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In the year 1898
193 Notable deaths
Adolphe Appian
French painter (1818–1898).
Born August 23rd, 1818 in Lyon. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1898 at 79 years old in 5th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Oscar Paul
German musicologist (1836-1898).
Born April 8th, 1836 in Gozdnica.
Died April 18th, 1898 at 62 years old in Leipzig.
Leopold Loeffler
Polish painter (c.1830-1898).
Born October 27th, 1827 in Rzeszów.
Died February 6th, 1898 at 70 years old in Kraków.
Eugène Lenepveu
French painter (1819-1898).
Born December 12th, 1819 in Angers. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1898 at 78 years old in Paris.
Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz
President of costa rica (1824-1898).
Born April 18th, 1824 in Cartago.
Died October 22nd, 1898 at 74 years old in San José.
Karel Hlaváček
Czech poet and artist (1874-1898).
Born August 23rd, 1874 in Libeň. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1898 at 23 years old in Libeň (tuberculosis). [ref]
Salomon Stricker
Austrian pathologist and histologist (1834–1898).
Born January 1st, 1834 in Nové Mesto nad Váhom.
Died April 2nd, 1898 at 64 years old in Vienna (aortic valve insufficiency).
Emil Victor Langlet
Swedish architect (1824–1898).
Born February 26th, 1824 in Borås parish.
Died March 10th, 1898 at 74 years old in Spetebyhall.
James Edward Tierney Aitchison
Scottish surgeon, botanist (1836-1898).
Born October 28th, 1836 in Neemuch.
Died September 30th, 1898 at 61 years old in Kew.
Manuel Tamayo y Baus
Spanish dramatist (1829–1898).
Born September 15th, 1829 in Madrid.
Died June 20th, 1898 at 68 years old in Madrid.
Milutin Garašanin
Serbian politician (1843-1898).
Born February 22nd, 1843 in Belgrade.
Died March 5th, 1898 at 55 years old in Paris.
Nikolai Sverchkov
Russian artist (1817–1898).
Born March 6th, 1817 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1898 at 81 years old in Tsarskoye Selo. [ref]
Johan Lange
Danish botanist (1818-1898).
Born March 20th, 1818 in Fredericia.
Died April 3rd, 1898 at 80 years old in Copenhagen.
Adolphe Samuel
Belgian composer, conductor and critic (1824–1898).
Born July 11th, 1824 in Liège.
Died September 11th, 1898 at 74 years old in Ghent.
Michele Stefano de Rossi
Italian seismologist (1834–1898).
Born October 30th, 1834 in Rome.
Died October 23rd, 1898 at 63 years old in Rocca di Papa.
Pyotr Bessonov
Russian folklorist.
Born June 16th, 1828 in Moscow.
Died March 6th, 1898 at 69 years old in Kharkiv.
Rosalie Roos
Swedish writer, editor.
Born December 9th, 1823 in Finnish church parish. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1898 at 74 years old in Klara Church Parish. [ref]
Johann Georg Noël Dragendorff
German pharmacist, chemist and botanist (1836–1898).
Born August 8th, 1836 in Rostock.
Died April 7th, 1898 at 61 years old in Rostock.
Enrico Cosenz
Italian patriot and general (1820-1898).
Born January 12th, 1820 in Gaeta.
Died September 28th, 1898 at 78 years old in Rome. [ref]
Brynjulf Bergslien
Norwegian sculptor (1830–1898).
Born November 12th, 1830 in Voss Municipality.
Died September 19th, 1898 at 67 years old in Christiania.
Lucjan Malinowski
Polish linguist (1839-1898).
Born May 27th, 1839 in Jaroszewice.
Died January 15th, 1898 at 58 years old in Kraków.
Alfred Hart Everett
British administrator in borneo (1848-1898).
Born October 11th, 1848 in Norfolk Island.
Died June 18th, 1898 at 49 years old in London.
Axel Gudbrand Blytt
Norwegian botanist and geologist (1843–1898).
Born May 19th, 1843 in Christiania.
Died July 18th, 1898 at 55 years old in Christiania.
Ellen Anckarsvärd
Women's rights activist (1833-1898).
Born December 10th, 1833 in The Royal Court Parish. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1898 at 64 years old in Klara Church Parish. [ref]
Otto Ribbeck
German classical philologist (1827-1898).
Born July 23rd, 1827 in Erfurt.
Died July 18th, 1898 at 70 years old in Leipzig.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 193
Do not fear death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light. But, if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity. Laughing Bull