In the year 1896
191 Notable deaths
Joseph R. Davis
American military officer (1825–1896).
Born January 12th, 1825 in Louisiana.
Died September 15th, 1896 at 71 years old in Biloxi.
Arsène Houssaye
French writer (1814-1896).
Born March 28th, 1814 in Bruyères-et-Montbérault.
Died February 26th, 1896 at 81 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Louis de Geer the Elder
Swedish 19th century prime minister (1818–1896).
Born July 18th, 1818 in Risinge church parish.
Died September 24th, 1896 at 78 years old in Kviinge church parish (pneumonia). [ref]
Liu Mingchuan
Chinese general, first governor of chinese province of taiwan (1836-1896).
Born September 7th, 1836 in Hefei.
Died January 21st, 1896 at 59 years old in Hefei.
Joseph James Cheeseman
President of liberia (1843-1896).
Born March 7th, 1843 in Edina.
Died November 12th, 1896 at 53 years old in Monrovia.
Eugen Baumann
German chemist (1846-1896).
Born December 12th, 1846 in Bad Cannstatt.
Died November 3rd, 1896 at 49 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau (cardiovascular disease).
François Certain de Canrobert
French general, marshal of france (1809–1895).
Born June 27th, 1809 in Saint-Céré.
Died January 28th, 1896 at 86 years old in Paris.
Jules Simon
French politician (1814-1896).
Born December 27th, 1814 in Lorient. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1896 at 81 years old in Paris.
Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg
German princess (1826-1896).
Born March 26th, 1826 in Hildburghausen. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1896 at 69 years old in Oldenburg. [ref]
Évariste-Vital Luminais
French painter (1821-1896).
Born October 13th, 1821 in Nantes.
Died May 14th, 1896 at 74 years old in Paris.
Aleksandr Stoletov
Russian physicist (1839–1896).
Born August 10th, 1839 in Vladimir.
Died May 28th, 1896 at 56 years old in Moscow (pneumonia).
Leandro N. Alem
Argentine politician (1842–1896).
Born March 11th, 1842 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1896 at 54 years old in Buenos Aires.
Jacques Berthieu
French jesuit missionary (1838–1896).
Born November 27th, 1838 in Polminhac.
Died June 8th, 1896 at 57 years old in Madagascar (gunshot wound). [ref]
Ernst Curtius
German archaeologist and historian (1814–1896).
Born September 2nd, 1814 in Lübeck.
Died July 11th, 1896 at 81 years old in Berlin.
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
American astronomer (1824–1896).
Born September 27th, 1824 in Boston.
Died November 26th, 1896 at 72 years old in Cambridge.
Edward Armitage
English painter (1817–1896).
Born May 20th, 1817 in London.
Died May 24th, 1896 at 79 years old in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
William Adams Richardson
American politician (1821–1896).
Born November 2nd, 1821 in Tyngsboro.
Died October 19th, 1896 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C..
Gilbert Duprez
French tenor, singing teacher and minor composer (1806-1896).
Born December 6th, 1806 in Paris, former 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1896 at 89 years old in rue de la Tour.
Benjamin Ward Richardson
British physician and medical historian (1828–1896).
Born October 31st, 1828 in Somerby.
Died November 21st, 1896 at 68 years old in London.
George W. Jones
American politician, judge and diplomat (1804-1896).
Born April 12th, 1804 in Vincennes.
Died July 22nd, 1896 at 92 years old in Dubuque.
Charles Floquet
French politician (1828-1896).
Born October 2nd, 1828 in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.
Died January 18th, 1896 at 67 years old in rue de Lille.
Narciso Campero
President of bolivia (1813-1896).
Born October 29th, 1813 in Tarija.
Died August 12th, 1896 at 82 years old in Sucre.
Philipp Ludwig von Seidel
German mathematician, optician and astronomer (1821-1896).
Born October 24th, 1821 in Zweibrücken.
Died August 13th, 1896 at 74 years old in Munich.
Mathilde Blind
English poet (1841–1896).
Born March 21st, 1841 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1896 at 55 years old in London. [ref]
Fritz Melbye
Danish artist (1826-1896).
Born August 24th, 1826 in Helsingør.
Died December 14th, 1896 at 70 years old in Shanghai.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 191
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett