In the year 1889
194 Notable deaths
Samuel Morton Peto
British politician, building contractor, railway contractor (1809-1889).
Born August 4th, 1809 in Woking.
Died November 13th, 1889 at 80 years old
Ignacy Domeyko
Polish-chilean geologist and educator (1802–1889).
Born July 3rd, 1802 in Niedźwiadka estate. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1889 at 86 years old in Santiago. [ref]
Sarah Bagley
American labor leader.
Born April 19th, 1806 in Rockingham County.
Died January 15th, 1889 at 82 years old in Brooklyn.
Ibrahim Altynsarin
Kazakh writer (1841-1889).
Born November 1st, 1841 in Kostanay.
Died July 29th, 1889 at 47 years old in Kostanay.
Adolf von Henselt
German composer and pianist (1814–1889).
Born May 12th, 1814 in Schwabach.
Died October 10th, 1889 at 75 years old in Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój.
Carl Georg Ludwig Wilhelm Weyprecht
Austrian explorer (1838-1881).
Born September 8th, 1838 in Bad König. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1889 at 50 years old in Michelstadt (tuberculosis). [ref]
J. B. Lightfoot
British bishop and scholar of early christianity (1828–1889).
Born April 13th, 1828 in Liverpool.
Died December 21st, 1889 at 61 years old in Bournemouth.
Viktor Bunyakovsky
Russian mathematician (1804-1889).
Born December 15th, 1804 in Bar.
Died December 12th, 1889 at 84 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Dmitry Tolstoy
Russian politician (1823-1889).
Born March 13th, 1823 in Moscow.
Died May 7th, 1889 at 66 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Stanley Matthews
Us supreme court justice from 1881 to 1889.
Born July 21st, 1824 in Cincinnati.
Died March 22nd, 1889 at 64 years old in Washington, D.C..
Jules Dupré
French painter (1811-1889).
Born April 5th, 1811 in Nantes.
Died October 6th, 1889 at 78 years old in L'Isle-Adam.
Karl Davydov
Russian composer (1838–1889).
Born March 15th, 1838 in Kuldīga.
Died February 26th, 1889 at 50 years old in Moscow.
Eliza Cook
British writer (1818–1889).
Born December 24th, 1818 in London Road. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1889 at 70 years old in Wimbledon. [ref]
Ivan Larionov
Russian writer, compose and folklorist (1830–1889).
Born January 23rd, 1830 in Perm.
Died April 22nd, 1889 at 59 years old in Saratov (stomach cancer).
Şevkefza Sultan
Valide sultan of the ottoman empire (1820–1889).
Born December 12th, 1820 in Poti.
Died September 17th, 1889 at 68 years old in Çırağan Palace.
Benedetto Cairoli
Italian politician (1825–1889).
Born January 28th, 1825 in Pavia.
Died August 8th, 1889 at 64 years old in Naples.
Josip Filipović
Croatian-austrian army officer (1818–1889).
Born April 28th, 1818 in Gospić.
Died August 6th, 1889 at 71 years old in Prague.
Mary Louise Booth
American editor, translator and writer.
Born April 19th, 1831 in Yaphank. [ref]
Died March 5th, 1889 at 57 years old in New York City. [ref]
Miles Joseph Berkeley
British botanist (1803-1889).
Born April 1st, 1803 in Northamptonshire.
Died July 30th, 1889 at 86 years old in Market Harborough.
Edward A. Perry
Confederate army general, lawyer and judge (1831–1889); governor of florida 1885–1889.
Born March 15th, 1831 in Richmond.
Died October 15th, 1889 at 58 years old in Texas (stroke).
Champfleury
French author (1821–1889).
Born September 10th, 1821 in Laon.
Died December 6th, 1889 at 68 years old in Sèvres.
Irineu Evangelista de Sousa
Brazilian politician (1813–1890).
Born December 28th, 1813 in Arroio Grande.
Died October 21st, 1889 at 75 years old in Petrópolis.
Domingo Santa María
Chilean politician and president (1825–1889).
Born August 4th, 1825 in Santiago.
Died July 18th, 1889 at 63 years old in Santiago.
Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov
Russian diplomat (1827–1889).
Born July 27th, 1827 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 22nd, 1889 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Elias Loomis
American science writer (1811–1889).
Born August 7th, 1811 in Willington.
Died August 15th, 1889 at 78 years old in New Haven.
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