In the year 1889
194 Notable deaths
Amy Levy
British poet, novelist, writer (1861–1889).
Born November 10th, 1861 in London.
Died September 10th, 1889 at 27 years old in London (asphyxia).
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
French historian (1830–1889).
Born March 18th, 1830 in Paris.
Died September 12th, 1889 at 59 years old in Massy.
James Halliwell-Phillipps
British shakespeare scholar, antiquarian and collector of english nursery rhymes and fairy tales (1820-1889).
Born June 21st, 1820 in London.
Died January 3rd, 1889 at 68 years old in East Sussex.
Gaston Planté
French physicist.
Born April 22nd, 1834 in Orthez.
Died May 21st, 1889 at 55 years old in Meudon.
Henry Yule
Scottish orientalist (1820–1889).
Born May 1st, 1820 in Scotland, Inveresk.
Died December 30th, 1889 at 69 years old in London.
Veronica Micle
Romanian writer (1850-1889).
Born April 22nd, 1850 in Năsăud.
Died August 3rd, 1889 at 39 years old in Văratec (intoxication).
Henry Shaw
American philanthropist (1800-1889).
Born July 24th, 1800 in Sheffield.
Died August 25th, 1889 at 89 years old in St. Louis.
Juan Montalvo
Ecuadorian writer (1832-1889).
Born April 13th, 1832 in Ambato.
Died January 17th, 1889 at 56 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Infante Augusto, Duke of Coimbra
Portuguese royal.
Born November 4th, 1847 in Lisbon.
Died September 26th, 1889 at 41 years old in Lisbon.
Jean-Baptiste Arban
French cornetist, conductor, composer and pedagogue (1825–1889).
Born February 28th, 1825 in Lyon.
Died April 9th, 1889 at 64 years old in Paris.
Samuel S. Cox
American politician (1824-1889).
Born September 30th, 1824 in Zanesville.
Died September 10th, 1889 at 64 years old in New York City.
Carlo Pellegrini
Italian caricaturist (1839-1889).
Born March 25th, 1839 in Capua. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1889 at 49 years old in London (lung disease). [ref]
Eugène Disdéri
French photographer (1819–1889).
Born March 28th, 1819 in Paris.
Died October 4th, 1889 at 70 years old in Paris.
John Palmer Usher
American politician (1816–1889).
Born January 18th, 1818 in Brookfield.
Died April 13th, 1889 at 71 years old in Philadelphia (cancer).
James Harris
British politician, born 1807.
Born March 25th, 1807 in London.
Died May 17th, 1889 at 82 years old in London.
Daniel Gooch
British railway engineer (1816-1889).
Born August 24th, 1816 in Bedlington.
Died October 15th, 1889 at 73 years old in Windsor.
John C. Brown
Confederate army general (1827-1889).
Born January 6th, 1827 in Giles County.
Died August 17th, 1889 at 62 years old in Red Boiling Springs.
Princess Eugénie of Sweden
Swedish princess; daughter of oscar i of sweden and josephine of leuchtenberg (1830–1889).
Born April 24th, 1830 in Stockholm City. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1889 at 58 years old in Stockholm City. [ref]
Sergey Petrovich Botkin
Russian clinician, therapist, and activist (1832-1889).
Born September 17th, 1832 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1889 at 57 years old in Menton.
Warren De la Rue
British astronomer, chemist and photographer (1815–1889).
Born January 18th, 1815 in Guernsey.
Died April 19th, 1889 at 74 years old in London.
Franciscus Donders
Dutch ophthalmologist (1818-1889).
Born May 27th, 1818 in Tilburg.
Died March 24th, 1889 at 70 years old in Utrecht.
Robert Walter Weir
American artist (1803-1889).
Born June 18th, 1803 in New Rochelle.
Died May 1st, 1889 at 85 years old in New York City.
Mori Arinori
Japanese noble (1847-1889).
Born August 23rd, 1847 in Kasuga-chō. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1889 at 41 years old in Kōjimachi.
Martin Farquhar Tupper
English poet and novelist (1810–1889).
Born July 17th, 1810 in City of Westminster.
Died November 29th, 1889 at 79 years old in Upper Norwood.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson