In the year 1895
213 Notable deaths
Friedrich Gottlob Keller
German machinist and inventor (1816-1895).
Born June 27th, 1816 in Hainichen.
Died September 8th, 1895 at 79 years old in Krippen.
Jean-François Portaels
Belgian painter (1818-1895).
Born April 30th, 1818 in Vilvoorde.
Died February 8th, 1895 at 76 years old in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
Ivan Vyshnegradsky
Imperial russian politician (1832-1895).
Born January 1st, 1832 in Vyshny Volochyok.
Died April 6th, 1895 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Thomas Kirkman
British church minister and mathematician (1806–1895).
Born March 31st, 1806 in Bolton.
Died February 4th, 1895 at 88 years old in Bowdon.
Heinrich von Sybel
German historian (1817–1895).
Born December 2nd, 1817 in Düsseldorf.
Died August 1st, 1895 at 77 years old in Marburg.
Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera
Mexican poet (1859–1895).
Born December 22nd, 1859 in Mexico City.
Died February 3rd, 1895 at 35 years old in Mexico City (jaundice).
János Irinyi
Inventor of the noiseless match (1817-1895).
Born May 17th, 1817 in Albiș. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1895 at 78 years old in Létavértes. [ref]
Meijer de Haan
Dutch painter (1852-1895).
Born April 14th, 1852 in Amsterdam.
Died October 24th, 1895 at 43 years old in Amsterdam.
Silvestro Lega
Italian painter (1826-1895).
Born December 8th, 1826 in Modigliana. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1895 at 68 years old in Florence (stomach cancer). [ref]
Woldemar, Prince of Lippe
Sovereign of the principality of lippe (1824–1895).
Born April 18th, 1824 in Detmold.
Died March 20th, 1895 at 70 years old in Detmold.
John Stuart Blackie
Scottish scholar and man of letters (1809–1895).
Born July 28th, 1809 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1895 at 85 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński
Polish archbishop.
Born November 1st, 1822 in Voiutyn.
Died September 17th, 1895 at 72 years old in Kraków.
Alfred Barye
French sculptor.
Born January 21st, 1839 in former 4th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1895 at 56 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Emily Faithfull
English women's rights activist, and publisher (1835-1895).
Born May 27th, 1835 in Headley. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1895 at 60 years old in Manchester. [ref]
Richard Genée
Austrian librettist, playwright and composer (1823–1895).
Born February 7th, 1823 in Gdańsk. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1895 at 72 years old in Baden. [ref]
Carl Frederik Aagaard
Painter from denmark (1833-1895).
Born January 29th, 1833 in Odense. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1895 at 62 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Knud Knudsen
Norwegian linguist and philologist (1812-1895).
Born January 6th, 1812 in Holt Municipality.
Died March 4th, 1895 at 83 years old in Christiania.
Raul Pompeia
Brazilian writer (1863–1895).
Born April 12th, 1863 in Angra dos Reis.
Died December 25th, 1895 at 32 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Henri Ernest Baillon
French botanist (1827-1895).
Born November 30th, 1827 in Calais.
Died July 19th, 1895 at 67 years old in Paris.
Aleksey Kivshenko
Painter (1851-1895).
Born March 22nd, 1851 in Venyov.
Died October 14th, 1895 at 44 years old in Heidelberg.
Ignaz Lachner
German composer and conductor (1807-1895).
Born September 11th, 1807 in Rain.
Died February 24th, 1895 at 87 years old in Hanover.
Kōno Bairei
Japanese artist (1844-1895).
Born April 20th, 1844 in Kyoto.
Died February 2nd, 1895 at 50 years old [ref]
Cesare Cantù
Italian historian (1804-1895).
Born September 5th, 1805 in Brivio.
Died March 15th, 1895 at 89 years old in Milan.
Sophie Adlersparre
Publisher, editor, writer an a women's rights activist (1823–1895).
Died June 27th, 1895 at 71 years old in Grödinge parish. [ref]
Lewis E. Parsons
American politician (1817-1895).
Born April 28th, 1817 in New York City, Broome County.
Died June 8th, 1895 at 78 years old in Talladega.
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson