In the year 1889
194 Notable deaths
Alfred Rethel
German artist (1816-1859).
Born May 15th, 1816 in Aachen.
Died December 1st, 1889 at 73 years old in Düsseldorf.
Alfred Józef Potocki
Polish noble, prime minister of austria (1822–1889).
Born July 29th, 1822 in Łańcut.
Died May 18th, 1889 at 66 years old in Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Jules Cotard
French neurologist (1840–1889).
Born June 1st, 1840 in Issoudun.
Died August 19th, 1889 at 49 years old in Vanves (diphtheria).
Paul du Bois-Reymond
German mathematician (1831-1889).
Born December 2nd, 1831 in Berlin.
Died April 7th, 1889 at 57 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Émile Augier
French writer (1820-1889).
Born September 17th, 1820 in Valence. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1889 at 69 years old in Villa Augier. [ref]
Gustav Lange
German composer (1830–1889).
Born August 13th, 1830 in Schwerstedt.
Died July 20th, 1889 at 58 years old in Wernigerode.
Eugène Flandin
French scholar, artist and politician (1809-1889).
Born August 15th, 1809 in Naples. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1889 at 80 years old in Cerelles. [ref]
Eduard Bendemann
German painter (1811-1889).
Born December 3rd, 1811 in Berlin.
Died December 27th, 1889 at 78 years old in Düsseldorf.
John George Wood
English writer on natural history (1827–1889).
Born July 21st, 1827 in London.
Died March 3rd, 1889 at 61 years old in Coventry.
Yicong
Qing dynasty prince (1831-1889).
Born July 23rd, 1831 in Beijing.
Died February 18th, 1889 at 57 years old in Beijing.
Constance Naden
English writer, poet and philosopher (1858-1889).
Born January 24th, 1858 in Edgbaston.
Died December 23rd, 1889 at 31 years old in Mayfair.
Francis Day
British army surgeon, naturalist, ichthyologist and scientific illustrator (1829-1889).
Born March 2nd, 1829 in Maresfield.
Died July 10th, 1889 at 60 years old in Cheltenham (stomach cancer).
Johann Jakob von Tschudi
Swiss naturalist and explorer (1818–1889).
Born July 25th, 1818 in Glarus.
Died October 8th, 1889 at 71 years old in Lichtenegg.
Anton Romako
Austrian artist (1832–1889).
Born October 20th, 1832 in Atzgersdorf.
Died March 8th, 1889 at 56 years old in Vienna.
Richard von Volkmann
German surgeon and author (1830-1889).
Born August 17th, 1830 in Leipzig.
Died November 28th, 1889 at 59 years old in Jena.
Adonijah Welch
American politician (1821-1889).
Born April 12th, 1821 in East Hampton.
Died March 14th, 1889 at 67 years old in Pasadena.
Édouard Baldus
French photographer (1813–1889).
Born June 5th, 1813 in Grünebach. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1889 at 76 years old in Arcueil. [ref]
Gisela von Arnim
German writer (1827-1889).
Born August 30th, 1827 in Berlin.
Died April 4th, 1889 at 61 years old in Florence.
José Joaquín Pérez
Chilean politician and president (1801-1889).
Born May 6th, 1801 in Santiago.
Died July 1st, 1889 at 88 years old in Santiago.
Samuel Hirsch
German rabbi (1815-1889).
Born June 8th, 1815 in Thalfang.
Died May 14th, 1889 at 73 years old in Chicago.
Guðbrandur Vigfússon
Icelandic scholar (1827—1889).
Born March 13th, 1827 in Breiðafjörður.
Died January 31st, 1889 at 61 years old
Ludwik Waryński
Polish revolutionary (1856-1889).
Born October 6th, 1856 in Martynivka.
Died March 2nd, 1889 at 32 years old in Shlisselburg (tuberculosis). [ref]
Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski
Croatian historian and politician (1816-1889).
Born May 29th, 1816 in Varaždin. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1889 at 73 years old in Pustodol Začretski. [ref]
Carl Rosa
German-british opera manager.
Born March 22nd, 1842 in Hamburg.
Died April 30th, 1889 at 47 years old in Paris.
William Wright
British orientalist and professor (1830–1889).
Born January 17th, 1830 in Bengal.
Died May 22nd, 1889 at 59 years old in Cambridge.
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks