In the year 1889
194 Notable deaths
John Bright
British radical and liberal statesman (1811–1889).
Born November 16th, 1811 in Rochdale.
Died March 27th, 1889 at 77 years old in Rochdale.
Laura Bridgman
American deaf-blind woman.
Born December 21st, 1829 in Hanover.
Died May 24th, 1889 at 59 years old in Boston.
Charles III, Prince of Monaco
Prince of monaco and duke of valentinois from 1856.
Born December 8th, 1818 in Paris.
Died September 10th, 1889 at 70 years old in Marchais.
Ion Creangă
Moldavian - born romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher.
Born March 1st, 1837 in Târgu Neamț, Humulești.
Died December 31st, 1889 at 52 years old in Iași (seizure).
George H. Pendleton
American lawyer, politician and businessman (1825-1889).
Born July 19th, 1825 in Cincinnati.
Died November 24th, 1889 at 64 years old in Brussels metropolitan area.
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Surinamese inventor.
Born September 15th, 1852 in Paramaribo. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1889 at 36 years old in Lynn (tuberculosis). [ref]
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
British soldier, politician, and administrator (1823-1889).
Born September 10th, 1823 in Westminster St James.
Died March 26th, 1889 at 65 years old in Chandos House (diabetes).
Charles Mackay
British writer (1814-1889).
Born March 27th, 1814 in Perth.
Died December 24th, 1889 at 75 years old in London.
Elvira Madigan
Tightrope walker and trick rider (1867–1889).
Born December 4th, 1867 in Flensburg.
Died July 19th, 1889 at 21 years old in Tåsinge (gunshot wound).
Daniel Harvey Hill
Confederate states army general (1821–1889).
Born July 12th, 1821 in York County.
Died September 24th, 1889 at 68 years old in Charlotte.
Marie of Prussia
Queen consort of bavaria; youngest child of prince wilhelm of prussia and princess marie anna of hesse-homburg.
Born October 15th, 1825 in Berlin.
Died May 17th, 1889 at 63 years old in Hohenschwangau Castle.
Priscilla Cooper Tyler
First lady of the united states from 1842 to 1844.
Born June 14th, 1816 in New York City.
Died December 29th, 1889 at 73 years old in Montgomery.
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
President of mexico (1823-1889).
Born April 24th, 1823 in Xalapa. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1889 at 65 years old in New York City. [ref]
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Russian writer, journalist, plawright and satirist.
Born January 25th, 1826 in Spas-Ugol.
Died May 10th, 1889 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Bernhard Förster
German high school teacher and anti-semite activist (1843-1889).
Born March 31st, 1843 in Delitzsch.
Died June 3rd, 1889 at 46 years old in San Bernardino (intoxication).
Maurice Sand
French illustrator and writer (1823-1889).
Born June 30th, 1823 in Paris.
Died September 4th, 1889 at 66 years old in Nohant-Vic.
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Japanese artist (1831–1889).
Died April 26th, 1889 at 57 years old in Tokyo Prefecture (stomach cancer).
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
French writer (1838–1889).
Born November 7th, 1838 in Saint-Brieuc.
Died August 19th, 1889 at 50 years old in Paris (stomach cancer). [ref]
Henry Jackson Hunt
Chief of artillery in the army of the potomac during the american civil war.
Born September 14th, 1819 in Detroit.
Died February 11th, 1889 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C..
Albrecht Ritschl
German theologian (1822-1889).
Born March 25th, 1822 in Berlin.
Died March 20th, 1889 at 66 years old in Göttingen.
Giovanni Bottesini
Italian composer, conductor, and double bass player.
Born December 24th, 1823 in Crema.
Died July 7th, 1889 at 65 years old in Parma.
Đồng Khánh
Vietnamese emperor (1864–1889).
Born February 19th, 1864 in Huế.
Died January 28th, 1889 at 24 years old in Huế.
William Allingham
Irish man of letters and poet (1824-1889).
Born March 19th, 1824 in Ballyshannon.
Died November 18th, 1889 at 65 years old in Hampstead.
Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly
French writer (1808-1889).
Born November 2nd, 1808 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1889 at 80 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
John W. Johnston
American lawyer and politician from abingdon, virginia.
Born September 9th, 1818 in Washington County.
Died February 27th, 1889 at 70 years old in Richmond.
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That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. Emily Dickinson