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In the year 1894
216 Notable deaths
Alexander Wittek
Austrian chess player (1852–1894).
Born October 12th, 1852 in Sisak.
Died May 11th, 1894 at 41 years old in Graz.
Auguste Cain
French sculptor (1821-1894).
Born November 4th, 1822 in former 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1894 at 71 years old in rue Yves-Toudic. [ref]
Peter Leopold von Schrenck
Russian scientist of baltic german origin (1826-1894).
Born May 6th, 1826 in Khotin. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1894 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Auguste Burdeau
French politician (1851-1894).
Born September 10th, 1851 in Montée de l'Observance. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1894 at 43 years old in Palais Bourbon. [ref]
Alexei Korzukhin
Russian artist (1835-1894).
Born March 23rd, 1835 in Uktussky plant.
Died October 30th, 1894 at 59 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Giovanni Nicotera
Italian politician (1828–1894).
Born September 9th, 1828 in Sambiase.
Died June 13th, 1894 at 65 years old in Vico Equense.
Josiah P. Cooke
Harvard mineralogist and chemist (1827–1894).
Born October 12th, 1827 in Boston.
Died September 3rd, 1894 at 66 years old in Newport.
Daniel Cornelius Danielssen
Norwegian dermatologist (1815-1893).
Born July 4th, 1815 in Bergen.
Died July 13th, 1894 at 79 years old in Bergen.
Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins
47th minister for treasury affairs (1845-1894).
Born April 30th, 1845 in Lisbon.
Died August 24th, 1894 at 49 years old in Lisbon.
Volodymyr Betz
Ukrainian anatomist and histologist.
Born April 26th, 1834 in Ostyorsky Uyezd.
Died October 12th, 1894 at 60 years old in Kyiv.
Alexander Schmidt
German physiologist (1831–1894).
Died April 10th, 1894 at 62 years old in Tartu Rural Municipality.
Valérie de Gasparin
Swiss woman of letters (1813-1894).
Born September 13th, 1813 in Geneva. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1894 at 80 years old in Pregny-Chambésy.
Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet
Italian catholic cardinal and blessed (1818–1894).
Born August 15th, 1818 in Palermo.
Died April 4th, 1894 at 75 years old in Catania.
Jean Macé
French teacher, journalist and politician (1815–1894).
Born August 22nd, 1815 in former 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 13th, 1894 at 79 years old in Monthiers.
Justus Carl Hasskarl
German botanist (1811-1894).
Born December 6th, 1811 in Kassel.
Died January 5th, 1894 at 82 years old in Kleve.
Emil Weyr
Czech mathematician (1848–1894).
Born September 1st, 1848 in Prague.
Died January 25th, 1894 at 45 years old in Vienna.
Vojtěch Náprstek
Czech traveller (1826-1894).
Born April 17th, 1826 in Prague.
Died September 2nd, 1894 at 68 years old in Old Town (hemiplegia, cerebral hemorrhage, lung disease). [ref]
Jean-Joseph Carriès
French sculptor (1855–1894).
Born February 15th, 1855 in 5th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1894 at 39 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Joseph Schröter
German mycologist and physician (1837-1894).
Born March 14th, 1837 in Paczków.
Died December 12th, 1894 at 57 years old in Wrocław (malaria).
Jean Gigoux
French painter (1806-1894).
Born January 8th, 1806 in Besançon.
Died December 12th, 1894 at 88 years old in Besançon.
Heinrich Brunn
German classical archaeologist (1822-1894).
Born January 23rd, 1822 in Wörlitz.
Died July 23rd, 1894 at 72 years old in Schliersee.
Philipp Bertkau
German zoologist (1849-1894).
Born January 11th, 1849 in Cologne.
Died October 22nd, 1894 at 45 years old in Bonn.
Baldassarre Boncompagni
Italian mathematician (1821-1894).
Died April 13th, 1894 at 72 years old in Rome.
Pierre-Jules Cavelier
French academic sculptor (1814–1894).
Born August 30th, 1814 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1894 at 79 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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