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In the year 1898
193 Notable deaths
Calixto García
Cuban general (1839-1898).
Born August 4th, 1839 in Holguin.
Died December 11th, 1898 at 59 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
Francis Frith
English photographer (1822–1898).
Born October 7th, 1822 in Chesterfield.
Died February 25th, 1898 at 75 years old in Cannes.
Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies
Grand duchess of tuscany.
Born December 19th, 1814 in Palermo.
Died November 7th, 1898 at 83 years old in Gmunden.
Pavel Tretyakov
Russian businessman (1832-1898).
Born December 27th, 1832 in Moscow.
Died December 16th, 1898 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet
Civil engineer (born 1817).
Born July 15th, 1817 in Wadsley.
Died November 20th, 1898 at 81 years old in Bournemouth.
Zachris Topelius
Finnish-swedish author, poet, historian, professor and rector of helsinki university (1818–1898).
Born January 14th, 1818 in Nykarleby.
Died March 12th, 1898 at 80 years old in Sipoo.
Robert Milligan McLane
American politician (1815-1898).
Born June 23rd, 1815 in Wilmington.
Died April 16th, 1898 at 82 years old in Paris.
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]
Princess Katharina of Württemberg
Württemberger royal (1821–1898).
Born August 24th, 1821 in Stuttgart.
Died December 6th, 1898 at 77 years old in Stuttgart (heart failure).
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
Catholic saint and founder of religious order (1817–1898).
Born August 25th, 1817 in Metz.
Died March 10th, 1898 at 80 years old in Auteuil.
Johann Jakob Balmer
Swiss mathematician (1825–1898).
Died March 12th, 1898 at 72 years old in Basel.
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Swiss historical novelist and poet (1825-1898).
Born October 11th, 1825 in Zurich.
Died November 28th, 1898 at 73 years old in Kilchberg.
William Chatterton Dix
English writer of hymns and carols (1837–1898).
Born June 14th, 1837 in Bristol. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1898 at 61 years old in Cheddar.
Benjamin Mountfort
English / new zealand architect and photographer.
Born March 13th, 1825 in Birmingham.
Died March 15th, 1898 at 73 years old in Christchurch.
Georges Rodenbach
Belgian symbolist poet and novelist (1855-1898).
Born July 16th, 1855 in Tournai.
Died December 25th, 1898 at 43 years old in Paris.
Arturo Michelena
Venezuelan painter (1863-1898).
Born June 16th, 1863 in Valencia.
Died July 29th, 1898 at 35 years old in Caracas.
Erwin Rohde
German classical philologist (1845–1898).
Born October 9th, 1845 in Hamburg.
Died January 11th, 1898 at 52 years old in Heidelberg.
Calvin S. Brice
U.s. senator from ohio (1845-1898).
Born September 17th, 1845 in Denmark Township. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1898 at 53 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier
British diplomat.
Born September 15th, 1819 in Thirlestane Castle.
Died December 19th, 1898 at 79 years old in Florence.
Georg Ebers
German egyptologist and novelist (1837–1898).
Born March 1st, 1837 in Berlin.
Died August 7th, 1898 at 61 years old in Tutzing.
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.
Thomas Bracken
Anglo-new zealand poet, journalist, politician (1843–1898).
Born December 21st, 1843 in Clones.
Died February 16th, 1898 at 54 years old in Dunedin.
Hayranıdil Kadın
Consort of ottoman sultan abdülaziz (1846–1898).
Born November 2nd, 1846 in Kars.
Died November 26th, 1898 at 52 years old in Ortaköy.
John Hopkinson
British physicist and electrical engineer (1849–1898).
Born July 27th, 1849 in Manchester.
Died August 27th, 1898 at 49 years old in Petite Dent de Veisivi, Val d'Hérens (mountaineering accident).
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Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone. Jiddu Krishnamurti