In the year 1892
198 Notable deaths
Walt Whitman
American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892).
Born May 31st, 1819 in Long Island, West Hills.
Died March 26th, 1892 at 72 years old in Camden (hunger).
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
British prince (1864-1892); eldest child of the future king edward vii and queen alexandra.
Born January 8th, 1864 in Frogmore Estate.
Died January 14th, 1892 at 28 years old in Sandringham House (influenza).
Alfred Tennyson
British poet laureate (1809–1892).
Born August 6th, 1809 in Somersby.
Died October 6th, 1892 at 83 years old in Aldworth.
Robert Ford
American outlaw (1862-1892).
Born January 31st, 1862 in Ray County.
Died June 8th, 1892 at 30 years old in Creede (gunshot wound).
Charles Spurgeon
British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist (1834-1892).
Born June 19th, 1834 in Kelvedon.
Died January 31st, 1892 at 57 years old in Menton (yellow fever).
Louis Vuitton
French fashion designer and businessman (1821–1892).
Born August 4th, 1821 in Lavans-sur-Valouse.
Died February 27th, 1892 at 70 years old in Asnières-sur-Seine (glioblastoma).
Jay Gould
American railroad magnate and financier (1836-1892).
Born May 27th, 1836 in Roxbury.
Died December 2nd, 1892 at 56 years old in New York City (tuberculosis).
Baháʼu'lláh
Founder of the bahá'í faith (1817–1892).
Born November 12th, 1817 in Mirza Bozorg Nuri House.
Died May 29th, 1892 at 74 years old in Acre (fever).
Thomas Cook
English founder of the travel agency thomas cook & son (1808–1892).
Born November 22nd, 1808 in Derbyshire.
Died July 18th, 1892 at 83 years old in Leicester.
Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
Bavarian aristocrat (1808-1892).
Born August 30th, 1808 in Munich.
Died January 26th, 1892 at 83 years old in Munich (bronchitis).
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
Grand duke of hesse and by rhine from 1877 to 1892.
Born September 12th, 1837 in Prinz-Carl-Palais.
Died March 13th, 1892 at 54 years old in Darmstadt.
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892).
Born July 20th, 1804 in Lancaster.
Died December 18th, 1892 at 88 years old in London.
Werner von Siemens
German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist (1816–1892).
Born December 13th, 1816 in Lenthe. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1892 at 75 years old in Charlottenburg (pneumonia). [ref]
Ernest Renan
French philosopher and writer (1823–1892).
Born February 27th, 1823 in Tréguier. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1892 at 69 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1827-1892).
Born September 21st, 1827 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 25th, 1892 at 64 years old in Pavlovsk (pneumonia).
John Greenleaf Whittier
American quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892).
Born December 17th, 1807 in Haverhill.
Died September 7th, 1892 at 84 years old in Hampton Falls.
Thomas Neill Cream
Scottish-canadian serial killer.
Born May 27th, 1850 in Glasgow.
Died November 15th, 1892 at 42 years old in Newgate Prison (hanging to death). [ref]
Alexander Mackenzie
2nd prime minister of canada (1822-1892).
Born January 28th, 1822 in Logierait.
Died April 17th, 1892 at 70 years old in Toronto (stroke).
Caroline Harrison
First lady of the united states from 1889 to 1892.
Born October 1st, 1832 in Washington, D.C., Oxford.
Died October 25th, 1892 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C., White House (tuberculosis).
George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough
British peer (1844-1892).
Died November 9th, 1892 at 48 years old in Blenheim Palace.
August Wilhelm von Hofmann
German chemist (1818–1892).
Born April 8th, 1818 in Giessen.
Died May 5th, 1892 at 74 years old in Berlin.
Tevfik Paşa
Khedive of egypt and sudan from 1879 to 1892.
Born November 15th, 1852 in Cairo.
Died January 7th, 1892 at 39 years old in Helwan (heart failure).
Alexandre Levy
Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor (1864–1892).
Born November 10th, 1864 in São Paulo.
Died November 17th, 1892 at 28 years old in São Paulo.
Deodoro da Fonseca
President of brazil (1827-1892).
Born August 5th, 1827 in Marechal Deodoro.
Died August 23rd, 1892 at 65 years old in Barra Mansa.
George Biddell Airy
English mathematician and astronomer (*1801 – †1892).
Born July 27th, 1801 in Alnwick.
Died January 2nd, 1892 at 90 years old in Greenwich.
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau