In the year 1896
191 Notable deaths
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.
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.
Alfred William Hunt
British artist (1830-1896).
Born November 15th, 1830 in Liverpool.
Died May 3rd, 1896 at 65 years old in London.
Henri Alfred Jacquemart
French sculptor (1824-1896).
Born February 24th, 1824 in Paris.
Died January 4th, 1896 at 71 years old in Paris.
Hiromori Hayashi
Japanese composer (1831-1896).
Born December 28th, 1831 in Reinin-cho.
Died April 5th, 1896 at 64 years old
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).
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]
Vicente Palmaroli
Spanish painter (1834-1896).
Born September 5th, 1834 in Zarzalejo.
Died January 25th, 1896 at 61 years old in Madrid. [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).
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.
Mary Abigail Dodge
American writer.
Born March 31st, 1833 in Hamilton.
Died August 17th, 1896 at 63 years old
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).
Nonpareil Dempsey
Irish-american boxer.
Born December 15th, 1862 in Curragh.
Died November 1st, 1896 at 33 years old in Portland. [ref]
Joseph Rémi Léopold Delbœuf
Belgian mathematician (1831-1896).
Born October 1st, 1831 in Liège.
Died August 13th, 1896 at 64 years old in Bonn.
Juan Gundlach
German zoologist (1810-1896).
Born July 17th, 1810 in Marburg.
Died March 17th, 1896 at 85 years old in Havana.
Paul Arène
Provençal poet/french writer (1843-1896).
Born June 26th, 1843 in Sisteron.
Died December 17th, 1896 at 53 years old in Antibes.
Vincenzo Petrocelli
Italian painter (1823-1896).
Born July 6th, 1823 in Cervaro.
Died February 2nd, 1896 at 72 years old in Naples.
João de Deus
Portuguese poet and pedagogue (1830–1896).
Born March 8th, 1830 in São Bartolomeu de Messines.
Died January 11th, 1896 at 65 years old in Lisbon.
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.
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.
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.
Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst
German prince and catholic cardinal (1823–1896).
Born February 26th, 1823 in Rotenburg an der Fulda.
Died October 30th, 1896 at 73 years old in Rome.
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.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 191
The meaning of life is that it stops. Franz Kafka