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In the year 1886
147 Notable deaths
Samuel Kleinschmidt
German/danish missionary (1814–1886).
Born February 27th, 1814 in Alluitsoq.
Died February 8th, 1886 at 71 years old in Noorliit.
Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux
French politician and author (1811–1886).
Born May 11th, 1811 in Angers.
Died January 6th, 1886 at 74 years old in Angers.
Théodore Aubanel
French felibre (1829–1886).
Born March 26th, 1829 in Avignon.
Died November 2nd, 1886 at 57 years old in Avignon.
Johan Nicolai Madvig
Danish classical philologist (1804-1886).
Born August 7th, 1804 in Svaneke.
Died December 12th, 1886 at 82 years old in Copenhagen.
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.
Pierre Édouard Frère
French painter (1819-1886).
Born January 10th, 1819 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1886 at 67 years old in Écouen.
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).
Johann Friedrich Horner
Swiss ophthalmologist (1831-1886).
Born March 27th, 1831 in Zurich.
Died December 20th, 1886 at 55 years old in Zurich.
Katherine Sophia Baily
Irish botanist (1811-1886).
Born March 18th, 1811 in County Limerick.
Died February 25th, 1886 at 74 years old in Dublin.
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 Oscar Schmidt
German zoologist (1823–1886).
Born February 21st, 1823 in Torgau.
Died January 17th, 1886 at 62 years old in Strasbourg, Kappelrodeck.
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.
Nikolay Makovsky
Russian painter (1841-1886).
Born May 10th, 1841 in Moscow.
Died October 18th, 1886 at 45 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Tomás Villalba
Uruguayan politician (1805–1886).
Born December 9th, 1805 in Dolores.
Died July 12th, 1886 at 80 years old in Montevideo.
Ernest-Eugène Hiolle
French sculptor (1834–1886).
Died October 5th, 1886 at 52 years old in Bois-le-Roi.
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.
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).
Leopold Kompert
Austrian writer (1822-1886).
Born May 15th, 1822 in Mnichovo Hradiště.
Died November 23rd, 1886 at 64 years old in Vienna.
Archduchess Maria Theresa, Countess of Chambord
Austro-modenese imperial and royal.
Born July 14th, 1817 in Modena.
Died March 25th, 1886 at 68 years old in Gorizia.
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.
Frederick Guthrie
British physicist.
Born October 15th, 1833 in London.
Died October 21st, 1886 at 53 years old in London.
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