In the year 1898
22 Notable deaths
Aubrey Beardsley
British illustrator and author (1872–1898).
Born August 21st, 1872 in Brighton. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1898 at 25 years old in Menton (tuberculosis). [ref]
Eleanor Marx
English-born activist and daughter of karl marx (1855–1898).
Born January 16th, 1855 in Soho.
Died March 31st, 1898 at 43 years old in Sydenham (poison).
Soapy Smith
American con artist, gangster, and crime boss (1860-1898).
Born November 2nd, 1860 in Coweta County.
Died July 8th, 1898 at 37 years old in Skagway.
Edward Bellamy
American author and socialist.
Born March 26th, 1850 in Chicopee. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1898 at 48 years old in Chicopee (tuberculosis). [ref]
Joseph Vacher
Sentenced to death in france.
Born November 16th, 1869 in Beaufort.
Died December 31st, 1898 at 29 years old in Bourg-en-Bresse (decapitation by guillotine).
William Seward Burroughs I
American businessman (1857–1898).
Born January 28th, 1857 in Rochester.
Died September 14th, 1898 at 41 years old in Citronelle.
Tan Sitong
Chinese philosopher (1865-1898).
Born March 10th, 1865 in Beijing.
Died September 28th, 1898 at 33 years old in Beijing (decapitation).
Constance Lloyd
Author, wife of oscar wilde (1859–1898).
Born January 2nd, 1859 in London. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1898 at 39 years old in Genoa. [ref]
Georges Rodenbach
Belgian symbolist poet and novelist (1855-1898).
Born July 16th, 1855 in Tournai. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1898 at 43 years old in Paris. [ref]
Arturo Michelena
Venezuelan painter (1863-1898).
Born June 16th, 1863 in Valencia. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1898 at 35 years old in Caracas. [ref]
Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
German princess (1854-1898).
Born August 2nd, 1854 in Eisenberg.
Died October 8th, 1898 at 44 years old in Kamieniec Ząbkowicki.
José María Reina Barrios
Guatemalan president (1854-1898).
Born December 24th, 1854 in San Marcos.
Died February 8th, 1898 at 43 years old in Guatemala City.
Anton Seidl
Hungarian-american music conductor.
Born May 7th, 1850 in Pest. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1898 at 47 years old in New York City. [ref]
Manilal Dwivedi
Indian gujarati-language writer and philosopher (1858–1898).
Born September 26th, 1858 in Nadiad. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1898 at 40 years old in Nadiad (syphilis). [ref]
Ángel Ganivet
Spanish writer (1865–1898).
Born December 13th, 1865 in Granada.
Died November 29th, 1898 at 32 years old in Riga (drowning).
Luděk Marold
Czech illustrator and painter (1865-1898).
Born August 7th, 1865 in Prague. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1898 at 33 years old in Prague. [ref]
Roberto Ivens
Portuguese explorer (1850-1898).
Born June 12th, 1850 in Ponta Delgada.
Died January 28th, 1898 at 47 years old in Lisbon.
Yelena Polenova
Russian artist (1850-1898).
Born November 27th, 1850 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 19th, 1898 at 47 years old in Moscow (fall).
Ivane Machabeli
Georgian writer, journalist, and translator (1854–1898).
Born February 8th, 1854 in Tamarasheni.
Died July 8th, 1898 at 44 years old in Tbilisi.
Karel Hlaváček
Czech poet and artist (1874-1898).
Born August 23rd, 1874 in Prague. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1898 at 23 years old in Prague (tuberculosis). [ref]
Cruz e Sousa
Brazilian poet and journalist (1861–1898).
Born November 24th, 1861 in Florianópolis.
Died March 19th, 1898 at 36 years old in Antônio Carlos (tuberculosis).
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes