In the year 1894
216 Notable deaths
Guillaume Lekeu
Belgian composer (1870-1894).
Born January 20th, 1870 in Verviers.
Died January 21st, 1894 at 24 years old in Angers (typhoid fever).
Honoré Mercier
Canadian politician (1840-1894).
Born October 15th, 1840 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Died October 30th, 1894 at 54 years old in Montreal.
Alexander von Middendorff
Baltic german explorer and scientist (1815-1894).
Born August 18th, 1815 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 28th, 1894 at 78 years old in Hellenurme.
Svend Foyn
Norwegian whaler (1809–1894).
Born July 9th, 1809 in Tønsberg. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1894 at 85 years old in Nøtterøy. [ref]
Lucy Madox Brown
Artist (1843-1894).
Born July 19th, 1843 in Paris.
Died April 12th, 1894 at 50 years old in Sanremo.
Charles Laval
Painter from france (1862–1894).
Born March 17th, 1862 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 27th, 1894 at 32 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Juan N. Méndez
President of mexico (1876–77).
Born July 2nd, 1820 in Puebla.
Died November 29th, 1894 at 74 years old in Mexico City.
William Henry Waddington
19th century french statesman, prime minister and an ambassador of france (1826–1894).
Born December 11th, 1826 in Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre.
Died January 13th, 1894 at 67 years old in Paris.
Władysław Czartoryski
Polish noble and political activist (1828–1894).
Born July 3rd, 1828 in Warsaw.
Died June 23rd, 1894 at 65 years old in Paris.
August Kundt
German physicist (1839–1894).
Born November 18th, 1839 in Schwerin.
Died May 21st, 1894 at 54 years old in Israelsdorf (cardiovascular disease).
Hilarión Daza
President of bolivia (1840-1894).
Born January 14th, 1840 in Sucre.
Died February 27th, 1894 at 54 years old in Uyuni.
Matthew George Easton
Presbyterian preacher and biblical scholar from scotland (1823-1894).
Died February 27th, 1894 at 70 years old
Frederick Low
Governor of california (1828–1894).
Born June 30th, 1828 in Winterport.
Died July 21st, 1894 at 66 years old in San Francisco.
Anna Ella Carroll
American politician, pamphleteer, lobbyist (1815-1894).
Born August 29th, 1815 in Maryland. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1894 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C. (nephritis).
Susan Fenimore Cooper
American writer and amateur naturalist (1813-1894).
Born April 17th, 1813 in Mamaroneck.
Died December 31st, 1894 at 81 years old in Cooperstown.
Conrad of Parzham
German franciscan lay brother (1814–1894).
Born December 22nd, 1814 in Bad Griesbach im Rottal.
Died April 21st, 1894 at 79 years old in Altötting.
William Hart
American painter (1823-1894).
Born March 31st, 1823 in Paisley.
Died June 17th, 1894 at 71 years old in Mount Vernon.
Juan León Mera
Ecuadorian writer, artist and politician (1832-1894).
Born June 28th, 1832 in Ambato.
Died December 13th, 1894 at 62 years old in Ambato.
Vojislav Ilić
Serbian poet (1860–1894).
Born April 20th, 1860 in Belgrade.
Died February 2nd, 1894 at 33 years old in Belgrade (tuberculosis).
Edward Augustus Inglefield
British royal navy admiral (1820-1894).
Born March 27th, 1820 in Cheltenham.
Died September 4th, 1894 at 74 years old in London.
Charles Thomas Newton
Archaeologist (1816–1894).
Born September 16th, 1816 in Bredwardine.
Died November 28th, 1894 at 78 years old in Margate.
Louis Lewandowski
German composer (1821–1894).
Born April 3rd, 1823 in Września. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1894 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Agostina Livia Picapiedra
Italian saint (1864-1894).
Born March 27th, 1864 in Pozzaglia Sabina.
Died November 13th, 1894 at 30 years old in Rome (stab wound).
Illarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikov
Russian artist (1840-1894).
Died March 24th, 1894 at 53 years old in Moscow.
Maria Deraismes
French writer and feminist (1828–1894).
Born August 17th, 1828 in rue de la Verrerie. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1894 at 65 years old in rue Cardinet.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 216
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown