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In the year 1898
193 Notable deaths
Laura Gundersen
Norwegian actress (1832-1898).
Born May 27th, 1832 in Bergen.
Died December 25th, 1898 at 66 years old in Christiania.
Couto de Magalhães
Brazilian politician, military personnel, writer and folklorist (1837-1898).
Born November 1st, 1837 in Diamantina.
Died September 14th, 1898 at 60 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Ferdinand Fabre
French writer and poet (1827-1898).
Born June 9th, 1827 in Bédarieux. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1898 at 70 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Evgenia Konradi
Russian writer (1838-1898), editor.
Died October 19th, 1898 at 60 years old in Paris.
Franz Magnus Böhme
German university teacher, composer, folk song researcher and collector (1827-1898).
Born March 11th, 1827 in Willerstedt.
Died October 18th, 1898 at 71 years old in Dresden.
Wilhelm von Gümbel
German geologist (1823–1898).
Born February 11th, 1823 in Dannenfels.
Died June 18th, 1898 at 75 years old in Munich.
Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg
German entomologist (1818–1898).
Born January 10th, 1818 in Naumburg.
Died January 19th, 1898 at 80 years old in Halle (Saale).
Fortino Hipólito Vera y Talonia
Mexican writer and historian (1834–1898).
Born August 12th, 1834 in Santiago Tequixquiac.
Died September 22nd, 1898 at 64 years old in Cuernavaca.
Friedrich Alexander Buhse
Baltic german botanist (1821-1898).
Born November 30th, 1821 in Riga.
Died December 29th, 1898 at 77 years old
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).
Andreas Artsruni
Armenian-russian mineralogist and geologist (1847-1898).
Born November 27th, 1847 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1898 at 50 years old in Bad Honnef (tuberculosis). [ref]
Elisabeth Keyser
Swedish painter (1851-1898).
Born January 22nd, 1851 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1898 at 47 years old in Klara Church Parish. [ref]
Luiza Pesjak
Slovene writer.
Born June 12th, 1828 in Ljubljana.
Died March 31st, 1898 at 69 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]
Sylvester Sembratovych
Metropolitan archbishop of lviv (1836-1898).
Born September 3rd, 1836 in Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Desznica.
Died August 4th, 1898 at 61 years old in Lviv.
Pedro de Madrazo
Spanish painter and poet (1816-1898).
Born October 11th, 1816 in Rome.
Died August 20th, 1898 at 81 years old in Madrid.
Mariano de la Paz Graells y de la Agüera
Spanish entomologist (1809–1898).
Born January 24th, 1809 in Tricio.
Died February 14th, 1898 at 89 years old in Madrid.
Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria
Austrian archduke (1823-1898).
Died May 24th, 1898 at 74 years old in Hernstein.
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