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In the year 1896
191 Notable deaths
Narciso Campero
President of bolivia (1813-1896).
Born October 29th, 1813 in Tarija.
Died August 12th, 1896 at 82 years old in Sucre.
Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky
Russian diplomat (1824-1896).
Born December 30th, 1824 in Voronezh Governorate.
Died August 31st, 1896 at 71 years old in Shepetivka.
Walthère Frère-Orban
Belgian politician (1812-1896).
Born April 22nd, 1812 in Liège.
Died January 2nd, 1896 at 83 years old in Brussels.
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).
Carl Humann
German architect, engineer and archeologist (1839-1896).
Born January 4th, 1839 in Steele. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1896 at 57 years old in İzmir. [ref]
Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Catholic cardinal (1827-1896).
Born February 23rd, 1827 in L'Aquila.
Died July 14th, 1896 at 69 years old in Agerola.
Ernst Kapp
German teacher, geographer and philosopher (1808-1896).
Born October 15th, 1808 in Ludwigsstadt.
Died January 30th, 1896 at 87 years old in Düsseldorf.
Vera Popova
Russian chemist (1867–1896).
Born September 29th, 1867 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 7th, 1896 at 28 years old in Izhevsk.
Nikolay Strakhov
Russian philosopher (1828–1896).
Born October 28th, 1828 in Belgorod.
Died February 7th, 1896 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Pavlos Carrer
Greek composer (1829–1896).
Born May 12th, 1829 in Zakynthos.
Died June 19th, 1896 at 67 years old in Zakynthos.
Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg
German duke (1828-1896).
Born July 20th, 1828 in Pokój.
Died November 6th, 1896 at 68 years old in Merano.
Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Vice-chancellor of germany (1837-1896).
Born October 30th, 1837 in Gedern.
Died November 19th, 1896 at 59 years old in Wernigerode Castle.
Gerhard Friedrich Rohlfs
German geographer, explorer, author and adventurer (1831–1896).
Born April 14th, 1831 in Vegesack.
Died June 2nd, 1896 at 65 years old in Rüngsdorf.
Louis Brière de L'Isle
French general (1827–1896).
Born June 4th, 1827 in Le François.
Died June 19th, 1896 at 69 years old in Saint-Leu-Taverny.
George Davis
American and confederate politician (1820-1896).
Born March 1st, 1820 in Wilmington.
Died February 23rd, 1896 at 75 years old in Wilmington.
Luigi Palmieri
Italian physicist and meteorologist (1807-1896).
Born April 22nd, 1807 in Faicchio.
Died September 9th, 1896 at 89 years old in Naples.
Alexander Ritter
German composer (1833-1896).
Born June 27th, 1833 in Narva.
Died April 12th, 1896 at 62 years old in Munich.
Mikhail Mikeshin
Russian sculptor (1835–1896).
Born February 21st, 1835.
Died January 31st, 1896 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
Danish politician (1817-1896).
Born December 8th, 1817 in Frijsenborg.
Died October 12th, 1896 at 78 years old in Boller.
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
French statesman (1827-1896).
Born May 19th, 1827 in Avranches.
Died October 26th, 1896 at 69 years old in Paris.
Albrecht von Stosch
German general (1818–1896).
Born April 20th, 1818 in Koblenz.
Died February 29th, 1896 at 77 years old in Oestrich.
Giulio Ascoli
Italian mathematician (1843-1896).
Born January 20th, 1843 in Trieste.
Died July 12th, 1896 at 53 years old in Milan.
Leó Frankel
Hungarian politician (1844–1896).
Born February 25th, 1844 in Buda. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1896 at 52 years old in Paris (pneumonia).
Joseph Prestwich
British geologist and businessman (1812-1896).
Born March 12th, 1812 in London, Clapham.
Died June 23rd, 1896 at 84 years old in Shoreham.
Deaths 101 to 125 of 191
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