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In the year 1904
203 Notable deaths
George Graham Vest
U.s. politician (1830-1904).
Born December 6th, 1830 in Frankfort.
Died August 9th, 1904 at 73 years old in Sweet Springs.
Eduard Hanslick
Austrian musician and musicologist (1825–1904).
Born September 11th, 1825 in Prague. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1904 at 78 years old in Vienna, Baden. [ref]
Christopher Dresser
British industrial designer (1834-1904).
Born July 4th, 1834 in Glasgow.
Died November 24th, 1904 at 70 years old in Mulhouse.
Nikolay Bobrikov
Russian politician (1839-1904).
Born January 27th, 1839 in Strelna.
Died June 17th, 1904 at 65 years old in Helsinki.
Ferdinand Mannlicher
Austrian firearms designer (1848-1904).
Born January 30th, 1848 in Mainz.
Died January 20th, 1904 at 55 years old in Vienna.
Vyacheslav von Plehve
Russian politician (1846-1904).
Born April 20th, 1846 in Meshchovsk. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1904 at 58 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Laura Vicuña
Chilean child who was beatified by the catholic church (1891–1904).
Born April 5th, 1891 in Santiago.
Died January 22nd, 1904 at 12 years old in Junín de los Andes (tuberculosis).
Eugen Schauman
Finnish nationalist, assassin of nikolai bobrikov (1875-1904).
Born May 10th, 1875 in Kharkiv.
Died June 16th, 1904 at 29 years old in Helsinki (gunshot wound).
María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
Spanish princess and spanish infanta (1880–1904).
Born September 11th, 1880 in Madrid.
Died October 17th, 1904 at 24 years old in Madrid (puerperal disorders).
Edwin Arnold
English poet and journalist (1832–1904).
Born June 10th, 1832 in Gravesend.
Died March 24th, 1904 at 71 years old in London.
Mór Jókai
Hungarian writer (1825–1904).
Born February 18th, 1825 in Komárno.
Died May 5th, 1904 at 79 years old in Budapest.
Princess Marie of Hanover
Hanovarian princess (1849-1904).
Born December 2nd, 1849 in Hanover.
Died June 4th, 1904 at 54 years old in Gmunden.
Mélanie Calvat
French nun and marian visionary (1831–1904).
Born November 7th, 1831 in Corps.
Died December 15th, 1904 at 73 years old in Altamura.
Frederick Sandys
Pre-raphaelite painter (1829-1904).
Born May 1st, 1829 in Norwich.
Died June 25th, 1904 at 75 years old in London.
Wilgelm Vitgeft
Imperial russian admiral (1847–1904).
Born October 14th, 1847 in Odesa.
Died August 10th, 1904 at 56 years old in Yellow Sea.
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
Prime minister of france (1846-1904).
Born December 2nd, 1846 in Nantes.
Died August 10th, 1904 at 57 years old in Corbeil-Essonnes (pancreatic cancer).
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Serbian poet, physician (1833–1904).
Born December 3rd, 1833 in Novi Sad.
Died June 14th, 1904 at 70 years old in Sremska Kamenica.
Frances Power Cobbe
Irish writer, philosopher, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist and leading suffragist (1822-1904).
Born December 4th, 1822 in Dublin. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1904 at 81 years old in Hengwrt. [ref]
George Salmon
Irish mathematician and anglican theologian (1819–1904).
Born September 25th, 1819 in Dublin.
Died January 22nd, 1904 at 84 years old in Dublin.
Franz von Lenbach
German painter (1836–1904).
Born December 13th, 1836 in Schrobenhausen.
Died May 6th, 1904 at 67 years old in Munich.
Duke Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt
Monarch of anhalt (1831-1904).
Born April 29th, 1831 in Dessau.
Died January 24th, 1904 at 72 years old in Ballenstedt.
Martha Coston
American inventor (1826-1904).
Born December 12th, 1826 in Baltimore.
Died July 9th, 1904 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C..
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook
British liberal politician (1826-1904).
Born January 22nd, 1826 in London.
Died November 15th, 1904 at 78 years old in Stratton Park.
Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
German noble (1819–1904).
Born October 17th, 1819 in Neustrelitz.
Died May 30th, 1904 at 84 years old in Neustrelitz.
Vladimir Markovnikov
Russian chemist.
Born December 22nd, 1838 in Knyaginino.
Died February 11th, 1904 at 65 years old in Moscow.
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