In the year 1902
200 Notable deaths
Frank Norris
American journalist and novelist (1870-1902).
Born March 5th, 1870 in Chicago.
Died October 25th, 1902 at 32 years old in San Francisco (peritonitis).
Franz Sigel
Officer in the grand duchy of baden; us union army general; civil servant (1824–1902).
Born November 18th, 1824 in Sinsheim.
Died August 21st, 1902 at 77 years old in New York City.
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
British public servant and prominent member of victorian society (1826–1902).
Born June 21st, 1826 in Florence.
Died February 12th, 1902 at 75 years old in Clandeboye House.
G. A. Henty
British novelist (1832–1902).
Born December 8th, 1832 in Cambridge.
Died November 16th, 1902 at 69 years old in Weymouth.
Thomas Brackett Reed
American politician (1839-1902).
Born October 18th, 1839 in Portland.
Died December 7th, 1902 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C..
Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz
King consort of spain from 1846 to 1868.
Born May 13th, 1822 in Aranjuez.
Died April 17th, 1902 at 79 years old in Épinay-sur-Seine. [ref]
Henryk Siemiradzki
Polish painter (1843–1902).
Born October 24th, 1843 in Kharkiv, Pechenihy.
Died August 23rd, 1902 at 58 years old in Strzałków, Łódź Voivodeship.
Friedrich Alfred Krupp
German manufacturer and politician (1854-1902).
Born February 17th, 1854 in Essen.
Died December 22nd, 1902 at 48 years old in Essen.
Masaoka Shiki
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in meiji period japan (1867-1902).
Born October 14th, 1867 in Matsuyama.
Died September 19th, 1902 at 34 years old in Negishi (tuberculosis).
Julius Sterling Morton
American politician (1832-1902).
Born April 22nd, 1832 in Adams.
Died April 27th, 1902 at 70 years old in Lake Forest.
Frank R. Stockton
American writer (1834-1902).
Born April 5th, 1834 in Philadelphia.
Died April 20th, 1902 at 68 years old in The Woodlands.
Ida Craddock
American writer and activist (1857–1902).
Born August 1st, 1857 in Philadelphia.
Died October 16th, 1902 at 45 years old in New York City.
John Peter Altgeld
American politician (1847-1902).
Born December 30th, 1847 in Selters.
Died March 12th, 1902 at 54 years old in Joliet.
Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria
Austrian archduchess (1870-1902).
Born May 13th, 1870 in Artstetten.
Died August 24th, 1902 at 32 years old in Gmunden.
Sergei Ivanovich Mosin
Russian major general, designer of the famous mosin-nagant rifle (1849-1902).
Born April 14th, 1849 in Ramon.
Died February 8th, 1902 at 52 years old in Sestroretsk (pneumonia).
William Thomas Sampson
Us naval officer (1840-1902).
Born February 9th, 1840 in Wayne County.
Died May 6th, 1902 at 62 years old in Washington, D.C..
Richard Maurice Bucke
Canadian psychiatrist (1837-1902).
Born March 18th, 1837 in Methwold. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1902 at 64 years old in London.
Esther Hobart Morris
American judge; justice of the peace (1814–1902).
Born August 8th, 1814 in Wyoming County, Tioga County. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1902 at 87 years old in Cheyenne.
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
British diplomat (1826-1902).
Born January 7th, 1826 in Wymondham.
Died April 8th, 1902 at 76 years old in London.
Mathilde Wesendonck
German poet and mistress of the composer richard wagner (1828–1902).
Born December 23rd, 1828 in Elberfeld.
Died August 31st, 1902 at 73 years old in Altmünster.
Gustave Trouvé
French electrical engineer and inventor (1839-1902).
Born January 2nd, 1839 in Descartes. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1902 at 63 years old in Paris.
Friedrich Engelhorn
German businessman (1821–1902).
Born July 17th, 1821 in Mannheim.
Died March 11th, 1902 at 80 years old in Mannheim.
John Henry Twachtman
American painter (1853-1902).
Born August 4th, 1853 in Cincinnati.
Died August 8th, 1902 at 49 years old in Gloucester (intracranial aneurysm).
Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi
Syrian theologian and philosopher (1855–1902).
Born July 8th, 1855 in Aleppo. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1902 at 46 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Prudente de Morais
President of brazil (1841-1902).
Born October 4th, 1841 in Itu.
Died December 3rd, 1902 at 61 years old in Piracicaba.
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Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi