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In the year 1886
147 Notable deaths
Ernest Desjardins
French historian, geographer and archaeologist (1823–1886).
Born September 30th, 1823 in Noisy-sur-Oise.
Died October 22nd, 1886 at 63 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Edmund Heusinger von Waldegg
German railway pioneer (1817–1886).
Born May 12th, 1817 in Bad Schwalbach.
Died February 2nd, 1886 at 68 years old in Hanover.
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.
Albert Wigand
German botanist (1821-1886).
Born April 21st, 1821 in Treysa.
Died October 22nd, 1886 at 65 years old in Marburg.
Rafał Hadziewicz
Polish artist (1803-1883).
Born October 13th, 1805 in Zamch. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1886 at 80 years old in Kielce. [ref]
Arnold Ipolyi
Hungarian bishop (1823–1886).
Born October 20th, 1823 in Kosihy nad Ipľom.
Died December 2nd, 1886 at 63 years old in Oradea.
Eduard Robert Flegel
German explorer (1855-1886).
Born October 13th, 1855 in Vilnius.
Died September 11th, 1886 at 30 years old in Brass Island.
Piotr Semenenko
Polish priest (1814-1886).
Born June 29th, 1814 in Dzięciołowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship.
Died November 18th, 1886 at 72 years old in Paris.
Károly Kalchbrenner
Hungarian mycologist (1807-1886).
Born May 5th, 1807 in Pöttelsdorf.
Died June 5th, 1886 at 79 years old in Spišské Vlachy.
Franz Antoine
Austrian botanist, photographer and gardener (1815-1886).
Born February 23rd, 1815 in Vienna.
Died March 11th, 1886 at 71 years old in Vienna.
Jean-Jacques Uhrich
French military personnel (1802–1886).
Born February 15th, 1802 in Phalsbourg.
Died October 9th, 1886 at 84 years old in Paris.
Frederick Guthrie
British physicist.
Born October 15th, 1833 in London.
Died October 21st, 1886 at 53 years old in London.
François Pollen
Dutch naturalist (1842–1886).
Born January 7th, 1842 in Rotterdam.
Died May 7th, 1886 at 44 years old in The Hague.
Gustav Adolf Fischer
German explorer and naturalist (1848-1886).
Born March 3rd, 1848 in Barmen.
Died November 11th, 1886 at 38 years old in Berlin.
John Franklin Miller
Union army general and u.s. senator (1831-1886).
Born November 21st, 1831 in South Bend. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1886 at 54 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Georg Adolph Demmler
German architect and politician (1804–1886).
Born December 22nd, 1804 in Berlin.
Died January 2nd, 1886 at 81 years old in Schwerin.
Adam Honory Kirkor
Polish-lithuanian, journalist, editor, archaeologist.
Born January 21st, 1819 in Slivino. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1886 at 67 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Hermann von Abich
German-russian mineralogist and geologist (1806-1886).
Born December 11th, 1806 in Berlin.
Died July 2nd, 1886 at 79 years old in Vienna.
Angelo Jacobini
Italian cardinal of the roman curia (1825-1886).
Born April 25th, 1825 in Genzano di Roma.
Died March 2nd, 1886 at 60 years old in Rome.
Adolf Berzhe
Russian orientalist (1828-1886).
Born August 9th, 1828 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 12th, 1886 at 57 years old in Tbilisi.
Carmine Gori-Merosi
Italian cardinal (1810-1886).
Born February 14th, 1810 in Subiaco.
Died December 15th, 1886 at 76 years old in Rome.
Alfred Assollant
French writer (1827-1886).
Born March 20th, 1827 in Aubusson. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1886 at 58 years old in rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis. [ref]
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