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In the year 1881
157 Notable deaths
Aleksey Pisemsky
Russian novelist and dramatist (1821–1881).
Born March 23rd, 1821 in Chukhlomskoy Uyezd.
Died February 2nd, 1881 at 59 years old in Moscow.
Johann Caspar Bluntschli
Swiss jurist and politician (1808-1881).
Born March 7th, 1808 in Zurich.
Died October 21st, 1881 at 73 years old in Karlsruhe.
William Gosse
Australian explorer (1842-1881).
Born December 11th, 1842 in Hoddesdon.
Died August 12th, 1881 at 38 years old in Adelaide (myocardial infarction).
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Belgian musician (1823–1881).
Born January 3rd, 1823 in Westerlo.
Died January 30th, 1881 at 58 years old in Zemst.
Theodor Benfey
German philologist (1809-1881).
Born January 28th, 1809 in Nörten-Hardenberg.
Died June 26th, 1881 at 72 years old in Göttingen.
Anna Maria Hall
Irish novelist (1800-1881).
Born January 6th, 1800 in Dublin. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1881 at 81 years old in Molesey. [ref]
Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville
French chemist (1818–1881).
Born March 11th, 1818 in Saint Thomas.
Died July 1st, 1881 at 63 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Johann Hinrich Wichern
German theologian and welfare reformer (1808–1881).
Born April 21st, 1808 in Hamburg.
Died April 7th, 1881 at 72 years old in Hamburg.
Joseph Škoda
Czech surgeon, internist, pathologist and university educator (1805–1881).
Born December 10th, 1805 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1881 at 75 years old in Vienna. [ref]
John Ferguson McLennan
British lawyer and ethnologist (1827–1881).
Born October 14th, 1827 in Inverness.
Died June 16th, 1881 at 53 years old (tuberculosis).
Gabriel Davioud
French architect (1824–1881).
Born October 30th, 1824 in rue de Verneuil. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1881 at 56 years old in boulevard Saint-Germain.
Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
French diplomat (1805-1881).
Born November 19th, 1805 in Paris.
Died March 1st, 1881 at 75 years old in Paris.
Louis Alfred Wiltz
American politician (1843-1881).
Born January 21st, 1843 in New Orleans.
Died October 16th, 1881 at 38 years old in New Orleans (tuberculosis).
Romolo Gessi
Italian explorer.
Born April 30th, 1831 in Ravenna.
Died May 1st, 1881 at 50 years old in Suez.
Cezar Bolliac
Romanian writer and scholar.
Born March 23rd, 1813 in Bucharest.
Died February 25th, 1881 at 67 years old in Bucharest.
Josip Jurčič
Slovene writer and journalist (1844–1881).
Born March 4th, 1844 in Muljava.
Died May 3rd, 1881 at 37 years old in Ljubljana (tuberculosis).
António José de Ávila, 1st Duke of Ávila and Bolama
Politician (1806-1881).
Born March 8th, 1806 in Horta.
Died May 3rd, 1881 at 75 years old in Lisbon.
Jean-Baptiste Nothomb
Belgian politician (1805-1881).
Born July 3rd, 1805 in Messancy.
Died September 16th, 1881 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Giovanni Ruffini
Italian poet and opera librettist (1807-1881).
Born September 20th, 1807 in Genoa.
Died November 3rd, 1881 at 74 years old in Taggia.
Karl Wilhelm Scheibler
German businessman (1820-1881).
Born September 1st, 1820 in Monschau.
Died April 13th, 1881 at 60 years old in Łódź.
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
Member of the swiss federal council (1802-1881).
Born February 19th, 1802 in Altstätten.
Died January 21st, 1881 at 78 years old in Muri bei Bern.
Denis Vrain-Lucas
French forger (1816–1881).
Born December 1st, 1816 in Lanneray.
Died April 11th, 1881 at 64 years old in Châteaudun.
Jakob Bernays
German philologist (1824–1881).
Born September 11th, 1824 in Hamburg.
Died May 26th, 1881 at 56 years old in Bonn.
Jānis Cimze
Latvian musician (1814–1881).
Born May 3rd, 1814 in Rauna Parish.
Died October 22nd, 1881 at 67 years old in Walk.
Carl Culmann
Civil engineer (1821-1881).
Born July 10th, 1821 in Bad Bergzabern.
Died December 9th, 1881 at 60 years old in Zurich.
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