In the year 1888
162 Notable deaths
Hippolyte Carnot
French statesman (1801-1888).
Born October 6th, 1801 in Saint-Omer. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1888 at 86 years old in Paris.
Joseph Sadoc Alemany
Spanish archbishop (1814-1888).
Died April 14th, 1888 at 73 years old in Valencia.
Benjamin H. Brewster
American politician (1816-1888).
Born October 13th, 1816 in Salem.
Died April 4th, 1888 at 71 years old in Philadelphia.
Victoria Benedictsson
Swedish writer (1850–1888).
Died July 23rd, 1888 at 38 years old in Copenhagen (exsanguination). [ref]
Christian Jank
German painter (1833-1888).
Born July 15th, 1833 in Munich.
Died November 25th, 1888 at 55 years old in Munich.
Julius Krohn
Finnish folk poetry researcher, professor, poet, hymn writer, translator and journalist (1835–1888).
Born April 19th, 1835 in Vyborg.
Died August 28th, 1888 at 53 years old in Vyborg, Vyborg Bay (shipwrecking).
Richard Anthony Proctor
English astronomer (1837-1888).
Born March 23rd, 1837 in Chelsea.
Died September 12th, 1888 at 51 years old in New York City (yellow fever).
Jakob Dont
Austrian violinist, composer, and teacher (1815-1888).
Born March 2nd, 1815 in Vienna.
Died November 17th, 1888 at 73 years old in Vienna.
George Robert Waterhouse
English scientist (1810–1888).
Born March 6th, 1810 in London Borough of Camden.
Died January 21st, 1888 at 77 years old in London.
Carl Friedrich Keil
German lutheran theologian and old testament commentator (1807–1888).
Born February 26th, 1807 in Oelsnitz.
Died May 5th, 1888 at 81 years old in Lichtenstein.
George Henry Corliss
American engineer (1817-1888).
Born June 2nd, 1817 in Easton.
Died February 21st, 1888 at 70 years old in Providence.
Charles Duclerc
French politician (1812-1888).
Born November 9th, 1812 in Bagnères-de-Bigorre.
Died July 21st, 1888 at 75 years old in Paris.
Charles Tilston Bright
British engineer and politician (1832-1888).
Born June 8th, 1832 in Wanstead.
Died May 3rd, 1888 at 55 years old in Abbey Wood.
Louis Buvelot
Swiss painter and photographer (1814-1888).
Born March 3rd, 1814 in Morges.
Died May 30th, 1888 at 74 years old in Melbourne.
Thomas Russell Crampton
British engineer (1816–1888).
Born August 6th, 1816 in Broadstairs.
Died April 19th, 1888 at 71 years old in London.
Jón Árnason
Icelandic folklorist (1819-1888).
Born August 17th, 1819 in Sveitarfélagið Skagaströnd.
Died September 4th, 1888 at 69 years old in Reykjavík.
Jean-Delphin Alard
French musician (1815–1888).
Born March 8th, 1815 in Bayonne.
Died February 22nd, 1888 at 72 years old in rue Christophe-Colomb (stroke).
Kanō Hōgai
Japanese artist (1828-1888).
Born February 27th, 1828 in Chōfu.
Died November 5th, 1888 at 60 years old in Japan.
Peter Kierkegaard
Danish lutheran pastor (1805-1888).
Born July 6th, 1805 in Hillerød.
Died February 24th, 1888 at 82 years old in Aalborg.
Carl Christian Hall
Danish politician (1812–1888).
Born February 25th, 1812 in Christianshavn.
Died August 14th, 1888 at 76 years old in Frederiksberg.
Zygmunt Wróblewski
Polish scientist (1845-1888).
Born October 28th, 1845 in Hrodna.
Died April 16th, 1888 at 42 years old in Kraków (sepsis).
Robert Gordon Latham
British ethnologist and philologist (1812-1888).
Born March 24th, 1812 in Lincolnshire.
Died March 9th, 1888 at 75 years old in Putney.
Jozef Miloslav Hurban
Slovak writer, journalist, politician, and protestant priest (1817-1888).
Born March 19th, 1817 in Beckov. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1888 at 70 years old in Hlboké. [ref]
Pasquale Stanislao Mancini
Italian lawyer and politician (1817–1888).
Born March 17th, 1817 in Castel Baronia.
Died December 26th, 1888 at 71 years old in Rome.
Matsuura Takeshirō
Geographer and explorer (1818-1888).
Born March 12th, 1818 in Onoe.
Died February 10th, 1888 at 69 years old in Soto-Kanda (intracranial hemorrhage).
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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer