In the year 1889
194 Notable deaths
Ole Jacob Broch
Norwegian scholar and politician (1818-1889).
Born January 4th, 1818 in Fredrikstad, Fredrikstad Municipality.
Died February 5th, 1889 at 71 years old in Sèvres.
Christian August Selmer
2nd prime minister of norway (1816–1889).
Born November 16th, 1816 in Halden.
Died November 1st, 1889 at 72 years old in Christiania.
Alexander von Kotzebue
German romantic painter (1815–1889).
Born June 9th, 1815 in Königsberg.
Died February 24th, 1889 at 73 years old in Munich.
António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquis of Tomar
Portuguese noble (1803-1889).
Born May 9th, 1803 in Fornos de Algodres.
Died September 1st, 1889 at 86 years old in Porto.
Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya
Russian novelist, poet, literary critic and translator (1821–1889).
Born June 1st, 1825 in Pronsk County.
Died June 20th, 1889 at 64 years old in Petergof.
Karl Bötticher
German archaeologist (1806-1889).
Born May 29th, 1806 in Nordhausen.
Died June 19th, 1889 at 83 years old in Berlin.
Eugen von Keyserling
Baltic german arachnologist (1832-1889).
Born April 3rd, 1832 in Pakruojis. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1889 at 57 years old in Dzierżoniów (tuberculosis). [ref]
Friedrich August von Quenstedt
Professor of mineralogy and geology at eberhard karls universität, tübingen (1809–1889).
Born July 9th, 1809 in Eisleben.
Died December 21st, 1889 at 80 years old in Tübingen.
Guglielmo Massaia
Catholic cardinal (1809-1889).
Born June 8th, 1809 in Piovà Massaia. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1889 at 80 years old in San Giorgio a Cremano.
Georges Henri Halphen
French mathematician (1844-1889).
Born October 30th, 1844 in Rouen.
Died May 21st, 1889 at 44 years old in Versailles.
Nikolai Uspensky
Russian writer and journalist (1837–1889).
Died November 2nd, 1889 at 52 years old in Moscow (exsanguination).
Louis Ulbach
French writer (1822-1889).
Born March 7th, 1822 in Troyes. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1889 at 67 years old in Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. [ref]
Angelo Genocchi
Italian mathematician (1817-1889).
Born March 5th, 1817 in Piacenza.
Died March 7th, 1889 at 72 years old in Turin.
Charles Spence Bate
British zoologist and dentist.
Born March 16th, 1819 in Truro.
Died July 29th, 1889 at 70 years old in Cornwall.
Carlo Sacconi
Catholic cardinal (1808-1889).
Born May 9th, 1808 in Montalto delle Marche.
Died February 25th, 1889 at 80 years old in Rome.
Francisco Antonino Vidal
President of uruguay (1825-1889).
Born May 14th, 1825 in Maldonado Department, San Carlos. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1889 at 63 years old in Montevideo.
José de Obaldía
Vice president of colombia (1806–1889).
Born July 19th, 1806 in Santiago de Veraguas. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1889 at 83 years old in David. [ref]
Antonio de Trueba
Spanish writer (1819-1889).
Born December 24th, 1819 in Galdames.
Died March 10th, 1889 at 69 years old in Bilbao.
Wilhelm von Giesebrecht
German historian (1814-1889).
Born March 5th, 1814 in Berlin.
Died December 18th, 1889 at 75 years old in Munich.
Leo Lesquereux
Swiss-american botanist (1806-1889).
Born November 18th, 1806 in Fleurier.
Died October 25th, 1889 at 82 years old in Columbus.
Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter
Baltic german botanist (1809-1889).
Born February 20th, 1809 in Jelgava.
Died January 24th, 1889 at 79 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Heinrich von Dechen
German geologist (1800-1889).
Born March 25th, 1800 in Berlin.
Died February 15th, 1889 at 88 years old in Bonn.
Abel Pavet de Courteille
French turkologist (1821–1889).
Born June 23rd, 1821 in Paris.
Died December 13th, 1889 at 68 years old in Paris.
Ernest Cosson
French botanist (1819–1889).
Born July 22nd, 1819 in Paris.
Died December 31st, 1889 at 70 years old in Paris.
Henri de Montaut
French copperplate engraver and illustrator (1829-1889).
Born June 13th, 1829 in Paris.
Died December 27th, 1889 at 60 years old in Paris.
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Death and pain are windows to great insight if you have the strength to look through them. James Pierce