In the year 1894
216 Notable deaths
Sante Geronimo Caserio
Sentenced to death in france.
Born September 8th, 1873 in Motta Visconti.
Died August 16th, 1894 at 20 years old in Lyon (decapitation, decapitation by guillotine). [ref]
George Peter Alexander Healy
American painter (1813–1894).
Born July 15th, 1813 in Boston.
Died June 24th, 1894 at 80 years old in Chicago.
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
English sculptor and natural history artist (1807-1894).
Born February 8th, 1807 in London.
Died January 27th, 1894 at 86 years old in London.
John G. Downey
Irish-american politician and california governor.
Born June 24th, 1827 in County Roscommon.
Died March 1st, 1894 at 66 years old in Los Angeles.
Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
British politician and first governor general of canada (1819–1894).
Born October 10th, 1819 in Templemore.
Died November 29th, 1894 at 75 years old in Enniskerry.
Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey
British politician (1802-1894).
Born December 28th, 1802 in Howick.
Died October 9th, 1894 at 91 years old
William Robertson Smith
Scottish orientalist and minister of the free church of scotland (1846–1894).
Born November 8th, 1846 in Aberdeenshire.
Died March 31st, 1894 at 47 years old in Cambridge (tuberculosis).
Émile Henry
Sentenced to death in france.
Born September 26th, 1872 in Barcelona.
Died May 21st, 1894 at 21 years old in Paris (decapitation by guillotine). [ref]
Andrew Gregg Curtin
American politician (1817–1894).
Born April 22nd, 1817 in Bellefonte.
Died October 7th, 1894 at 77 years old in Bellefonte.
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle
French poet (1818–1894).
Born October 22nd, 1818 in Saint-Paul.
Died July 17th, 1894 at 75 years old in Louveciennes.
Brian Houghton Hodgson
British diplomat and naturalist (1800/1801–1894).
Born February 1st, 1800 in Prestbury.
Died May 23rd, 1894 at 94 years old in London.
Sarah Parker Remond
American abolitionist and suffragist (1824-1894).
Died December 13th, 1894 at 70 years old in Rome.
Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
German prince (1844–1894).
Born July 31st, 1844 in Weimar.
Died November 20th, 1894 at 50 years old in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.
Constance Fenimore Woolson
American writer (1840-1894).
Born March 5th, 1840 in Claremont.
Died January 24th, 1894 at 53 years old in Venice (falling).
Alfred H. Colquitt
Confederate army general (1824-1894).
Born April 20th, 1824 in Monroe.
Died March 26th, 1894 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C..
Joseph B. Kershaw
Confederate army general (1822-1894).
Born January 5th, 1822 in Camden.
Died April 13th, 1894 at 72 years old in South Carolina.
Zebulon Baird Vance
Confederate military officer in the american civil war (1830-1894).
Born May 13th, 1830 in Asheville.
Died April 14th, 1894 at 63 years old in North Carolina.
George John Romanes
British evolutionary biologist (1848–1894).
Born May 20th, 1848 in Kingston.
Died May 23rd, 1894 at 46 years old in Oxford.
Eugène Charles Catalan
French and belgian mathematician (1814–1894).
Born May 30th, 1814 in Bruges.
Died February 14th, 1894 at 79 years old in Liège (pneumonia).
Samuel J. Kirkwood
American politician (1813-1894).
Born December 20th, 1813 in Harford County.
Died September 1st, 1894 at 80 years old in Iowa City. [ref]
Maxime Du Camp
French photographer and writer (1822–1894).
Born February 8th, 1822 in Paris.
Died February 9th, 1894 at 72 years old in Baden-Baden.
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes
Mathematician (1856–1894).
Born December 29th, 1856 in Zwolle.
Died December 31st, 1894 at 38 years old in Toulouse (influenza).
Charles L. Robinson
American politician and state governor (1818–1894).
Born July 21st, 1818 in Hardwick.
Died August 17th, 1894 at 76 years old in Douglas County.
Pavel Yablochkov
Russian engineer (1847–1894).
Born September 14th, 1847 in Serdobsk.
Died March 31st, 1894 at 46 years old in Saratov.
William Dwight Whitney
American orientalist, linguist and lexicographer (1827–1894).
Born February 9th, 1827 in Northampton.
Died June 7th, 1894 at 67 years old in New Haven.
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black