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In the year 1893
184 Notable deaths
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer (1840–1893).
Born May 7th, 1840 in Votkinsk.
Died November 6th, 1893 at 53 years old in Malaya Morskaya Street, 13 (cholera).
Rutherford B. Hayes
President of the united states from 1877 to 1881.
Born October 4th, 1822 in Delaware.
Died January 17th, 1893 at 70 years old in Fremont (myocardial infarction).
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
German prince (1818–1893).
Born June 21st, 1818 in Coburg.
Died August 22nd, 1893 at 75 years old in Reinhardsbrunn.
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893).
Born August 5th, 1850 in Tourville-sur-Arques.
Died July 6th, 1893 at 42 years old in Passy (syphilis).
Duleep Singh I
Last maharaja of the sikh empire (1838-1893).
Born September 6th, 1838 in Lahore Fort.
Died October 22nd, 1893 at 55 years old in Paris.
P. G. T. Beauregard
Confederate general (1818–1893).
Born May 28th, 1818 in St. Bernard Parish.
Died February 20th, 1893 at 74 years old in New Orleans (cardiovascular disease).
Leland Stanford
American politician and railroad tycoon (1824-1893).
Born March 9th, 1824 in Watervliet. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1893 at 69 years old in Palo Alto (myocardial infarction).
Edwin Booth
American actor (1833–1893).
Born November 13th, 1833 in Bel Air.
Died June 7th, 1893 at 59 years old in New York City (cerebrovascular disease).
James G. Blaine
American politician (1830–1893).
Born January 31st, 1830 in West Brownsville. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1893 at 62 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Abner Doubleday
Union army general.
Born June 26th, 1819 in Ballston Spa.
Died January 26th, 1893 at 73 years old in Mendham.
Jean-Martin Charcot
French neurologist (1825–1893).
Born November 29th, 1825 in rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière.
Died August 16th, 1893 at 67 years old in Montsauche-les-Settons.
Charles Gounod
French composer (1818–1893).
Born June 17th, 1818 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1893 at 75 years old in Saint-Cloud (stroke). [ref]
John Abbott
3rd prime minister of canada (1821-1893).
Born March 12th, 1821 in Saint-André-Est.
Died October 30th, 1893 at 72 years old in Montreal (brain cancer).
Lucy Stone
American abolitionist and suffragist (1818-1893).
Born August 13th, 1818 in West Brookfield. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1893 at 75 years old in Boston (stomach cancer).
John Tyndall
Irish physicist (1820–1893).
Born August 2nd, 1820 in County Carlow.
Died December 4th, 1893 at 73 years old in Haslemere.
Patrice de MacMahon
Third president of the french republic (1808–1893).
Died October 17th, 1893 at 85 years old in Montcresson (chronic renal insufficiency).
Jan Matejko
Polish painter (1838–1893).
Born July 30th, 1838 in Free City of Kraków. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1893 at 55 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Mary Ann Shadd
American abolitionist (1823–1893).
Born October 9th, 1823 in Wilmington.
Died June 5th, 1893 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C..
Edmund Kirby Smith
Confederate states army general (1824-1893).
Born May 16th, 1824 in St. Augustine.
Died March 28th, 1893 at 68 years old in Sewanee (pneumonia).
Benjamin Franklin Butler
American general and politician (1818–1893).
Born November 5th, 1818 in Deerfield.
Died January 11th, 1893 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Alexander Cunningham
British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893).
Born January 23rd, 1814 in London.
Died November 28th, 1893 at 79 years old in London.
Robert Cornelius
American photographer and lamp manufacturer (1809–1893).
Born March 1st, 1809 in Philadelphia.
Died August 10th, 1893 at 84 years old in Frankford.
John Atkinson Grimshaw
English painter (1836-1893).
Born September 6th, 1836 in Leeds.
Died October 13th, 1893 at 57 years old in Leeds (abscess).
Hamilton Fish
American politician (1808–1893).
Born August 3rd, 1808 in New York City.
Died September 7th, 1893 at 85 years old in New York City.
Ford Madox Brown
British painter (1821–1893).
Born April 16th, 1821 in Calais.
Died October 11th, 1893 at 72 years old in London.
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