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In the year 1897
188 Notable deaths
Jules Bernard Luys
French neurologist (1828-1897).
Born August 17th, 1828 in former 3rd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1897 at 69 years old in France.
Kornel Ujejski
Polish poet (1823–1897).
Born September 12th, 1823 in Beremyany.
Died September 19th, 1897 at 74 years old in Pavliv, Radekhiv Raion.
Lea Ahlborn
Swedish artist (1826–1897).
Born February 18th, 1826 in Stockholm.
Died November 13th, 1897 at 71 years old in Kungsholm parish. [ref]
János Vajda
Hungarian poet (1827-1897).
Died January 17th, 1897 at 69 years old in Budapest (gastritis).
Fyodor Buslaev
Russian philologist and art historian (1818–1897).
Born April 25th, 1818 in Vadinsk.
Died August 12th, 1897 at 79 years old in Lyublino.
Pascual de Gayangos y Arce
Spanish scholar and orientalist (1809–1897).
Born June 21st, 1809 in Seville.
Died October 4th, 1897 at 88 years old in London.
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]
Oscar Dickson
Swedish explorer of the arctic (1823–1897).
Born December 2nd, 1823 in Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1897 at 73 years old in Fågelås parish.
James Bateman
English horticulturist (1811-1897).
Died November 27th, 1897 at 86 years old in Worthing.
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.
Alfred von Arneth
Austrian politician (1819–1897).
Born July 10th, 1819 in Vienna.
Died July 30th, 1897 at 78 years old in Vienna (stroke).
Daniel Sanders
German lexicographer (1819–1897).
Born November 12th, 1819 in Strelitz-Alt. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1897 at 77 years old in Strelitz-Alt.
Constantin von Ettingshausen
Austrian scientist (1826-1897).
Born June 16th, 1826 in Vienna.
Died February 1st, 1897 at 70 years old in Graz.
Hugo, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen
German officer and politician (1816-1897).
Born May 27th, 1816 in Stuttgart.
Died August 23rd, 1897 at 81 years old in Sławięcice.
Étienne Vacherot
French philosopher (1809-1897).
Born July 29th, 1809 in Torcenay.
Died July 28th, 1897 at 87 years old in Paris.
Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke
German astronomer (1835-1897).
Born February 5th, 1835 in Heere.
Died December 3rd, 1897 at 62 years old in Bonn.
Andrey Dostoyevsky
Russian architect, author and restorer (1825-1897).
Born March 27th, 1825 in Russian Empire.
Died March 19th, 1897 at 71 years old in Saint Petersburg (cancer).
Edward James Stone
British astronomer (1831–1897).
Born February 28th, 1831 in Notting Hill.
Died May 6th, 1897 at 66 years old in Oxford.
Alfred Des Cloizeaux
French mineralogist (1817-1897).
Born October 17th, 1817 in Beauvais.
Died May 6th, 1897 at 79 years old in Paris.
Tiberius Cornelis Winkler
Dutch paleontologist (1822–1897).
Born May 28th, 1822 in Leeuwarden.
Died April 4th, 1897 at 74 years old in Haarlem.
Mariia Fedosiivna Vetrova
Ukrainian teacher and revolutionary (1870-1897).
Born January 3rd, 1870 in Solonivka.
Died February 12th, 1897 at 27 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Guglielmo Sanfelice d'Acquavilla
Italian cardinal (1834–1897).
Born April 14th, 1834 in Aversa.
Died January 3rd, 1897 at 62 years old in Naples.
Giuseppe Guarino
Italian cardinal (1827–1897).
Born March 6th, 1827 in Montedoro.
Died September 22nd, 1897 at 70 years old in Messina (pneumonia). [ref]
Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt
German botanist (1825-1897).
Born February 13th, 1825 in Hamburg.
Died March 3rd, 1897 at 72 years old in Hamburg.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 188
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