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In the year 1897
188 Notable deaths
Ion Ghica
Romanian politician (1816–1897).
Born August 12th, 1816 in Bucharest.
Died May 7th, 1897 at 80 years old in Ghergani.
Guillermo Prieto
Mexican writer and politician (1818–1897).
Born February 10th, 1818 in Mexico City.
Died March 2nd, 1897 at 79 years old in Mexico City.
Joaquim Marques Lisboa
Brazilian admiral and noble (1807–1897).
Born December 13th, 1807 in Rio Grande.
Died March 20th, 1897 at 89 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
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.
Cornélie Falcon
French soprano (1814–1897).
Born January 28th, 1814 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1897 at 83 years old in Paris.
Thomas Lanier Clingman
Confederate army general and politician (1812-1897).
Born July 27th, 1812 in Huntsville.
Died November 3rd, 1897 at 85 years old in Morganton.
Apollon Maykov
Russian poet and translator (1821–1897).
Born June 4th, 1821 in Moscow.
Died March 20th, 1897 at 75 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Nikolay Slavyanov
Russian inventor (1854-1897).
Born May 5th, 1854 in Nikolskoye.
Died October 17th, 1897 at 43 years old in Perm.
Karol Mikuli
Polish pianist, composer and pedagogue (1819–1897).
Born October 20th, 1819 in Chernivtsi.
Died May 21st, 1897 at 77 years old in Lviv.
Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau
Duchess consort of saxe-altenburg.
Born June 24th, 1824 in Dessau.
Died October 23rd, 1897 at 73 years old in Hummelshain.
Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl
Writer, philosopher of volkish thought (1823-1897).
Born May 6th, 1823 in Biebrich.
Died November 16th, 1897 at 74 years old in Munich.
Panteleimon Kulish
Ukrainian writer, historian, ethnographer, and translator (1819–1897).
Born August 7th, 1819 in Voronizh. [ref]
Died February 14th, 1897 at 77 years old in Motronivka. [ref]
Adam Asnyk
Polish poet and dramatist (1838–1897).
Born September 11th, 1838 in Kalisz.
Died August 2nd, 1897 at 58 years old in Kraków.
Alexander Wheelock Thayer
American writer (1817-1897).
Born October 22nd, 1817 in Natick.
Died July 15th, 1897 at 79 years old in Trieste.
Heinrich von Stephan
Postmaster (1831-1897).
Born January 7th, 1831 in Słupsk.
Died April 8th, 1897 at 66 years old in Berlin (diabetes).
Japetus Steenstrup
Danish zoologist (1813–1897).
Died June 20th, 1897 at 84 years old in Copenhagen.
John Sartain
American engraver and publisher (1808–1897).
Born October 24th, 1808 in London.
Died October 25th, 1897 at 89 years old in Philadelphia.
Frederick Francis III
German grand duke (1851–1897).
Born March 19th, 1851 in Ludwigslust Palace.
Died April 10th, 1897 at 46 years old in Villa Wenden.
A. J. Mundella
British politician (1825-1897).
Born March 28th, 1825 in Leicester.
Died July 21st, 1897 at 72 years old in Queen's Gate.
Francis Turner Palgrave
English poet and critic (1824–1897).
Born September 28th, 1824 in Great Yarmouth.
Died October 24th, 1897 at 73 years old in London.
Shōjirō Gotō
Japanese noble (1838-1897).
Born April 13th, 1838 in Kōchi-shi.
Died August 4th, 1897 at 59 years old in Hakone (heart disease).
James Theodore Bent
British archaeologist (1852-1897).
Born March 30th, 1852 in Bradford.
Died May 5th, 1897 at 45 years old in London.
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).
William Robinson
British colonial administrator and musical composer (1834-1897).
Born January 14th, 1834 in County Westmeath.
Died May 2nd, 1897 at 63 years old in London.
Woldemar Bargiel
German composer (1828-1897).
Born October 3rd, 1828 in Berlin.
Died February 23rd, 1897 at 68 years old in Berlin.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 188
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