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1900 January 3 Edwin George Monk composer, dies at age 80. [1] January 8 Billy Bates cricketer (656 runs and 50 wickets in 15 Tests for England), dies. [1] January 20 John Ruskin English writer/critic (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of influenza at age 81. [1] R D Blackmore English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at age 74. [1] Richard D Blackmore English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at age 74. [1] January 30 Vittorio Bersezio [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at age 71. [1] February 3 Ottokar Eugen Novacek composer, dies at age 33. [1] February 16 George Labram US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle. [1] February 23 William Butterfield architect of the Gothic revival, dies. [1] March 6 Gottlieb Daimler designed first motorcycle, dies at age 65. [1] March 10 Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann composer, dies at age 94. [1] March 11 Edmund Peate cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies. [1] March 18 António Nobre Portuguese poet (Só [Lonely]), dies at age 32. [1] March 26 Isaac Mayer Wise rabbi/found American Hebrew Congregations, dies at age 80. [1] March 27 Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet] South African General, dies at age 69. [1] March 31 Frank Milligan cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests England vs South Africa 1898-99), dies. [1] April 4 Edward VII King, assassinated. [1] April 5 Comte de Villebois-Marevil French/South African General, dies in battle. [1] April 19 Ivan K Aïvazovski Russian painter (harbor scenes), dies at age 82. [1] April 20 Mabel Mercer popular British singer, dies. [1] April 21 Heinrich Vogl composer, dies at age 55. [1] April 24 George J D Campbell British minister of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at age 76. [1] April 30 John Luther [Casey] Jones dies in Cannonball Express train wreck. [1] May 1 Mihály von Munkácsy [Michael von Lieb], German painter, dies at age 56. [1] May 7 Richard Storrs Willis composer, dies at age 81. [1] May 20 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman composer, dies at age 80. [1] May 31 James Loudon Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies (1871-75), dies at age 75. [1] John Power Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle. [1] July 29 Umberto I Italian king assassinated by anarchist Gaetano Bresci. [1] August 5 James Augustine Healy black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at age 80. [1] August 25 Friedrich Nietzsche philosopher, dies in Weimar, Germany. [1] November 30 Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris. [1] [5] December 8 Henry Russell composer, dies at age 87. [1] December 14 Jean B A Kessler director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at age 46. [1] 1901 January 1 Ignatius Donnelly US attorney/Lieutenant-Governor (Minnesota), dies at age 69. [1] January 11 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov composer, dies at age 34. [1] January 13 Carlo Angeloni composer, dies at age 66. [1] January 14 Charles Hermite French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at age 78. [1] Mandell Creighton English bishop/historian, dies at age 57. [1] Victor Balaguer Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at age 76. [1] January 16 Arnold Böcklin Swiss painter, dies at age 73. [1] Hiram Revels dies at age 73. [1] January 17 Jacob G Agarah Swedish algologist, dies at age 87. [1] January 22 Victoria [Alexandrine], Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at age 81. [1] January 24 Simon Hassler composer, dies at age 68. [1] January 27 Giuseppe Verdi Italian composer (Rigoletto/Traviata/Aïda), dies in Milano at age 87. [1] February 7 Benjamin Edward Woolf composer, dies at age 64. [1] February 11 Milan I king of Serbia, dies at age 56. [1] February 12 Ramón de Campoamor bon Campoosorio Spanish poet (Colón), dies at age 83. [1] February 14 Edward John Hopkins composer, dies at age 82. [1] February 17 Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin composer, dies at age 38. [1] February 25 Jose Rogel composer, dies at age 71. [1] March 1 Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer German historian (Mirabeau), dies at age 68. [1] March 8 Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg German politician, dies at age 64. [1] Peter Benoit Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at age 66. [1] March 10 Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell composer, dies at age 38. [1] March 13 Benjamin Harrison 23rd President (1889-1893), dies in Indianapolis at age 67. [1] March 17 Franz Melde German physicist (Melde Test), dies at age 69. [1] March 19 Birth of Jo Mielziner Paris France, set designer (Carousel, Death of a Salesman). [1] March 31 John Stainer composer, dies at age 60. [1] April 1 François M Raoult Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at age 70. [1] April 3 Richard D'Oyly Carte promotor (Gilbert and Sullivan operas), dies. [1] April 11 Ivar Christian Hallstrom composer, dies at age 74. [1] April 22 William Stubbs historian/bishop, dies. [1] April 27 Richard Redhead composer, dies at age 81. [1] May 19 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius first President Republic South Africa, dies at age 81. [1] September 6 President William McKinley assassinated by Leon Czologosz in Buffalo, New York. [1] September 14 US President William McKinley dies in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted. [1] [5] October 29 Leon Czolcosz assassin of President McKinley, is executed. [1] December 1 George Lohmann cricketer (in South Africa 18 Tests, 112 wickets), dies. [1] December 15 Elias Alvares Lobo composer, dies at age 67. [1] 1902 January 9 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at age 66. [1] January 11 Johnny Briggs cricketer (118 wickets for England), dies in an asylum. [1] January 14 Cato M Guldberg Norwegian mathematician, dies at age 65. [1] January 17 Gideon Scheepers South African Boer leader, executed. [1] January 18 Filippo Marchetti composer, dies at age 70. [1] February 1 Salomon Jaoassohn composer, dies at age 70. [1] February 2 Emanuil Mandlov composer, dies at age 42. [1] February 3 Isaac Fransen van der Putten Dutch Prime Minister (1866), dies. [1] February 10 J N Krieger German Selenographer, dies. [1] February 15 Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman Dutch actress, dies at age 68. [1] February 23 Samuel R Gardiner British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at age 72. [1] February 25 Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf composer, dies at age 77. [1] March 3 Isaac D France van de Putte Dutch premier (1866), dies at age 79. [1] March 12 John Peter Altgeld German/US Governor of Illinois, dies at age 54. [1] March 17 George William Warren composer, dies at age 73. [1] March 23 Kálmán Tisza premier of Hungary (1875-90), dies at age 71. [1] March 26 Cecil Rhodes Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at age 48. [1] April 8 Sipyagain Russian minister of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated. [1] April 11 Hendrik Potgieter South African Boer General, dies in battle. [1] April 27 Julius Sterling Morton who started Arbor Day, dies at age 72. [1] May 1 John Glover English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at age 85. [1] May 3 David R Capriles Curaçaos director of psychiatric, dies at age 64. [1] May 5 Bret Harte writer, dies at age 65. [1] May 27 Jan van Droogenbroeck Flemish poet, dies. [1] December 5 Henry Stephen Cutler composer, dies at age 78. [1] December 7 Thomas Nast political cartoonist, dies. [1] December 11 Matthias Hohner German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at age 68. [1] December 22 Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing psychiatrist, dies at age 62. [1] 1903 January 4 Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek Dutch surrealist painter, dies at age 49. [1] W H M "Dicky" Richards cricketer (score 4 and 0 in Test for South Africa), dies. [1] January 21 Hermanus J A M Schaepman Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at age 58. [1] January 28 Augusta Mary Anne Holmes composer, dies at age 55. [1] Jean Robert Planquette composer, dies at age 54. [1] February 1 George G Stokes British physicist/presidential Royal Society, dies at age 83. [1] February 3 Frederick E Kitziger composer, dies at age 59. [1] February 11 Henryk Szulc composer, dies at age 67. [1] February 15 Julie Verstraete-Lacquet Flemish actress, dies at age 69. [1] February 17 Joseph Parry composer, dies at age 61. [1] February 22 Frederick William Farrar writer/dean (Canterbury 1895-1903), dies. [1] Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf Austrian composer (Corregidor), dies at age 42. [1] February 23 Albert Cahen composer, dies at age 57. [1] Friedrich Grutzmacher composer, dies at age 70. [1] February 26 Richard J Gatling US inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at age 84. [1] February 28 Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada Albanian poet, dies at age 88. [1] March 4 Joseph H Shorthouse English writer (John Inglesant), dies at age 68. [1] March 13 Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand] Dutch writer (Camera Obscura), dies at age 88. [1] March 14 Johannes H Weissenbruch Dutch landscape painter, dies at age 88. [1] April 11 Gemma Galgani Italian saint, dies at age 25. [1] April 13 Derk J A Haspels Dutch actor, dies at age 65. [1] April 30 François Crépin Belgian botany, dies at age 72. [1] May 1 Arthur Haygarth cricketer (compiler of "Scores and Biographies"), dies. [1] Luigi Arditi violist/composer, dies at age 80. [1] May 8 Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin French painter (Tahiti), dies. [1] May 9 Rudolf Serkin Bohemian/US pianist, dies. [1] May 16 Eduard Rappoldi composer, dies at age 72. [1] May 19 Arthur Shrewsbury cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies. [1] June 10 King Alexander I and Queen Dragia of Serbia are assassinated. [1] October 23 Francis Ellingwood Abbot theologian (Scientific Theism), dies at age 66. [1] December 2 Victor Roger composer, dies at age 50. [1] December 6 Frederick Grant Gleason composer, dies at age 54. [1] December 8 Herbert Spencer British engineer/philosopher, dies at age 83. [1] December 11 Patrick McShane cricket player/umpire (1884-85 Ashes series), dies. [1] December 20 Gavriil Musicescu composer, dies at age 56. [1] December 25 Albert Schäffle German sociologist, dies at age 72. [1] December 28 George [Robert] Gissing English novelist, dies at age 46. [1] 1904 January 2 James Longstreet Confederate General, dies at age 82. [1] January 5 Karl A von Zittel German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at age 64. [1] January 9 Alfred Richard cricketer (6 and 0 in only Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies. [1] January 15 Eduard Lassen composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 18 Birth of Cary Grant in England; actor (Arsenic and Old Lace, North by Northwest), dies 1986. [1] [5] January 24 Franz Coenen composer, dies at age 77. [1] January 26 John P R Tak Dutch liberal politician, dies at age 64. [1] January 27 Adam Minchejmer composer, dies at age 73. [1] February 1 Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm Dutch historian/writer, dies at age 76. [1] February 20 Gustav Adolf Heinze composer, dies at age 83. [1] March 5 Alfred von Waldersee Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at age 71. [1] April 9 Isabella II Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at age 73. [1] April 13 Vasili Vereshtshagin Russian painter (War and Peace), dies. [1] April 24 Birth of Friedrich Siemens German industrialist (Siemens), dies. [1] Friedrich Siemens German industrial, dies at age 77. [1] May 1 Antonín Dvorak Czechoslovakia, composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at age 62. [1] May 6 Franz von Lenbach German painter, dies at age 67. [1] May 7 Peter Hille writer, dies. [1] May 8 Eadweard Muybridge English photographer (horse trot), dies. [1] May 10 Henry M Stanley [John Rowlands] British explorer, dies. [1] May 13 Jan Boissevain ship owner/politician, dies. [1] May 14 Richard Hol Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at age 78. [1] May 16 N I Bobrikov Russian Governor-General in Finland, dies. [1] September 26 Lafcadio Hearn multinational author, dies. [1] December 10 James Cranston cricketer (scored 16 and 15 in Test for England), dies. [1] December 24 Juliaan Dillens Flemish sculptor, dies at age 55. [1] December 25 Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom composer, dies at age 61. [1]