In the year 1897
188 Notable deaths
Viktor Meyer
German chemist (1848-1897).
Born September 8th, 1848 in Berlin.
Died August 8th, 1897 at 48 years old in Heidelberg (cyanide poisoning).
Édouard Joseph Dantan
French painter (1848–1897).
Born August 26th, 1848 in Paris.
Died July 7th, 1897 at 48 years old in Villerville (traffic collision).
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).
Galileo Ferraris
Italian engineer and physicist (1847-1897).
Born October 30th, 1847 in Italy, Livorno Ferraris.
Died February 7th, 1897 at 49 years old in Turin.
Camillo Siciliano di Rende
Italian priest (1847–1897).
Born June 8th, 1847 in Naples. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1897 at 49 years old in Abbey of Monte Cassino.
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).
Mutsu Munemitsu
Japanese diplomat (1844-1897).
Born August 20th, 1844 in Kishū Domain.
Died August 24th, 1897 at 53 years old in Kita (tuberculosis).
Juan Idiarte Borda
President of uruguay (1844-1897).
Born April 20th, 1844 in Mercedes.
Died August 25th, 1897 at 53 years old in Montevideo.
Jules de Burlet
Belgian politician (1844-1897).
Born April 10th, 1844 in Ixelles. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1897 at 52 years old in Nivelles. [ref]
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]
Robert Themptander
Swedish 19th century prime minister (1844-1897).
Born February 14th, 1844 in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1897 at 52 years old in Klara Church Parish (tuberculosis, diabetes). [ref]
Émile Levassor
French engineer and racing driver (1843–1897).
Born January 21st, 1843 in Marolles-en-Hurepoix.
Died April 14th, 1897 at 54 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet
Spanish saint (1843–1897).
Born January 9th, 1843 in Aitona.
Died August 26th, 1897 at 54 years old in Llíria (tuberculosis).
Leonhard Sohncke
German mathematician and physicist (1842-1897).
Born February 22nd, 1842 in Halle (Saale).
Died November 2nd, 1897 at 55 years old in Munich. [ref]
William Thierry Preyer
German physiologist (1841-1897).
Born July 4th, 1841 in Manchester.
Died July 15th, 1897 at 56 years old in Wiesbaden.
Harrison Allen
American physician and anatomist (1841-1897).
Born April 17th, 1841 in Philadelphia.
Died November 14th, 1897 at 56 years old in Philadelphia.
Émile Nouguier
French civil engineer and architect (1841–1897).
Born February 17th, 1841 in Paris.
Died November 13th, 1897 at 56 years old in Argenteuil. [ref]
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.
Francis Amasa Walker
Union army general and a commissioner of indian affairs (1840-1897).
Born July 2nd, 1840 in Boston.
Died January 5th, 1897 at 56 years old in Boston.
William Henry Conley
American industrialist, and first president of zion's watch tower tract society (1840-1897).
Born June 11th, 1840 in Pittsburgh.
Died July 25th, 1897 at 57 years old in Pittsburgh (influenza).
Shimazu Tadayoshi
[島津忠義] daimyo of the late-edo period and peerage of the empire of japan.
Born May 22nd, 1840 in Kagoshima Castle.
Died December 26th, 1897 at 57 years old in Japan.
Alphonse Daudet
French novelist, playwright, and poet (1840–1897).
Died December 17th, 1897 at 57 years old in Paris (syphilis).
George Henry Horn
U.s. entomologist (1840-1897).
Born April 7th, 1840 in Philadelphia.
Died November 24th, 1897 at 57 years old in Beesley's Point.
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).
Gregorio Luperón
Dominican military and state leader (1879-1997).
Born September 8th, 1839 in Puerto Plata.
Died May 21st, 1897 at 57 years old in Puerto Plata.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde