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In the year 1897
188 Notable deaths
Richard Coke
American politician (1829-1897).
Born March 13th, 1829 in Williamsburg.
Died May 14th, 1897 at 68 years old in Waco. [ref]
Khurshidbanu Natavan
Azerbaijani poet.
Born August 6th, 1832 in Shusha.
Died October 2nd, 1897 at 65 years old in Shusha.
Julius von Sachs
German botanist (1832-1897).
Born October 2nd, 1832 in Wrocław.
Died May 29th, 1897 at 64 years old in Würzburg.
Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale
French political figure (1822-1897).
Born January 16th, 1822 in Paris.
Died May 7th, 1897 at 75 years old in Lo Zucco.
Prince William of Baden
German prince (1829–1897).
Born December 18th, 1829 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1897 at 67 years old in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Léon Boëllmann
French organist and composer.
Born September 25th, 1862 in Ensisheim.
Died October 11th, 1897 at 35 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Ernest Giles
Explorer (1835-1897).
Born July 20th, 1835 in Bristol.
Died November 13th, 1897 at 62 years old in Coolgardie (pneumonia).
Rodolphe Salis
French theatre director (1851-1897).
Born May 29th, 1851 in Châtellerault.
Died March 20th, 1897 at 45 years old in Naintré.
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees
(1827-1897) american politician.
Born September 26th, 1827 in Liberty Township.
Died April 10th, 1897 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C..
Viktor Meyer
German chemist (1848-1897).
Born September 8th, 1848 in Berlin.
Died August 8th, 1897 at 48 years old in Heidelberg (cyanide poisoning).
Sondre Norheim
Norwegian alpine skier (1825–1897).
Born June 10th, 1825 in Morgedal.
Died March 9th, 1897 at 71 years old in North Dakota.
Mutsu Munemitsu
Japanese diplomat (1844-1897).
Born August 20th, 1844 in Kishū Domain.
Died August 24th, 1897 at 53 years old in Kita (tuberculosis).
Fritz Müller
German-brazilian biologist (1822–1897).
Born March 31st, 1822 in Windischholzhausen.
Died May 21st, 1897 at 75 years old in Blumenau.
Antonio Bazzini
Italian violinist, composer and teacher (1818-1897).
Born November 24th, 1818 in Brescia.
Died February 10th, 1897 at 78 years old in Milan.
Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier
Infanta of spain (1832-1897).
Born January 30th, 1832 in Madrid.
Died February 2nd, 1897 at 65 years old in Seville.
Charles Denis Bourbaki
French general (1816–1897).
Born April 22nd, 1816 in Pau.
Died September 22nd, 1897 at 81 years old in Bayonne.
Aleko Konstantinov
Bulgarian writer (1863–1897).
Born January 1st, 1863 in Svishtov.
Died May 24th, 1897 at 34 years old in Radilovo.
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).
Manuel Baquedano
Chilean soldier and politician (1823–1897).
Born January 1st, 1823 in Santiago.
Died September 30th, 1897 at 74 years old in Santiago (myocardial infarction).
Jean Ingelow
British writer (1820–1897).
Born March 17th, 1820 in Boston.
Died July 20th, 1897 at 77 years old in Kensington.
Prince Louis, Count of Aquila
Prince bourbon-two sicilies (1824-1897).
Born July 19th, 1824 in Naples.
Died March 5th, 1897 at 72 years old in Paris.
Ernst Engel
German statistician and economist (1821-1896).
Born March 26th, 1821 in Dresden.
Died December 8th, 1897 at 76 years old in Serkowitz.
David Schwarz
Hungarian-croatian aviation pioneer.
Born December 7th, 1850 in Keszthely. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1897 at 46 years old in Vienna (heart failure).
Raffaele Cadorna
Italian general (1815-1897).
Born February 9th, 1815 in Milan.
Died February 6th, 1897 at 81 years old in Turin.
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
Irish-born french explorer, geographer, ethnologist, linguist and astronomer (1810-1897).
Born January 3rd, 1810 in Dublin.
Died March 19th, 1897 at 87 years old in Paris.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 188
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht