In the year 1887
164 Notable deaths
Giacomo Favretto
Italian painter (1849-1887).
Born August 11th, 1849 in Venice.
Died June 12th, 1887 at 37 years old in Venice (typhoid fever).
Emma Lazarus
American poet (1849–1887).
Born July 22nd, 1849 in New York City. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1887 at 38 years old in New York City (cancer).
Richard Jefferies
British naturalist and writer (1848–1887).
Born November 6th, 1848 in Swindon.
Died August 14th, 1887 at 38 years old in Worthing.
Albert Parsons
American socialist and anarchist newspaper editor (1848–1887).
Born June 20th, 1848 in Montgomery.
Died November 11th, 1887 at 39 years old in Chicago (hanging to death).
Anne Jaclard
Russian revolutionary and writer (1843–1887).
Born October 18th, 1843 in Moscow.
Died October 11th, 1887 at 43 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (cancer).
Clay Allison
Texas cattle rancher and gunfighter (1840-1887).
Born September 2nd, 1840 in Tennessee.
Died July 3rd, 1887 at 46 years old in Pecos (horse fall).
Gustave Achille Guillaumet
French painter (1840-1887).
Born March 25th, 1840 in former 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1887 at 46 years old in cité Pigalle.
August W. Eichler
German botanist (1839-1887).
Born April 22nd, 1839 in Neukirchen.
Died March 2nd, 1887 at 47 years old in Berlin.
Karl Schroeder
German gynecologist (1838–1887).
Born September 9th, 1838 in Neustrelitz. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1887 at 48 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Hans von Marées
German artist (1837–1887).
Born December 24th, 1837 in Elberfeld.
Died June 5th, 1887 at 49 years old in Rome.
Patriarch Joachim IV of Constantinople
Patriarch of constantinople (1837–1887).
Born July 5th, 1837 in Kallimasia.
Died February 27th, 1887 at 49 years old in Kallimasia.
Ivan Kramskoi
Russian artist (1837-1887).
Born June 8th, 1837 in Ostrogozhsk.
Died April 5th, 1887 at 49 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Krikor Odian
Ottoman armenian jurist, politician and writer.
Born December 21st, 1834 in Istanbul.
Died August 18th, 1887 at 52 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Claude Ferdinand Gaillard
French engraver and painter (1834–1887).
Born January 7th, 1834 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1887 at 53 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Alexander Borodin
Russian composer, doctor and chemist (1833–1887).
Born November 12th, 1833 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 28th, 1887 at 53 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction).
John S. Marmaduke
25th governor of missouri (1833 to 1887).
Born March 14th, 1833 in Saline County.
Died December 28th, 1887 at 54 years old in Jefferson City (pneumonia).
Joseph Rainey
Politician (1832-1887).
Born June 21st, 1832 in Georgetown.
Died August 1st, 1887 at 55 years old in Georgetown.
Marie Calm
German writer and suffragist (1832–1887).
Born April 3rd, 1832 in Bad Arolsen.
Died February 22nd, 1887 at 54 years old in Kassel.
Modesta Sanginés Uriarte
Bolivian writer and composer.
Born February 26th, 1832 in La Paz.
Died February 5th, 1887 at 54 years old in Paris.
Luigi Jacobini
Catholic cardinal (1832-1887).
Born January 6th, 1832 in Genzano di Roma.
Died February 28th, 1887 at 55 years old in Rome.
Fran Levstik
Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic (1831-1887).
Born September 28th, 1831 in Dolnje Retje.
Died November 16th, 1887 at 56 years old in Ljubljana.
Alfred von Gutschmid
German orientalist (1831–1887).
Born July 1st, 1831 in Loschwitz. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1887 at 55 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Daniel Manning
American businessman (1831-1887).
Born May 16th, 1831 in Albany.
Died December 24th, 1887 at 56 years old in Albany (kidney disease).
Agaton Giller
Polish politician, historian and journalist (1831-1887).
Born January 9th, 1831 in Opatówek.
Died July 18th, 1887 at 56 years old in Ivano-Frankivsk (pneumonia).
Otto Lesser
German astronomer (1830–1887).
Born October 16th, 1830 in Brotterode.
Died August 12th, 1887 at 56 years old in Hanover.
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid