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In the year 1889
194 Notable deaths
Gustav Weil
German orientalist (1808–1889).
Born April 25th, 1808 in Sulzburg.
Died August 29th, 1889 at 81 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Wilhelm Tempel
German astronomer (1821–1889).
Born December 4th, 1821 in Niedercunnersdorf. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1889 at 67 years old in Arcetri.
John Ball
British politician, naturalist and alpine traveller. (1818-1889).
Born August 20th, 1818 in Dublin.
Died October 21st, 1889 at 71 years old in Kensington.
Alessandro Gavazzi
Roman catholic priest turned evangelical christian activist; political activist (1809–1889).
Born March 21st, 1809 in Bologna.
Died January 9th, 1889 at 79 years old in Rome (disease).
Fanny Lewald
German writer (1811-1889).
Born March 21st, 1811 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1889 at 78 years old in Dresden.
Michele Amari
Italian patriot and arabist (1806–1889).
Born July 7th, 1806 in Palermo.
Died July 16th, 1889 at 83 years old in Florence.
Félix Pyat
French socialist journalist and politician (1810–1889).
Born October 4th, 1810 in Vierzon.
Died August 3rd, 1889 at 78 years old in Saint-Gratien.
Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach
German botanist (1824–1889).
Born January 3rd, 1824 in Dresden. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1889 at 65 years old in Hamburg.
Peter Egerton-Warburton
British military officer, commissioner of police for south australia and australian explorer (1813–1889).
Born August 15th, 1813 in Northwich.
Died November 5th, 1889 at 76 years old in Beaumont.
Ignatz Kolisch
Austro-hungarian chess player (1837-1889).
Born April 6th, 1837 in Bratislava.
Died April 30th, 1889 at 52 years old in Vienna (kidney failure).
Şihabetdin Märcani
Russian tatar historian and theologian (1818–1889).
Born January 25th, 1818 in Kazan.
Died April 27th, 1889 at 71 years old in Kazan.
Theodosius Harnack
Baltic german theologian (1817–1889).
Born January 3rd, 1817 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 23rd, 1889 at 72 years old in Tartu.
Carlotta Patti
Italian opera singer (1835–1889).
Born October 30th, 1835 in Florence.
Died June 27th, 1889 at 53 years old in Paris (stomach cancer).
Churchill Babington
English scholar, archaeologist and naturalist (1821-1889).
Born March 11th, 1821 in Rothley.
Died January 12th, 1889 at 67 years old in Suffolk.
António Soares dos Reis
Portuguese sculptor (1847–1889).
Born October 14th, 1847 in Freguesia de Mafamude. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1889 at 41 years old in Vila Nova de Gaia.
August von Pettenkofen
Austrian artist.
Born May 10th, 1822 in Vienna.
Died March 21st, 1889 at 66 years old in Vienna.
Enrico Tamberlik
Italian opera singer (1820–1889).
Born March 16th, 1820 in Rome.
Died March 15th, 1889 at 68 years old in Paris.
Bartolomé Calvo
President of colombia (1815-1889).
Born August 24th, 1815 in Cartagena.
Died January 2nd, 1889 at 73 years old in Quito.
August Ahlqvist
Finnish poet, scholar, author and literary critic (1826-1889).
Born August 7th, 1826 in Kuopio.
Died December 2nd, 1889 at 63 years old in Helsinki.
Giuseppe Giovanni Antonio Meneghini
Italian naturalist and politician (1811-1889).
Born August 1st, 1811 in Padua.
Died January 29th, 1889 at 77 years old in Pisa.
Ante Kovačić
Croatian writer (1854–1889).
Born June 6th, 1854 in Marija Gorica.
Died March 10th, 1889 at 34 years old in Vrapče, Tutin (pneumonia).
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
American academic administrator (1809–1889).
Born May 5th, 1809 in Sheffield.
Died April 27th, 1889 at 79 years old in New York City.
Máximo Santos
President of uruguay (1847-1889).
Born April 15th, 1847 in Pando.
Died May 19th, 1889 at 42 years old in Buenos Aires.
Jakov Ignjatović
Serbian writer and politician living in hungary (1822-1889).
Born December 8th, 1822 in Szentendre.
Died July 5th, 1889 at 66 years old in Novi Sad.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan