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In the year 1897
187 Notable deaths
Johannes Brahms
German composer (1833–1897).
Born May 7th, 1833 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1897 at 63 years old in Vienna (liver cancer). [ref]
Savitribai Phule
Indian social reformer (1831-1897).
Born January 3rd, 1831.
Died March 10th, 1897 at 66 years old in Pune (plague). [ref]
Thérèse of Lisieux
French discalced carmelite nun, doctor of the church (1873–1897).
Born January 2nd, 1873 in Alençon.
Died September 30th, 1897 at 24 years old in Lisieux (tuberculosis).
Andrés Bonifacio
Filipino nationalist and revolutionary hero (1863–1897).
Born November 30th, 1863 in Tondo.
Died May 10th, 1897 at 33 years old
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
British royal (1833–1897), mother of mary of teck.
Born November 27th, 1833 in Hanover.
Died October 27th, 1897 at 63 years old in White Lodge.
Effie Gray
Scottish artist and model (1828-1897).
Died December 23rd, 1897 at 69 years old in Perth.
Henry George
American political economist and journalist (1839–1897).
Born September 2nd, 1839 in Philadelphia.
Died October 29th, 1897 at 58 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage).
Alphonse Daudet
French novelist, playwright, and poet (1840–1897).
Died December 17th, 1897 at 57 years old in Paris (syphilis).
John Chard
British military officer (1847–1897); recipient of the victoria cross.
Born December 21st, 1847 in Plymouth.
Died November 1st, 1897 at 49 years old in Taunton (lip and oral cavity carcinoma).
Harriet Jacobs
American slave, writer, and abolitionist (1815-1897).
Born February 11th, 1815 in Edenton. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1897 at 82 years old in Washington, D.C..
George Pullman
Engineer and businessman from the united states (1831-1897).
Born March 3rd, 1831 in Brocton. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1897 at 66 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Karl Weierstraß
German mathematician (1815–1897).
Born October 31st, 1815 in Ostenfelde.
Died February 19th, 1897 at 81 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria
Bavarian duchess (1847-1897); victim of the bazar de la charité fire.
Born February 22nd, 1847 in Munich.
Died May 4th, 1897 at 50 years old in Paris (conflagration at the Bazar de la Charité).
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897).
Born July 28th, 1840 in Philadelphia.
Died April 12th, 1897 at 56 years old in Philadelphia.
Charles Boycott
British land agent (1832–1897).
Born March 12th, 1832 in Norfolk.
Died June 19th, 1897 at 65 years old in Flixton.
Jacob Burckhardt
Swiss historian (1818–1897).
Born May 25th, 1818 in Basel. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1897 at 79 years old in Basel. [ref]
Charles Blondin
French tightrope walker (1824–1897).
Born February 28th, 1828 in Hesdin.
Died February 22nd, 1897 at 68 years old in London (diabetes).
Charles Radbourn
Major league baseball player (1854–1897).
Born December 11th, 1854 in Rochester.
Died February 5th, 1897 at 42 years old in Bloomington (syphilis).
Gardiner Greene Hubbard
American lawyer (1822–1897).
Born August 25th, 1822 in Boston.
Died December 11th, 1897 at 75 years old in Washington, D.C..
James Joseph Sylvester
English mathematician (1814-1897).
Born September 3rd, 1814 in London.
Died March 15th, 1897 at 82 years old in London.
Minna Canth
Finnish writer, editor.
Born March 19th, 1844 in Tampere. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1897 at 53 years old in Kuopio (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Sebastian Kneipp
German catholic clergyman, naturopath and hydrotherapist (1821-1897).
Born May 17th, 1821 in Stephansried.
Died June 17th, 1897 at 76 years old in Bad Wörishofen.
Neal S. Dow
American prohibition advocate and politician (1804–1897).
Born March 20th, 1804 in Portland.
Died October 2nd, 1897 at 93 years old in Portland.
James Legge
Scottish missionary and translator (1815–1897).
Born December 20th, 1815 in Huntly.
Died November 29th, 1897 at 81 years old in Oxford.
Augustine Tolton
American priest (1854–1897).
Born April 1st, 1854 in Ralls County.
Died July 9th, 1897 at 43 years old in Chicago.
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