In the year 1886
147 Notable deaths
Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux
French politician and author (1811–1886).
Died January 6th, 1886 at 74 years old in Angers.
Samuel Kleinschmidt
German/danish missionary (1814–1886).
Born February 27th, 1814 in Alluitsoq.
Died February 8th, 1886 at 71 years old in Noorliit.
Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert
Catholic cardinal (1802-1886).
Born December 13th, 1802 in Aix-en-Provence.
Died July 8th, 1886 at 83 years old in Paris.
Johan Nicolai Madvig
Danish classical philologist (1804-1886).
Born August 7th, 1804 in Svaneke.
Died December 12th, 1886 at 82 years old in Copenhagen.
Pierre Édouard Frère
French painter (1819-1886).
Born January 10th, 1819 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1886 at 67 years old in Écouen.
Katherine Sophia Baily
Irish botanist (1811-1886).
Born March 18th, 1811 in County Limerick.
Died February 25th, 1886 at 74 years old in Dublin.
Johann Friedrich Horner
Swiss ophthalmologist (1831-1886).
Born March 27th, 1831 in Zurich.
Died December 20th, 1886 at 55 years old in Zurich.
Henry Fletcher Hance
British diplomat and botanist (1827-1886).
Born August 4th, 1827 in London.
Died June 22nd, 1886 at 58 years old in Xiamen.
Theodor von Oppolzer
Austrian astronomer and mathematician (1841-1886).
Born October 26th, 1841 in Prague.
Died December 26th, 1886 at 45 years old in Vienna (epidemic typhus).
August Davidov
Russian mathematician (1823-1886).
Born December 27th, 1823 in Liepāja.
Died January 3rd, 1886 at 62 years old in Moscow.
Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint
Dutch writer, editor (1812-1886).
Born September 16th, 1812 in Alkmaar. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1886 at 73 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Eduard Grell
German composer, conductor, choir director and music educator.
Born November 6th, 1800 in Berlin.
Died August 10th, 1886 at 85 years old in Berlin.
Eduard Oscar Schmidt
German zoologist (1823–1886).
Born February 21st, 1823 in Torgau.
Died January 17th, 1886 at 62 years old in Strasbourg, Kappelrodeck.
Ernest-Eugène Hiolle
French sculptor (1834–1886).
Died October 5th, 1886 at 52 years old in Bois-le-Roi.
Nikolay Makovsky
Russian painter (1841-1886).
Born May 10th, 1841 in Moscow.
Died October 18th, 1886 at 45 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Johannes Scherr
German novelist and literary critic (1817–1886).
Born October 3rd, 1817 in Rechberg.
Died November 21st, 1886 at 69 years old in Zurich.
Conrad Busken Huet
Dutch writer (1826–1886).
Born December 28th, 1826 in The Hague.
Died May 1st, 1886 at 59 years old in Paris.
Tomás Villalba
Uruguayan politician (1805–1886).
Born December 9th, 1805 in Dolores.
Died July 12th, 1886 at 80 years old in Montevideo.
Leopold Kompert
Austrian writer (1822-1886).
Born May 15th, 1822 in Mnichovo Hradiště.
Died November 23rd, 1886 at 64 years old in Vienna.
Thomas Spencer Cobbold
British physician and helminthologist (1828–1886).
Born May 26th, 1828 in Ipswich.
Died March 20th, 1886 at 57 years old in London (cardiovascular disease).
Julius Middelthun
Sculptor (1820–1886).
Born July 3rd, 1820 in Kongsberg. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1886 at 65 years old in Christiania. [ref]
Johann Philipp Becker
German revolutionary (1809-1886).
Born March 19th, 1809 in Frankenthal.
Died December 9th, 1886 at 77 years old in Geneva.
Charles Jacques Édouard Morren
Belgian botanist (1833-1886).
Born December 2nd, 1833 in Ghent.
Died February 28th, 1886 at 52 years old in Liège.
Julian Schmidt
German journalist and historian of literature (1818–1886).
Born March 7th, 1818 in Kwidzyn.
Died March 27th, 1886 at 68 years old in Berlin.
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The hardest thing you overcome are the ones that give the most meaning. Maxime Lagacé