Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 2 |
James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82 |
Jan 5 |
Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64 |
Jan 5 |
George Francis Train, Train vs. Donovan |
Jan 9 |
Alfred Richard, cricketer (6 & 0 in only Test for S Af 1895-96), dies |
Jan 10 |
Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824) |
Jan 10 |
Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Slave Market |
Jan 15 |
Eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73 |
Jan 15 |
Asa S. Bushnell, Governor of Ohio and Staff |
Jan 24 |
Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77 |
Jan 26 |
John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64 |
Jan 26 |
Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (b. 1846) |
Jan 27 |
Adam Minchejmer, composer, dies at 73 |
Jan 28 |
Karl Emil Franzos, The President |
Jan 30 |
George A. Minor, Just Cause |
Feb 1 |
Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76 |
Feb 2 |
William C. Whitney, American financier (b. 1841) |
Feb 7 |
Emil Rosenow, Kater Lampe |
Feb 10 |
John A. Roche, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844) |
Feb 15 |
Marcus Hanna, President McKinley Taking the Oath |
Feb 20 |
Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83 |
Feb 22 |
Leslie Stephen, English writer and critic (b. 1832) |
Feb 22 |
Leslie Stephen, Secrets from the Asylum |
Feb 26 |
Edward Marshall, The Gay Retreat |
Mar 5 |
Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71 |
Mar 5 |
Alfred von Waldersee, Field-Marshal Count von Waldersee |
Mar 7 |
Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (b. 1828) |
Mar 17 |
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge at the Richmond Horse Show |
Apr 9 |
Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73 |
Apr 13 |
Vasili Vereshtshagin, Russian painter (War & Peace), dies |
Apr 16 |
Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (b. 1888) |
Apr 16 |
Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer and reformer (b. 1812) |
Apr 24 |
Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 |
Apr 24 |
William Pittenger, The General |
May 1 |
AntonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 |
May 1 |
Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841) |
May 1 |
Antonín Dvorák, The Departed |
May 5 |
Mór Jókai, Szaffi |
May 6 |
Franz von Lenbach, German painter, dies at 67 |
May 7 |
Peter Hille, writer, dies |
May 8 |
Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies |
May 8 |
Eadweard Muybridge, Sallie Gardner at a Gallop |
May 10 |
Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh journalist and African explorer (discovered source of the Nile), dies aged 63 |
May 10 |
Henry Morton Stanley, Stanley & Livingstone |
May 13 |
Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies |
May 14 |
Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78 |
May 15 |
Étienne-Jules Marey, Falling Cat |
May 16 |
N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies |
May 19 |
Auguste Molinier, French historian (b. 1851) |
May 26 |
Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) |
Jun 1 |
George Frederic Watts, Hope |
Jun 3 |
Vincent Tancred, cricket (Bernard & Louis bro, Test for S A), suicide |
Jun 12 |
Camille de Renesse, Belgian Count (b. 1836) |
Jun 13 |
Nikiphoros Lytras, Greek painter (b. 1832) |
Jun 14 |
Jovan Jovanovic-Zmaj, Nesrecna Kafina |
Jun 28 |
Daniel Decatur Emmett, The Lone Ranger |
Jun 30 |
Thomas Emmett, cricketer (English Test bowler of the sostenuter), dies |
Jul 3 |
Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies |
Jul 3 |
Edouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881) |
Jul 5 |
Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845) |
Jul 14 |
President Paul Kruger, the face of Boer resistance against the British during the South African or Second Boer War (1899—1902), heart failure at 78 |
Jul 14 |
Paul Krüger, Kruger and Body Guard Leaving the Volksraad |
Jul 15 |
Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44 |
Jul 15 |
Anton Chekhov, Winter Sleep |
Jul 19 |
Herbert Campbell, Burlesque Attack on a Settler's Cabin |
Jul 22 |
Wilson Barrett, English actor (b. 1846) |
Jul 22 |
Wilson Barrett, The Sign of the Cross |
Jul 23 |
John Simon, public health pioneer, dies |
Jul 28 |
Plehve, Russian foreign minister (bomb under carriage), dies |
Aug 4 |
Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54 |
Aug 6 |
Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825) |
Aug 9 |
Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum), dies at 59 |
Aug 10 |
Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies |
Aug 22 |
Kate Chopin, Grand Isle |
Aug 25 |
William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827) |
Aug 29 |
Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies |
Aug 30 |
Kate Fanny Loder, composer, dies at 79 |
Sep 4 |
Gustav Esmann, Den kære familie |
Sep 13 |
Raden Ayu Kartini, Indonesian national heroine (b. 1879) |
Sep 16 |
Per Sivle, Berre ein hund |
Sep 18 |
Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto, dies |
Sep 21 |
Chief Joseph, US indian chief (Nez Perces), dies |
Sep 24 |
Niels R. Finsen, Niels R. Finsen |
Sep 26 |
Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54 |
Sep 26 |
John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (b. 1848) |
Sep 26 |
Lafcadio Hearn, Kwaidan |
Sep 29 |
Niels Ryberg Finnen, Danish physician (Nobel 1903), dies |
Sep 30 |
Sigurd Lie, composer, dies at 33 |
Oct 1 |
William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Sect of State, dies at 76 |
Oct 4 |
Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, designer of the Statue of Liberty, dies of tuberculosis at 70 |
Oct 4 |
Frederic Auguste Bertholdi, French sculptor (Statue of Liberty), dies |
Oct 4 |
Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (b. 1847) |
Oct 4 |
Lawrence Hope, The Indian Love Lyrics |
Oct 8 |
Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62 |
Oct 13 |
Pavlos Melas, Greek officer who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia (b. 1870) |
Oct 17 |
Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32 |
Oct 18 |
Charles Morton, Good Night |
Oct 20 |
Henry Hiles, composer, dies at 77 |
Oct 21 |
Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (b. 1877) |
Oct 21 |
Isabelle Eberhardt, Eden miseria |
Oct 25 |
Teresa Milanollo, composer, dies at 77 |
Oct 31 |
Dan Leno, An Obstinate Cork |
Nov 3 |
Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer, dies at 57 |
Nov 4 |
Jack Brown, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1894-99), dies |
Nov 18 |
Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies |
Nov 18 |
Justus van Maurik, Krates |
Nov 22 |
Theophile E A de Bock, painter/etcher, dies |
Nov 30 |
Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer, dies at 64 |
Dec 10 |
James Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies |
Dec 24 |
Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55 |
Dec 25 |
Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61 |
Dec 25 |
Frantisek Ferdinand Samberk, Jedenácté prikázání |
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