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In the year 1881
157 Notable deaths
Joseph Lane
American politician and soldier (1801-1881).
Born December 14th, 1801 in Buncombe County.
Died April 19th, 1881 at 79 years old in Roseburg.
Nikolai Rubinstein
Russian pianist, conductor and composer (1835-1881).
Born June 14th, 1835 in Moscow.
Died March 23rd, 1881 at 45 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
Union united states army general, politician (1836-1881).
Born January 14th, 1836 in Wantage Township.
Died December 4th, 1881 at 45 years old in Santiago.
Henri Vieuxtemps
Belgian violinist and composer (1820-1881).
Born February 17th, 1820 in Verviers.
Died June 6th, 1881 at 61 years old in Algiers, Mustapha-Superieur.
Nikolai Pirogov
Russian medical scientist (1810-1881).
Born November 25th, 1810 in Moscow.
Died December 5th, 1881 at 71 years old in Vinnytsia (cancer).
Sophia Perovskaya
Russian revolutionary and assassin of alexander ii (1853–1881).
Born September 25th, 1853 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 27th, 1881 at 27 years old in Saint Petersburg (hanging to death).
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Swiss philosopher and poet (1821-1881).
Born September 27th, 1821 in Geneva.
Died May 11th, 1881 at 59 years old in Geneva.
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
British poet and herpetologist (1844–1881).
Born March 14th, 1844 in London.
Died January 30th, 1881 at 36 years old in London.
Johann Ludwig Krapf
German missionary and explorer (1810-1881).
Born January 11th, 1810 in Tübingen.
Died November 26th, 1881 at 71 years old in Korntal-Münchingen (malaria).
George Borrow
English author (1803–1881).
Born July 5th, 1803 in Dereham. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1881 at 78 years old in Lowestoft. [ref]
Auguste Mariette
French archaeologist and egyptologist (1821–1881).
Born February 11th, 1821 in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Died January 19th, 1881 at 59 years old in Cairo (diabetes).
George W. De Long
American polar explorer (1844–1881).
Born August 22nd, 1844 in New York City.
Died October 31st, 1881 at 37 years old in Yakutsk Oblast.
Hermann Lotze
German philosopher (1817-1881).
Born May 21st, 1817 in Bautzen.
Died July 1st, 1881 at 64 years old in Hol Municipality (pneumonia).
Friedrich Hecker
German revolutionary and union united states army officer (1811-1881).
Born September 28th, 1811 in Eichtersheim.
Died March 24th, 1881 at 69 years old in Summerfield.
Nathan Clifford
American politician (1803-1881).
Born August 18th, 1803 in Rumney. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1881 at 77 years old in Cornish. [ref]
Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte
Prince of france (1815-1881).
Born October 11th, 1815 in Rome.
Died April 7th, 1881 at 65 years old in Versailles.
Johan Vilhelm Snellman
Finnish politician and author (1806–1881).
Born May 12th, 1806 in Stockholm.
Died July 4th, 1881 at 75 years old in Tanskarla.
James Collinson
British artist (1825-1881).
Born May 9th, 1825 in Mansfield.
Died January 24th, 1881 at 55 years old in Camberwell.
James Starley
British businessman.
Born April 21st, 1831 in Albourne.
Died June 17th, 1881 at 50 years old in Coventry.
Albert Mackey
U.s. writer on freemasonry (1807-1881).
Born March 12th, 1807 in Charleston.
Died June 20th, 1881 at 74 years old in Fortress Monroe.
Maria Mazzarello
Italian saint (1837-1881).
Born May 9th, 1837 in Mornese.
Died May 14th, 1881 at 44 years old in Nizza Monferrato.
Ludwig von Benedek
Austrian marshall (1804-1881).
Born July 14th, 1804 in Sopron. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1881 at 76 years old in Graz. [ref]
Marcus Clarke
Australian novelist and poet (1846-1881).
Born April 24th, 1846 in London.
Died August 2nd, 1881 at 35 years old in Melbourne.
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Russian noble (1809-1881).
Born August 23rd, 1809 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 30th, 1881 at 72 years old in Paris.
Surendra of Nepal
King of nepal (1829–1881).
Born October 20th, 1829 in Kathmandu.
Died May 17th, 1881 at 51 years old in Kathmandu (disease).
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