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In the year 1897
188 Notable deaths
Léon Gautier
French archivist and literary historian (1832-1897).
Born August 8th, 1832 in Le Havre. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1897 at 65 years old in rue Vavin. [ref]
Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan
French botanist (1814-1897).
Born October 29th, 1814 in Lyon. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1897 at 82 years old in 1st arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Friedrich Georg von Bunge
Baltic german historian and legal scholar (1802–1897).
Born March 13th, 1802 in Kyiv.
Died April 9th, 1897 at 95 years old in Wiesbaden.
Nikolai Mikhailovich Albov
Russian botanist (1866-1897).
Born October 15th, 1866 in Pavlovo.
Died December 6th, 1897 at 31 years old in La Plata (tuberculosis).
Enrico Morozzo Della Rocca
Italian politician (1807–1897).
Born June 20th, 1807 in Turin.
Died August 12th, 1897 at 90 years old in Luserna San Giovanni.
Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Nasiri
Moroccan writer and historian (1835–1897).
Born April 20th, 1835 in Salé.
Died October 13th, 1897 at 62 years old in Salé.
Marcus Jacob Monrad
Norwegian professor and theologian (1816–1897).
Born January 19th, 1816 in Nøtterøy.
Died December 30th, 1897 at 81 years old in Oslo.
Janka Lučyna
Belarusian translator and poet (1851-1897).
Died July 16th, 1897 at 46 years old in Minsk.
Angelo Bianchi
Italian cardinal (1817-1897).
Born November 19th, 1817 in Rome.
Died January 22nd, 1897 at 79 years old in Rome.
Antolín Monescillo
Spanish cardinal (1811–1897).
Born September 2nd, 1811 in Corral de Calatrava.
Died August 11th, 1897 at 85 years old in Toledo.
Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte
French poet and writer (1830–1897).
Born November 30th, 1830 in former 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 21st, 1897 at 66 years old in Paris.
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.
Marian Aguiló
Spanish poet, librarian and bibliographer (1825-1897).
Born May 16th, 1825 in Palma. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1897 at 72 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Deaths 176 to 188 of 188
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson