In the year 1896
15 Notable deaths
H. H. Holmes
American serial killer (1861-1896).
Born May 16th, 1861 in Gilmanton.
Died May 7th, 1896 at 34 years old in Moyamensing Prison (hanging).
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist and writer (1861-1896).
Born June 19th, 1861 in Calamba. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1896 at 35 years old in Manila (ballistic trauma).
Clara Schumann
German musician and composer (1819–1896).
Born September 13th, 1819 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1896 at 76 years old in Frankfurt (stroke). [ref]
Marcelo H. del Pilar
Filipino writer, lawyer, and journalist (1850-1896).
Born August 30th, 1850 in Bulakan.
Died July 4th, 1896 at 45 years old in Barcelona (tuberculosis).
Prince Henry of Battenberg
Husband of princess beatrice of the united kingdom (1858-1896).
Born October 5th, 1858 in Milan.
Died January 20th, 1896 at 37 years old in Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (malaria).
George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
American engineer (1859-1896).
Born February 14th, 1859 in Galesburg.
Died November 22nd, 1896 at 37 years old in Pittsburgh (typhoid fever).
Ichiyō Higuchi
Japanese writer.
Died November 23rd, 1896 at 24 years old in Uchisaiwaichō (tuberculosis).
Luis Ricardo Falero
Spanish painter (1851-1896).
Born May 23rd, 1851 in Granada. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1896 at 45 years old in University College Hospital (medical error). [ref]
William Quan Judge
American occult writer (1851–1896).
Born April 13th, 1851 in Dublin.
Died March 21st, 1896 at 44 years old in New York City.
Theodore Robinson
American artist (1852-1896).
Born July 3rd, 1852 in Irasburg. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1896 at 43 years old in New York City (asthma). [ref]
José Asunción Silva
Colombian author (1865-1896).
Born November 27th, 1865 in Bogotá.
Died May 24th, 1896 at 30 years old in Bogotá.
George Brown Goode
American ichthyologist (1851-1896).
Born February 13th, 1851 in New Albany.
Died September 6th, 1896 at 45 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
Vera Popova
Russian chemist (1867–1896).
Born September 29th, 1867 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 7th, 1896 at 28 years old in Izhevsk.
William Russell
U.s. political figure (1857–1896); governor of massachusetts from 1891 to 1894.
Born January 6th, 1857 in Cambridge.
Died July 16th, 1896 at 39 years old in Quebec.
Nonpareil Dempsey
Irish-american boxer.
Born December 15th, 1862 in Curragh.
Died November 1st, 1896 at 33 years old in Portland. [ref]
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving