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In the year 1894
216 Notable deaths
Pierre-Joseph Van Beneden
Belgian zoologist (1809–1894).
Born December 15th, 1809 in Mechelen.
Died January 8th, 1894 at 84 years old in Leuven.
Franjo Rački
Croatian historian, politician and writer (1828-1894).
Born November 25th, 1829 in Fužine.
Died February 13th, 1894 at 64 years old in Zagreb.
Cirilo Villaverde
Cuban writer (1812-1894).
Born October 28th, 1812 in Pinar del Río.
Died October 24th, 1894 at 81 years old in New York City.
Norbert Goeneutte
French artist (1854-1894).
Born July 23rd, 1854 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 9th, 1894 at 40 years old in Auvers-sur-Oise (tuberculosis).
Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk
Dutch indologist (1824-1894).
Born February 23rd, 1824 in Malacca.
Died August 17th, 1894 at 70 years old in Surabaya.
Carlos Holguín Mallarino
President of colombia (1832–1894).
Born June 11th, 1832 in Nóvita.
Died October 19th, 1894 at 62 years old in Bogotá (asphyxia).
Jeanne Deroin
French feminist, editor (1805–1894).
Born December 31st, 1805 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1894 at 88 years old in London. [ref]
Johanna Jachmann-Wagner
German singer (1828-1894).
Born October 13th, 1828 in Seelze.
Died October 16th, 1894 at 66 years old in Würzburg.
Georges Pouchet
French naturalist and anatomist (1833-1894).
Born February 26th, 1833 in Rouen.
Died March 29th, 1894 at 61 years old in Paris.
Emilio Arrieta
Spanish composer (1821–1894).
Born October 21st, 1823 in Puente La Reina – Gares.
Died February 11th, 1894 at 70 years old in Madrid.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton
English artist, art critic and author (1834-1894).
Born September 10th, 1834 in Shaw and Crompton.
Died November 4th, 1894 at 60 years old in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
James Graham Fair
American politician (1831–1894).
Born December 3rd, 1831 in Clogher.
Died December 28th, 1894 at 63 years old in San Francisco.
Remigio Morales Bermúdez
President of peru (1836-1894).
Born September 30th, 1836 in Pica. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1894 at 57 years old in Lima. [ref]
Josef Hyrtl
Austrian anatomist (1810–1894).
Born December 7th, 1811 in Eisenstadt.
Died July 17th, 1894 at 82 years old in Perchtoldsdorf.
Nikolai Yadrintsev
Russian explorer (1842-1894).
Born October 30th, 1842 in Omsk.
Died June 20th, 1894 at 51 years old in Barnaul (intoxication).
Adolf Friedrich von Schack
German poet, historian of literature and art collector (1815–1894).
Born August 2nd, 1815 in Schwerin.
Died April 14th, 1894 at 78 years old in Rome.
Rafael Núñez
Author, lawyer, journalist, politician and president of colombia (1825-1894).
Born September 28th, 1825 in Cartagena.
Died September 18th, 1894 at 68 years old in Cartagena (stroke).
Clara Fey
Roman catholic nun (1815-1894).
Born April 11th, 1815 in Aachen.
Died May 8th, 1894 at 79 years old in Simpelveld. [ref]
Kitamura Tokoku
Japanese literary critic and poet (1868-1894).
Born December 29th, 1868 in Odawara.
Died May 16th, 1894 at 25 years old in Shiba Park (hanging to death).
Edmond Frémy
French chemist (1814–1894).
Born February 22nd, 1814 in Versailles.
Died February 3rd, 1894 at 79 years old in Paris.
Alphons Czibulka
Hungarian musician (1842–1894).
Born May 14th, 1842 in Spišské Podhradie.
Died October 27th, 1894 at 52 years old in Vienna.
Robert Charles Winthrop
American politician (1809–1894).
Born May 12th, 1809 in Boston.
Died November 16th, 1894 at 85 years old in Boston.
John Xantus
Hungarian zoologist and ornithologist (1825-1894).
Born October 5th, 1825 in Erdőcsokonya.
Died December 13th, 1894 at 69 years old in Budapest.
Nathanael Pringsheim
German botanist (1823-1894).
Born November 30th, 1823 in Gorzów Śląski.
Died October 6th, 1894 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Dutch politician (1819–1894).
Born August 19th, 1819 in Dommeldange.
Died July 1st, 1894 at 74 years old in The Hague.
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Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do? Epicurus