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In the year 1886
147 Notable deaths
Michael Hahn
American politician (1830-1886).
Born November 24th, 1830 in Klingenmünster.
Died March 15th, 1886 at 55 years old in Washington, D.C..
Alexander Butlerov
Russian chemist (1828-1886).
Born September 15th, 1828 in Chistopol.
Died August 17th, 1886 at 57 years old in Biarritz, Butlerovka.
Samuel Ferguson
Irish poet, barrister and antiquarian (1810-1886).
Born March 10th, 1810 in Belfast.
Died August 9th, 1886 at 76 years old in Howth.
Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell
British politician (1813-1886).
Born July 24th, 1813 in Liverpool.
Died February 15th, 1886 at 72 years old in Torquay.
Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna
Chilean politician (1831–1886).
Born August 25th, 1831 in Santiago.
Died January 25th, 1886 at 54 years old in Quintero.
Bernhard von Gudden
German psychiatrist (1824-1886).
Died June 13th, 1886 at 62 years old in Berg (drowning).
Michał Czajkowski
Polish-cossack soldier and author, ottoman general (1804–1886).
Born September 29th, 1804 in Gal'chin.
Died January 6th, 1886 at 81 years old in Birky.
Rebecca Solomon
British painter (1832-1886).
Born September 26th, 1832 in London.
Died November 20th, 1886 at 54 years old in London (struck by vehicle).
Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt
Prince (1855–1886).
Born July 18th, 1855 in Dessau.
Died February 2nd, 1886 at 30 years old in Cannes.
William Irwin
Governor of california (1827-1886).
Born July 12th, 1827 in Butler County.
Died March 15th, 1886 at 58 years old in San Francisco.
Pierre Rossier
Swiss photographer (1829–1886).
Born July 16th, 1829 in Grandsivaz.
Died October 22nd, 1886 at 57 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Henry Taylor
English playwright and poet (1800-1886).
Born October 18th, 1800 in Bishop Middleham.
Died March 27th, 1886 at 85 years old
Joseph Victor von Scheffel
German poet and novelist (1826-1886).
Born February 16th, 1826 in Karlsruhe.
Died April 9th, 1886 at 60 years old in Karlsruhe.
William King
Anglo-irish geologist.
Born April 22nd, 1809 in Sunderland.
Died June 24th, 1886 at 77 years old in Galway.
Eugène Isabey
French painter (1803-1886).
Born July 22nd, 1804 in Paris.
Died April 25th, 1886 at 81 years old in Lagny-sur-Marne. [ref]
Edmond Laguerre
Mathematician from france.
Born April 9th, 1834 in Bar-le-Duc.
Died August 14th, 1886 at 52 years old in Bar-le-Duc.
George French Angas
English explorer, naturalist and painter who emigrated to australia and became a museum director (1822-1886).
Born April 25th, 1822 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died October 4th, 1886 at 64 years old in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Wilhelm Scherer
Austrian linguist and literature historian (1841–1886).
Born April 26th, 1841 in Göllersdorf.
Died August 6th, 1886 at 45 years old in Berlin.
Ivan Aksakov
Russian writer and slavophile (1823-1886).
Born October 8th, 1823 in Nadezhdino.
Died February 8th, 1886 at 62 years old in Moscow.
Cesário Verde
Portuguese poet (1855–1886).
Born February 25th, 1855 in Freguesia da Madalena.
Died July 19th, 1886 at 31 years old in Lumiar (tuberculosis).
José Casado del Alisal
Spanish painter (1832-1886).
Born March 24th, 1832 in Villada. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1886 at 54 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Hugh Welch Diamond
British photographer and psychiatrist (1808–1886).
Born October 23rd, 1808 in Goudhurst.
Died June 21st, 1886 at 77 years old in Twickenham.
Neill S. Brown
American politician and diplomat, governor of tennessee (1810-1886).
Born April 18th, 1810 in Giles County.
Died January 30th, 1886 at 75 years old in Nashville.
Ann S. Stephens
American writer (1810–1886).
Born March 30th, 1810 in Seymour.
Died August 20th, 1886 at 76 years old in Newport.
James T. Farley
American politician (1829-1886).
Born August 6th, 1829 in Albemarle County.
Died January 22nd, 1886 at 56 years old in Jackson.
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