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In the year 1887
164 Notable deaths
Elme Marie Caro
French philosopher (1826–1887).
Born March 4th, 1826 in Poitiers.
Died July 13th, 1887 at 61 years old in Paris.
Thomas Moore
British gardener and botanist (1821–1887).
Born May 21st, 1821 in Guildford.
Died January 1st, 1887 at 65 years old in Chelsea.
Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann
Estonian linguist and botanist (1805-1887).
Born April 11th, 1805 in Haapsalu.
Died December 29th, 1887 at 82 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Albert Kazimirski de Biberstein
Polish-french orientalist (1808–1887).
Born November 20th, 1808 in Korchów Pierwszy. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1887 at 78 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
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).
François Laurent
Luxembourgian historian (1810-1887).
Born July 8th, 1810 in Luxembourg.
Died February 11th, 1887 at 76 years old in Ghent.
Karl Goedeke
German literary historian (1814–1887).
Born April 15th, 1814 in Celle.
Died October 28th, 1887 at 73 years old in Göttingen.
Honoré Jacquinot
French surgeon and zoologist.
Born August 1st, 1815 in Moulins-Engilbert.
Died May 22nd, 1887 at 71 years old in Nevers.
Timotei Cipariu
Romanian academic and polyglot (1805-1887).
Born February 21st, 1805 in Pănade. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1887 at 82 years old in Blaj. [ref]
Jules Pasdeloup
French conductor (1819–1887).
Born September 15th, 1819 in Paris.
Died August 13th, 1887 at 67 years old in Fontainebleau. [ref]
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]
Giacomo Bove
Italian explorer (1852–1887).
Born April 23rd, 1852 in Maranzana.
Died August 9th, 1887 at 35 years old in Verona (gunshot wound).
Francisque Xavier Michel
French philologist (1809–1887).
Born February 18th, 1809 in Lyon.
Died May 18th, 1887 at 78 years old in Paris.
Philippe Rousseau
French painter (1816-1887).
Born February 22nd, 1816 in Paris.
Died December 5th, 1887 at 71 years old in Acquigny.
Santiago González
President of el salvador (1818-1887).
Born July 25th, 1818 in Zacapa.
Died August 1st, 1887 at 69 years old in San Salvador.
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.
Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck
Palaeontologist, chemist (1809–1887).
Died July 15th, 1887 at 78 years old in Liège.
Leon Cienkowski
Polish-russian biologist (1822-1887).
Born October 13th, 1822 in Warsaw.
Died October 7th, 1887 at 64 years old in Leipzig.
Alois von Brinz
German lawyer, legal historian and politician (1820-1887).
Born February 25th, 1820 in Weiler-Simmerberg, Weiler.
Died September 13th, 1887 at 67 years old in Munich.
Luigi Jacobini
Catholic cardinal (1832-1887).
Born January 6th, 1832 in Genzano di Roma.
Died February 28th, 1887 at 55 years old in Rome.
Moritz Wagner
German naturalist (1813-1887).
Born October 3rd, 1813 in Bayreuth.
Died May 31st, 1887 at 73 years old in Munich.
Robert Caspary
German botanist (1818–1887).
Born January 29th, 1818 in Königsberg.
Died September 18th, 1887 at 69 years old in District of Flatow.
Alfred von Reumont
German scholar and diplomat (1808-1887).
Born August 15th, 1808 in Aachen.
Died April 27th, 1887 at 78 years old in Aachen.
Adolf Friedrich Stenzler
German indologist (1807-1887).
Born July 9th, 1807 in Wolgast.
Died February 27th, 1887 at 79 years old in Wrocław.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 164
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe