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In the year 1896
191 Notable deaths
Marmaduke Wyvill
British chess player and mp (1815-1896).
Born December 22nd, 1815 in Leyburn.
Died June 25th, 1896 at 80 years old in Bournemouth.
Henri Alfred Jacquemart
French sculptor (1824-1896).
Born February 24th, 1824 in Paris.
Died January 4th, 1896 at 71 years old in Paris.
Alfred William Hunt
British artist (1830-1896).
Born November 15th, 1830 in Liverpool.
Died May 3rd, 1896 at 65 years old in London.
Hiromori Hayashi
Japanese composer (1831-1896).
Born December 28th, 1831 in Reinin-cho.
Died April 5th, 1896 at 64 years old
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.
Félix Tisserand
French astronomer (1845-1896).
Born January 13th, 1845 in Nuits-Saint-Georges.
Died October 20th, 1896 at 51 years old in Paris (cerebral hemorrhage).
Vicente Palmaroli
Spanish painter (1834-1896).
Born September 5th, 1834 in Zarzalejo.
Died January 25th, 1896 at 61 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée
French mineralogist and geologist (1814–1896).
Born June 25th, 1814 in Metz. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1896 at 81 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (pleurisy). [ref]
Viktor Tilgner
Austrian sculptor and medailleur (1844-1896).
Born October 25th, 1844 in Bratislava.
Died April 16th, 1896 at 51 years old in Vienna (heart failure).
Mary Abigail Dodge
American writer.
Born March 31st, 1833 in Hamilton.
Died August 17th, 1896 at 63 years old
Henri Cernuschi
French-italian politician, banker and patriot (1821-1896).
Born February 19th, 1821 in Milan.
Died May 11th, 1896 at 75 years old in Menton.
Vicente Lucio Salazar
Acting president of ecuador (1895).
Born December 20th, 1832 in Quito.
Died February 14th, 1896 at 63 years old in Quito (myocardial infarction).
Joseph Rémi Léopold Delbœuf
Belgian mathematician (1831-1896).
Born October 1st, 1831 in Liège.
Died August 13th, 1896 at 64 years old in Bonn.
Paul Arène
Provençal poet/french writer (1843-1896).
Born June 26th, 1843 in Sisteron.
Died December 17th, 1896 at 53 years old in Antibes.
Juan Gundlach
German zoologist (1810-1896).
Born July 17th, 1810 in Marburg.
Died March 17th, 1896 at 85 years old in Havana.
Vincenzo Petrocelli
Italian painter (1823-1896).
Born July 6th, 1823 in Cervaro.
Died February 2nd, 1896 at 72 years old in Naples.
Joseph Hubert Reinkens
German bishop and theologian (1821-1896).
Born March 1st, 1821 in Burtscheid.
Died January 4th, 1896 at 74 years old in Bonn.
Johannes Müller Argoviensis
Swiss botanist (1828–1896).
Born May 9th, 1828 in Teufenthal.
Died January 28th, 1896 at 67 years old in Geneva.
Élie-Abel Carrière
French botanist (1818–1896).
Born June 4th, 1818 in May-en-Multien.
Died August 17th, 1896 at 78 years old in Paris.
Antonio Cagnoni
Italian composer (1828-1896).
Born February 8th, 1828 in Godiasco Salice Terme.
Died April 30th, 1896 at 68 years old in Bergamo.
William Francis Ainsworth
English surgeon, traveller, geographer and geologist (1807–1896).
Born November 5th, 1807 in Exeter.
Died November 27th, 1896 at 89 years old in Hammersmith.
Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch
German mathematician, philosopher and psychologist (1802-1896).
Born August 16th, 1802 in Leipzig.
Died September 30th, 1896 at 94 years old in Leipzig.
Eduard Dallmann
German explorer (1830–1896).
Born March 11th, 1830 in Flethe.
Died December 23rd, 1896 at 66 years old in Blumenthal.
Nonpareil Dempsey
Irish-american boxer.
Born December 15th, 1862 in Curragh.
Died November 1st, 1896 at 33 years old in Portland. [ref]
Jens Andreas Friis
Norwegian linguist (1821-1896).
Born May 2nd, 1821 in Sogndalsfjøra.
Died February 16th, 1896 at 74 years old in Christiania.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 191
Take nothing for granted. Keep in mind that it can come at anytime. Even today. Maxime Lagacé