In the year 1887
164 Notable deaths
François Bonvin
French painter (1817-1887).
Born November 22nd, 1817 in Paris.
Died December 19th, 1887 at 70 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Semyon Nadson
Russian poet (1862–1887).
Born December 26th, 1862 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 31st, 1887 at 24 years old in Yalta (tuberculosis).
Pavel Annenkov
Russian literary critic and memoirist (1813–1887).
Born July 1st, 1813 in Moscow. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1887 at 73 years old in Dresden.
Lorenzo Batlle y Grau
President of uruguay (1810-1887).
Born August 10th, 1810 in Montevideo.
Died May 8th, 1887 at 76 years old in Montevideo.
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.
William Read Miller
American politician, arkansas (1823-1887).
Born November 23rd, 1823 in Batesville.
Died November 29th, 1887 at 64 years old in Little Rock.
Ferdinand von Miller
German politician (1813–1887).
Born October 18th, 1813 in Fürstenfeldbruck.
Died February 11th, 1887 at 73 years old in Munich.
William Orville Ayres
American zoologist (1817–1887).
Born September 11th, 1817 in New Canaan.
Died April 30th, 1887 at 69 years old in Brooklyn.
Giacomo Favretto
Italian painter (1849-1887).
Born August 11th, 1849 in Venice.
Died June 12th, 1887 at 37 years old in Venice (typhoid fever).
Bernard Jauréguiberry
French vice-admiral and politician (1815-1887).
Born August 26th, 1815 in Bayonne. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1887 at 72 years old in Paris.
Meïr Aron Goldschmidt
Danish publisher, journalist and novelist (1819–1887).
Born October 26th, 1819 in Vordingborg.
Died August 15th, 1887 at 67 years old in Frederiksberg.
Carl Ferdinand von Arlt
Austrian doctor (1812–1887).
Born April 18th, 1812 in Horní Krupka.
Died March 7th, 1887 at 74 years old in Vienna.
Mikołaj Kruszewski
Linguist (1851-1887).
Born December 18th, 1851 in Lutsk. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1887 at 35 years old in Kazan. [ref]
Eugenie Marlitt
German writer (1825–1887).
Born December 5th, 1825 in Arnstadt.
Died June 22nd, 1887 at 61 years old in Arnstadt.
Dimitri Kipiani
Georgian writer and noble (1814–1887).
Born April 26th, 1814 in Mereti.
Died November 5th, 1887 at 73 years old in Stavropol.
José María Montealegre
President of costa rica (1815-1887).
Born March 19th, 1815 in San José.
Died September 26th, 1887 at 72 years old in San Jose.
Wilhelm von Wright
Finnish painter (1810-1887).
Born April 5th, 1810 in Kuopion maalaiskunta.
Died July 2nd, 1887 at 77 years old in Morlanda socken.
Hugo von Kirchbach
German general (1809–1887).
Born May 23rd, 1809 in Środa Śląska.
Died October 26th, 1887 at 78 years old in Niesky.
Heinrich Ernst Schirmer
German architect (1814-1887).
Born August 27th, 1814 in Leipzig.
Died December 6th, 1887 at 73 years old in Giessen.
Albert Kellogg
American botanist (1813–1887).
Born December 6th, 1813 in Connecticut.
Died March 31st, 1887 at 73 years old in Alameda.
Samo Tomášik
Slovak writer (1813–1887).
Born February 8th, 1813 in Gemerské Teplice. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1887 at 74 years old in Chyžné. [ref]
Hugo Birger
Swedish artist (1854-1887).
Born January 12th, 1854 in Stockholm.
Died June 17th, 1887 at 33 years old in Helsingborg.
Miguel Mora Porras
Costa rican politician (1816-1887).
Born September 29th, 1816 in San José.
Died June 15th, 1887 at 70 years old in San José.
August Becker
German artist (1821–1887).
Born January 27th, 1822 in Darmstadt.
Died December 19th, 1887 at 65 years old in Düsseldorf.
Maurice Strakosch
American musician and impresario of czech origin (1825–1887).
Born January 15th, 1825 in Židlochovice, Bučovice.
Died October 9th, 1887 at 62 years old in Paris.
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci