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In the year 1894
216 Notable deaths
Marietta Alboni
Italian operatic contralto (1826-1894).
Born March 6th, 1826 in Città di Castello. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1894 at 68 years old in Ville-d'Avray. [ref]
Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher
German economist (1817–1894).
Born October 21st, 1817 in Hanover.
Died June 4th, 1894 at 76 years old in Leipzig.
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Swiss chemist (1817–1894).
Born April 28th, 1817 in Geneva. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1894 at 76 years old in Geneva.
Bhudev Mukhopadhyay
Indian philosopher.
Born February 22nd, 1827 in Kolkata.
Died May 15th, 1894 at 67 years old in Kolkata.
Camillo Sivori
Italian violinist and composer (1815-1894).
Born October 25th, 1815 in Genoa.
Died February 19th, 1894 at 78 years old in Genoa.
Gheorghe Tattarescu
Romanian artist (1818–1894).
Born October 1st, 1820 in Focșani.
Died October 24th, 1894 at 74 years old in Bucharest.
Louis Figuier
French scientist and writer (1819-1894).
Born February 15th, 1819 in Montpellier.
Died November 8th, 1894 at 75 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Gillis Bildt
Swedish 19th century prime minister (1820-1894).
Born October 16th, 1820 in Gothenburg. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1894 at 74 years old in The Royal Court Parish.
Victor Duruy
French historian and statesman (1811-1894).
Born September 11th, 1811 in former 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 25th, 1894 at 83 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Archie Hunter
Scottish footballer (1859–1894).
Born September 23rd, 1859 in Joppa.
Died November 29th, 1894 at 35 years old in Aston.
James Darmesteter
French author, orientalist, and antiquarian (1849–1894).
Born March 28th, 1849 in Château-Salins. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1894 at 45 years old in Maisons-Laffitte. [ref]
Charles Jacque
French painter (1813–1894).
Born May 23rd, 1813 in former 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 7th, 1894 at 80 years old in boulevard de Clichy.
August Cieszkowski
Polish philosopher and economist (1814-1894).
Born September 12th, 1814 in Nowa Sucha. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1894 at 79 years old in Poznań. [ref]
Philipp Spitta
German musicologist (1841–1894).
Born December 27th, 1841 in Wechold.
Died April 13th, 1894 at 52 years old in Berlin.
Amanda Röntgen-Maier
Swedish musician (1853–1894).
Born February 20th, 1853 in Landskrona Parish.
Died July 15th, 1894 at 41 years old in Amsterdam (tuberculosis).
Carl Schmidt
Baltic german chemist (1822–1894).
Born June 13th, 1822 in Jelgava.
Died February 27th, 1894 at 71 years old in Tartu.
Heinrich Karl Brugsch
German egyptologist (1827–1894).
Born February 18th, 1827 in Berlin.
Died September 9th, 1894 at 67 years old in Charlottenburg.
Karl von Blaas
Austrian artist (1815-1894).
Born April 28th, 1815 in Nauders.
Died March 19th, 1894 at 78 years old in Vienna.
Mina Karadžić
Serbian historian and painter (1828-1894).
Born July 12th, 1828 in Landstraße. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1894 at 65 years old in Vienna (uremia).
Verney Lovett Cameron
Traveller from england (1844–1894).
Born July 1st, 1844 in Weymouth.
Died March 24th, 1894 at 49 years old in Leighton Buzzard (horse fall).
Caterina Volpicelli
Italian saint.
Born January 21st, 1839 in Naples.
Died December 28th, 1894 at 55 years old in Naples.
Carl Werner
German watercolour painter (1808–1894).
Born October 4th, 1808 in Weimar.
Died January 10th, 1894 at 85 years old in Leipzig.
August Dillmann
German orientalist and protestant theologian (1823-1894).
Born April 25th, 1823 in Illingen.
Died July 7th, 1894 at 71 years old in Berlin.
Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
Spanish composer (1823-1894).
Born August 3rd, 1823 in Madrid.
Died February 19th, 1894 at 70 years old in Madrid.
Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz
Spanish artist (1815-1894).
Born February 9th, 1815 in Spain, Rome.
Died June 10th, 1894 at 79 years old in Madrid.
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown