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In the year 1881
157 Notable deaths
Edoardo Borromeo
Catholic cardinal (1822–1881).
Born August 3rd, 1822 in Milan.
Died November 30th, 1881 at 59 years old in Rome.
Coronado Chávez
President of honduras (1807-1881).
Born November 8th, 1807 in Tegucigalpa.
Died June 22nd, 1881 at 73 years old in Comayagua.
Otto Wilhelm Sonder
German botanist (1812-1881).
Born June 18th, 1812 in Bad Oldesloe.
Died November 21st, 1881 at 69 years old in Hamburg.
Louis Auguste Blanqui
French socialist and political activist (1805-1881).
Born February 8th, 1805 in Puget-Théniers.
Died January 1st, 1881 at 75 years old in Paris.
Pietro Cossa
19th-century italian dramatist.
Born January 20th, 1830 in Rome.
Died August 31st, 1881 at 51 years old in Livorno. [ref]
August Giacomo Jochmus
German foreign minister and austrian baron (1808-1881).
Born February 27th, 1808 in Hamburg.
Died September 14th, 1881 at 73 years old in Bamberg.
Rudolf Christian Böttger
German chemist (1806–1881).
Born April 28th, 1806 in Aschersleben.
Died April 29th, 1881 at 75 years old in Frankfurt.
Ercole Dembowski
Italian astronomer (1812-1881).
Born January 12th, 1812 in Milan. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1881 at 69 years old in Albizzate. [ref]
Georg Heinrich Ferdinand Nesselmann
German academic (1811-1881).
Born February 24th, 1811 in Nowy Dwór Gdański.
Died January 7th, 1881 at 69 years old in Königsberg.
Frédéric Kuhlmann
French professor of chemistry and entrepreneur (1803-1881).
Born May 22nd, 1803 in Colmar.
Died January 27th, 1881 at 77 years old in Lille.
Aleksandra Ishimova
Russian writer and translator (1804–1881).
Born January 6th, 1805 in Kostroma. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1881 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Anna Henryka Pustowojtowna
Polish soldier (1843-1881).
Born July 15th, 1843 in Stare Wierzchowiska.
Died May 2nd, 1881 at 37 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Johann Rudolf Kutschker
Austrian archbishop and cardinal (1810–1881).
Born April 10th, 1810 in Zátor. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1881 at 70 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Karl Christian Bruhns
German astronomer (1830–1881).
Born November 22nd, 1830 in Plön.
Died July 25th, 1881 at 50 years old in Leipzig.
Paul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor
French writer (1827–1881).
Born July 11th, 1827 in former 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1881 at 53 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Kristian Elster
Norwegian writer (1841–1881).
Born March 4th, 1841 in Overhalla Municipality.
Died April 11th, 1881 at 40 years old in Trondheim.
Bernhard Dorn
German orientalist (1805–1881).
Born April 29th, 1805 in Scheuerfeld.
Died May 19th, 1881 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg.
William Radcliffe Birt
British astronomer (1804–1881).
Born July 15th, 1804 in Southwark. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1881 at 77 years old in Leytonstone. [ref]
Pellegrino Matteucci
Italian explorer.
Born October 12th, 1850 in Ravenna.
Died August 8th, 1881 at 30 years old in London.
Joseph Labitzky
Bohemian violinist, conductor and composer (1802–1881).
Born July 4th, 1802 in Krásno.
Died August 19th, 1881 at 79 years old in Karlovy Vary. [ref]
Adolphe Joanne
French travel writer (1813–1881).
Born September 15th, 1813 in Dijon.
Died March 1st, 1881 at 67 years old in Paris.
Ventura Ruiz Aguilera
Spanish poet (1820–1881).
Born November 2nd, 1820 in Salamanca.
Died July 1st, 1881 at 60 years old in Madrid.
Paul Günther Lorentz
German botanist (1835-1881).
Born August 30th, 1835 in Kahla.
Died October 6th, 1881 at 46 years old in Concepción del Uruguay.
Alphonso Wood
American botanist (1810-1881).
Born September 17th, 1810 in New Hampshire. [ref]
Died January 4th, 1881 at 70 years old in New York City. [ref]
Carl David Bouché
German botanist (1809-1881).
Born June 4th, 1809 in Berlin.
Died September 27th, 1881 at 72 years old in Berlin.
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