumann German mineralogist/physicist, dies at age 96. [1] May 24 Joseph Quinaux Belgian painter, dies at age 73. [1] May 25 Ahmed Djevdet Pasja Turkish minister of Justice, dies at age 73. [1] September 28 Louis Pasteur dies. [5] (September 28 [1]) December 25 Raul d'Avila Pompeia Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at age 32. [1] December 30 LP Hartley British writer, dies. [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 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] January 28 Joseph Barnby composer, dies at age 57. [1] February 4 Henry David Leslie composer, dies at age 73. [1] February 6 Abraham Czn van Stolk Dutch art collector, dies at age 82. [1] 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%), dies at age 35. [1] February 13 Karl Reinthaler composer, dies at age 73. [1] February 15 E J Nicholson writer, dies. [1] March 1 ... Albertone Italian General (Eritrea), dies in battle. [1] ... Arimondi Italian General (Eritrea), dies in battle. [1] ... Dabormida Italian General (Eritrea), dies in battle. [1] March 26 Nanny v Hof writer, dies. [1] March 28 E Rundle Charles writer, dies. [1] April 5 John Rogers Thomas composer, dies at age 66. [1] April 12 Alexander Ritter composer, dies at age 62. [1] April 28 Heinrich von Treitschke German historian, dies. [1] April 30 Antonio Cagnoni composer, dies at age 68. [1] May 1 Naser ed-Din shah of Persia (1848-96), murdered at age 65. [1] May 12 Juan Morel Campos composer, dies at age 38. [1] May 13 Nora Perry writer, dies. [1] May 20 Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann composer/pianist, dies at age 76. [1] May 27 Allard Pierson theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies. [1] August 9 Otto Lilenthal 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. Over his lifetime, 355 patents had been registered in his name, and he owned 93 factories around the world. [1] [7] December 15 John Acquoy Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at age 67. [1] December 30 José Mercado Rizal anti-Spanish rule of Philippines proponent, dies. [1] December 31 Leland Hone cricketer (scored 7 and 6 in only England Test 1879), dies. [1] 1897 January 30 John Cottam cricket (Test for Australia 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies. [1] February 5 Hoss Radbourn pitcher 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 7 Galileo Ferraris Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at age 49. [1] February 8 Antonio Cánovas del Castillo premier of Spain, murdered at age 69. [1] February 19 Karl T Weierstrass German mathematician, dies at age 81. [1] February 23 Woldemar Bargiel composer, dies at age 68. [1] March 10 Teodulo Mabellini composer, dies at age 79. [1] March 11 Berthold Tours composer, dies at age 58. [1] Henry Drummond Scottish geologist/evangelist, dies at age 45. [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] April 8 George Garrett composer, dies at age 62. [1] Heinrich von Stephan United Kingdom politician, dies. [1] April 23 Clement Harris composer, dies at age 25. [1] May 2 William Cleaver Francis Robinson composer, dies at age 63. [1] May 10 William Thomas Best composer, dies at age 70. [1] May 12 Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown Finnish playwright, dies at age 53. [1] Willem Roelofs painter/lithographer, dies. [1] May 21 Karol Mikuli composer, dies at age 77. [1] May 23 Aleko Konstantinov Bulgarian writer (To Chicago and Back), dies at age 34. [1] June 9 Alvin Graham Clark dies three weeks after first use of Yerkes 40" lens. [1] November 15 John Mercer Langston dies at age 67. [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 4 Frantisek Pivoda composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 11 Gaetano Capocci composer, dies at age 86. [1] January 14 Reverend Charles L Dodgson better known as Lewis Carroll, dies at age 66. [1] January 23 W A Remy composer, dies at age 66. [1] January 28 Alexandru Flechtenmacher composer, dies at age 74. [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 19 Joao da Cruz Brazilian poet, dies at age 26. [1] March 20 Luis Palés Matos Puerto Rican poet (Tuntún the paso y grifería), dies. [1] March 27 Sajjid Ahmad Chan co founder (Pakistan), dies at age 80. [1] March 31 Edward Noyes Westcott US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies. [1] April 18 Gustave Moureau painter, dies. [1] April 21 Louis Theodore Gouvy composer, dies at age 78. [1] May 1 Alphonse Wauters Belgian historian, dies at age 81. [1] May 22 Edward Bellamy writer, dies at age 48. [1] May 28 Edward Bellamy US author (Looking Backward), dies. [1] December 13 George Frederick Bristow composer, dies at age 72. [1] December 24 Eugeniusz Pankiewicz composer, dies at age 41. [1] December 29 Georg Goltermann composer, dies at age 74. [1] 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 Alfred Sisley painter, dies. [1] 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 first English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies. [1] February 16 François Félix Faure President of France (1895-99), dies at age 57. [1] February 18 M Sophus Lie Norwegian mathematician, dies at age 56. [1] February 25 Paul Julius von Reuter founder of the 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 cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies. [1] April 17 Hans Balatka composer, dies at age 74. [1] April 20 Édouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedian, dies at age 64. [1] April 21 Heinrich Kiepert German cartographer/geographer, dies at age 80. [1] April 22 E J [Ned] Gregory cricketer (one Test for Australia), dies. [1] May 15 Francisque Sarcey French writer (Le Temps), dies at age 70. [1] May 25 Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur French painter, dies at age 68. [1] May 29 Frantz Jehin-Prume composer, dies at age 60. [1] June 7 Birth of Elizabeth Bowen Dublin, novelist (The Death of the Heart). [1] July 18 Horatio Alger Jr American clergyman and author, dies. [1] December 7 Antoni Katski composer, dies at age 82. [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 18 John William Glover composer, dies at age 84. [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]