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In the year 1901
212 Notable deaths
Ramón de Campoamor
Spanish author (1817–1901).
Born September 24th, 1817 in Piñera. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1901 at 83 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Albrecht Weber
German indologist (1825–1901).
Born February 17th, 1825 in Wrocław.
Died November 30th, 1901 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Artur Hazelius
Swedish folklorist (1833-1901).
Born November 30th, 1833 in Adolf Fredriks parish.
Died May 27th, 1901 at 67 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish.
Giulio Bizzozero
Italian physician (1846-1901).
Born March 20th, 1846 in Varese.
Died April 8th, 1901 at 55 years old in Turin (pneumonia).
Ana Betancourt
Cuban activist (1832-1901).
Born February 14th, 1832 in Puerto Príncipe. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1901 at 68 years old in Madrid (bronchopneumonia).
Arvid Posse
Swedish 19th century prime minister (1820-1901).
Born February 15th, 1820 in Kropp parish. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1901 at 81 years old in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Toshiko Kishida
Japanese feminist & teacher (1864–1901).
Born January 13th, 1864 in Kyoto Prefecture.
Died May 25th, 1901 at 37 years old in Oiso (tuberculosis).
Friedrich Chrysander
German musicologist and handel scholar (1826–1901).
Born July 8th, 1826 in Lübtheen.
Died September 3rd, 1901 at 75 years old in Bergedorf.
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
President of chile (1850-1901).
Born November 16th, 1850 in Santiago.
Died July 12th, 1901 at 50 years old in Valparaíso (infarction).
Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray
French journalist and socialist (1838–1901).
Born November 24th, 1838 in Toulouse.
Died January 25th, 1901 at 62 years old in Paris.
Marie Luise Anna von Preußen
(1829-1901).
Born March 1st, 1829 in Berlin.
Died May 10th, 1901 at 72 years old in Frankfurt.
Paul Alexis
Novelist, dramatist and journalist (1847–1901).
Born June 16th, 1847 in Aix-en-Provence.
Died July 28th, 1901 at 54 years old in Levallois-Perret.
Konstantin Stoilov
Prime minister of bulgaria (1853-1901).
Born September 23rd, 1853 in Plovdiv.
Died March 23rd, 1901 at 47 years old in Sofia.
Joseph Henry Gilbert
British chemist (1817–1901).
Born August 1st, 1817 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died December 23rd, 1901 at 84 years old in Hertfordshire.
Truman Henry Safford
American astronomer (1836-1901).
Born January 6th, 1836 in Royalton.
Died June 13th, 1901 at 65 years old in Newark.
Fritz Simrock
German classical music publisher (1837–1901).
Born January 2nd, 1837 in Bonn.
Died August 20th, 1901 at 64 years old in Lausanne.
Alexander Kovalevsky
Russian zoologist (1840-1901).
Born November 19th, 1840 in Vārkava.
Died November 22nd, 1901 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Charles Chipiez
French architect and egyptologist (1835–1914).
Born January 11th, 1835 in Écully. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1901 at 66 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Lucyna Ćwierczakiewiczowa
Polish writer (1829-1901).
Born October 17th, 1826 in Warsaw.
Died February 26th, 1901 at 74 years old in Warsaw.
Ernest de Sarzec
French diplomat and archaeologist (1832–1901).
Born August 11th, 1832 in Rennes.
Died May 31st, 1901 at 68 years old in Poitiers.
Jacob Georg Agardh
Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist (1813-1901).
Born December 8th, 1813 in Lund Cathedral parish. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1901 at 87 years old in Lund Cathedral parish.
Josip Murn
Slovenian poet (1879-1901).
Born March 4th, 1879 in Ljubljana.
Died June 18th, 1901 at 22 years old in Ljubljana (tuberculosis).
Jules Laurens
Painter (1825-1901).
Born July 25th, 1825 in Carpentras.
Died May 5th, 1901 at 75 years old in Saint-Didier.
Emil Bretschneider
Baltic german sinologist, geographer, and botanist (1833–1901).
Born July 4th, 1833 in Auce Kirschspiel.
Died May 12th, 1901 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
John Owen
English cleric and chess player (1827–1901).
Born April 8th, 1827 in Staffordshire.
Died November 24th, 1901 at 74 years old in Twickenham.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 212
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