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In the year 1897
188 Notable deaths
Joseph O. Shelby
Confederate states army general (1830–1897).
Born December 12th, 1830 in Lexington.
Died February 13th, 1897 at 66 years old in Bates County.
Isaac Pitman
British inventor (1813–1897).
Born January 4th, 1813 in Trowbridge.
Died January 12th, 1897 at 84 years old in Bath.
Princess Sophie of the Netherlands
Dutch princess (1824-1897).
Born April 8th, 1824 in The Hague.
Died March 23rd, 1897 at 72 years old in Weimar.
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.
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Spanish politician and bourbon restoration architect (1828–1897).
Born February 8th, 1828 in Málaga.
Died August 8th, 1897 at 69 years old in Arrasate/Mondragón.
Margaret Oliphant
Scottish novelist, 1828–1897 (1828–1897).
Born April 4th, 1828 in Wallyford.
Died June 25th, 1897 at 69 years old in London.
Alfred Pleasonton
Union army general (1824-1897).
Born July 7th, 1824 in Washington, D.C..
Died February 17th, 1897 at 72 years old in Washington, D.C..
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.
Lafayette McLaws
Confederate army general (1821-1897).
Born January 15th, 1821 in Augusta. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1897 at 76 years old in Savannah. [ref]
Henry Drummond
Scottish evangelist, writer and lecturer (1851-1897).
Born August 17th, 1851 in Stirling.
Died March 11th, 1897 at 45 years old in Kent (bone cancer).
Charles Anderson Dana
American journalist and government official (1819–1897).
Born August 8th, 1819 in Hinsdale. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1897 at 78 years old in New York City.
Stanislas de Guaita
French writer (1861-1897).
Born April 6th, 1861 in Alteville Castle.
Died December 19th, 1897 at 36 years old in Paris (drug overdose).
Isham G. Harris
American politician (1818–1897).
Born February 10th, 1818 in Franklin County.
Died July 8th, 1897 at 79 years old in Washington, D.C..
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.
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]
John Evans
U.s. politician, physician, railroad promoter, and governor (1814-1897).
Born March 9th, 1814 in Waynesville.
Died July 3rd, 1897 at 83 years old in Denver.
Alexei Kondratievich Savrasov
Russian artist (1830–1897).
Born May 24th, 1830 in Moscow.
Died October 8th, 1897 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Antônio Conselheiro
Brazilian preacher (1830-1897).
Born March 13th, 1830 in Quixeramobim.
Died September 22nd, 1897 at 67 years old in Canudos (dysentery).
Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
5th governor of hong kong (1824-1897).
Born December 19th, 1824 in County Westmeath.
Died October 28th, 1897 at 72 years old in London.
Salonme Ureñia
Dominican poet and educator (1850–1897).
Born October 21st, 1850 in Santo Domingo.
Died March 6th, 1897 at 46 years old in Santo Domingo (tuberculosis).
Giuseppina Strepponi
Italian singer (1815-1897).
Born September 8th, 1815 in Lodi.
Died November 14th, 1897 at 82 years old in Sant'Agata (pneumonia).
Michele Angiolillo
Italian anarchist and spanish prime minister assassin (1871–1897).
Born June 5th, 1871 in Foggia.
Died August 19th, 1897 at 26 years old in Bergara (garrote).
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.
Francis William Newman
English scholar and writer (1805–1897).
Born June 27th, 1805 in London.
Died October 7th, 1897 at 92 years old in Weston-super-Mare.
Khurshidbanu Natavan
Azerbaijani poet.
Born August 6th, 1832 in Shusha.
Died October 2nd, 1897 at 65 years old in Shusha.
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