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In the year 1884
153 Notable deaths
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and augustinian friar (1822–1884).
Born July 20th, 1822 in Hynčice. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1884 at 61 years old in Brno (nephritis, kidney failure). [ref]
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
Member of the house of saxe-coburg and gotha.
Born April 7th, 1853 in Buckingham Palace.
Died March 28th, 1884 at 30 years old in Cannes.
Paul Morphy
Us chess player (1837–1884).
Born June 22nd, 1837 in New Orleans.
Died July 10th, 1884 at 47 years old in New Orleans (stroke).
Allan Pinkerton
Scottish-american civil war detective and spy.
Born August 25th, 1819 in Glasgow.
Died July 1st, 1884 at 64 years old in Chicago (gangrene).
Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt
American socialite and the first wife of theodore roosevelt (1861–1884).
Born July 29th, 1861 in Chestnut Hill.
Died February 14th, 1884 at 22 years old in Manhattan (Bright's disease).
Bedřich Smetana
Czech composer (1824–1884).
Born April 2nd, 1824 in Litomyšl. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1884 at 60 years old in Prague. [ref]
Judah P. Benjamin
American politician and lawyer (1811-1884).
Born August 6th, 1811 in Christiansted. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1884 at 72 years old in Paris (disease). [ref]
John Chisum
American businessman, rancher (1824–1884).
Born August 15th, 1824 in Hardeman County.
Died December 23rd, 1884 at 60 years old in Eureka Springs.
Cyrus McCormick
American inventor and businessman (1809–1884).
Born February 15th, 1809 in Raphine.
Died May 13th, 1884 at 75 years old in Chicago (stroke).
Keshub Chunder Sen
Indian academic (1838–1884).
Born November 19th, 1838 in Kolkata.
Died January 8th, 1884 at 45 years old in Kolkata.
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
Duke of wellington (1807-1884).
Born February 3rd, 1807 in Harley Street.
Died August 13th, 1884 at 77 years old in Brighton railway station.
Wendell Phillips
American abolitionist, advocate for native americans, orator and lawyer (1811-1884).
Born November 29th, 1811 in Boston.
Died February 2nd, 1884 at 72 years old in Boston.
William Wells Brown
American abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian (1814–1884).
Born November 6th, 1814 in Lexington.
Died November 6th, 1884 at 70 years old in Chelsea.
Prince Alexander, Prince of Orange
Dutch royal heir (1851-1884).
Born August 25th, 1851 in The Hague.
Died June 21st, 1884 at 32 years old in The Hague (typhus, typhoid fever).
Jules Bastien-Lepage
French painter (1848–1884).
Born November 1st, 1848 in Damvillers.
Died December 10th, 1884 at 36 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris (cancer).
William Procter
British co-founder of procter & gamble.
Born December 7th, 1801 in Herefordshire.
Died April 4th, 1884 at 82 years old in Cincinnati.
Henry Bartle Frere
British colonial welsh administrator (1815-1884).
Born March 29th, 1815 in Clydach House.
Died May 29th, 1884 at 69 years old in Wimbledon.
Elias Lönnrot
Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional finnish oral poetry (1802-1884).
Born April 9th, 1802 in Sammatti.
Died March 19th, 1884 at 81 years old in Sammatti.
Marie Taglioni
Italian ballet dancer (1804-1884).
Born April 23rd, 1804 in Stockholm.
Died April 23rd, 1884 at 80 years old in Marseille. [ref]
Marie Bashkirtseva
Ukrainian-french artist.
Born November 23rd, 1860 in Havrontsi. [ref]
Died October 31st, 1884 at 23 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Ottilie Assing
Feminist, freethinker, abolitionist (1819–1884).
Born February 11th, 1819 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1884 at 65 years old in Paris. [ref]
John Hutton Balfour
British botanist (1808-1884).
Born September 15th, 1808 in Edinburgh.
Died February 11th, 1884 at 75 years old in Edinburgh.
Hans Makart
Austrian painter (1840–1884).
Born May 29th, 1840 in Salzburg.
Died October 3rd, 1884 at 44 years old in Vienna (neurosyphilis, syphilis).
Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel
Germanic prince (1820–1884).
Born November 26th, 1820 in Copenhagen.
Died October 14th, 1884 at 63 years old in Frankfurt.
Philipp von Jolly
German physicist and mathematician (1809–1884).
Born September 26th, 1809 in Mannheim.
Died December 24th, 1884 at 75 years old in Munich.
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