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In the year 1896
191 Notable deaths
John Gibbon
Union army general (1827–1896).
Born April 20th, 1827 in Philadelphia.
Died February 6th, 1896 at 68 years old in Baltimore. [ref]
Luis Ricardo Falero
Spanish painter (1851–1896).
Born May 23rd, 1851 in Granada.
Died December 7th, 1896 at 45 years old in University College Hospital (medical error).
Arthur MacArthur
Supreme court justice of dc districct, lt governor and governor of wisconsin (1815–1896).
Born January 26th, 1815 in Glasgow.
Died December 13th, 1896 at 81 years old in Atlantic City (cancer).
Thomas Hughes
English lawyer, judge, politician and author (1822–1896).
Born October 20th, 1822 in Oxfordshire.
Died March 22nd, 1896 at 73 years old in Brighton.
Heinrich von Treitschke
Historian, political writer (1834-1896).
Born September 15th, 1834 in Dresden.
Died April 28th, 1896 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Maria Wodzińska
Polish artist (1819–1896).
Born January 7th, 1819 in Vienna.
Died December 7th, 1896 at 77 years old in Florence. [ref]
William Hayden English
American politician (1822–1896).
Born August 27th, 1822 in Lexington.
Died February 7th, 1896 at 73 years old in Indianapolis.
Ante Starčević
Croatian politician, writer and "father of croatian homeland" (1823-1896).
Born May 23rd, 1823 in Veliki Žitnik.
Died February 28th, 1896 at 72 years old in Zagreb.
Hippolyte Fizeau
French physicist (1819–1896).
Born September 23rd, 1819 in Paris.
Died September 18th, 1896 at 76 years old in château de Venteuil.
Maurice de Hirsch
German financier and philanthropist (1831–1896).
Born December 9th, 1831 in Munich.
Died April 21st, 1896 at 64 years old in Hurbanovo.
Ambroise Thomas
French composer.
Born August 5th, 1811 in Metz.
Died February 12th, 1896 at 84 years old in rue du Conservatoire.
William Robert Grove
British judge and chemist (1811–1896).
Born July 11th, 1811 in Swansea.
Died August 1st, 1896 at 85 years old in London.
Francis Channing Barlow
Lawyer, politician, and union general during the american civil war (1834-1896).
Born October 19th, 1834 in Brooklyn.
Died January 11th, 1896 at 61 years old in New York City (nephritis).
Isabel Burton
English writer, explorer and adventurer (1831–1896).
Born March 20th, 1831 in London.
Died March 22nd, 1896 at 65 years old in London.
Francis James Child
American folklorist (1825–1896).
Born February 1st, 1825 in Boston.
Died September 11th, 1896 at 71 years old in Boston.
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.
Edward Benson
Archbishop of canterbury (1829-1896).
Born July 14th, 1829 in Highgate.
Died October 11th, 1896 at 67 years old in Flintshire.
James Abbott
British army officer and administrator in colonial india.
Born March 12th, 1807 in Kent.
Died October 6th, 1896 at 89 years old in Ryde.
Rainilaiarivony
Prime minister of madagascar (1828-1896).
Born January 30th, 1828 in Ilafy.
Died July 17th, 1896 at 68 years old in Algiers.
Ferdinand von Mueller
German-australian botanist (1825–1896).
Born June 30th, 1825 in Rostock.
Died October 10th, 1896 at 71 years old in Melbourne.
Columbus Delano
American politician (1809-1896).
Born June 4th, 1809 in Shoreham.
Died October 23rd, 1896 at 87 years old in Mount Vernon.
Coventry Patmore
English poet (1823–1896).
Born July 23rd, 1823 in London Borough of Redbridge.
Died November 26th, 1896 at 73 years old in Walhampton.
Alfred Ely Beach
American businessman (1826–1896).
Born September 1st, 1826 in Springfield.
Died January 1st, 1896 at 69 years old in New York City.
Emil du Bois-Reymond
German physician and physiologist (1818–1896).
Born November 7th, 1818 in Berlin.
Died December 26th, 1896 at 78 years old in Berlin.
Robert Nobel
Swedish businessman (1829–1896).
Born August 4th, 1829 in Maria Magdalena parish. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1896 at 67 years old in Krokeks församling. [ref]
Deaths 26 to 50 of 191
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo