In the year 1891
229 Notable deaths
P. T. Barnum
American showman and politician (1810–1891).
Born July 5th, 1810 in Bethel. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1891 at 80 years old in Bridgeport (stroke). [ref]
William Tecumseh Sherman
United states army general (1820–1891).
Born February 8th, 1820 in John Sherman Birthplace.
Died February 14th, 1891 at 71 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Herman Melville
American writer and poet (1819–1891).
Born August 1st, 1819 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1891 at 72 years old in New York City (heart failure). [ref]
Helena Blavatsky
Russian occult writer (1831-1891).
Born August 12th, 1831 in Dnipro. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1891 at 59 years old in London (influenza). [ref]
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Philosopher, academic, writer, translator, entrepreneur, social reformer and philanthropist (1820-1891).
Born September 26th, 1820 in Birsingha.
Died July 29th, 1891 at 70 years old in Kolkata.
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891).
Born October 20th, 1854 in Charleville.
Died November 10th, 1891 at 37 years old in Marseille (osteosarcoma, bone cancer).
Pedro II of Brazil
2nd and final emperor of brazil (r. 1831–89).
Born December 2nd, 1825 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died December 5th, 1891 at 66 years old in Paris (pneumonia).
John A. Macdonald
1st prime minister of canada from 1867 to 1873 and 1878 to 1891.
Born January 11th, 1815 in Glasgow.
Died June 6th, 1891 at 76 years old in Ottawa (stroke).
Georges Seurat
French painter (1859-1891).
Born December 2nd, 1859 in former 5th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 29th, 1891 at 31 years old in boulevard de Magenta (brain congestion).
George Hearst
American politician (1820-1891).
Born September 3rd, 1820 in Sullivan.
Died February 28th, 1891 at 70 years old in Washington, D.C..
Albert Pike
American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and confederate states army general associate justice of the arkansas supreme court, freemason (1809–1891).
Born December 29th, 1809 in Boston.
Died April 2nd, 1891 at 81 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart attack).
Hannibal Hamlin
Vice president of the united states from 1861 to 1865 (1809–1891).
Born August 27th, 1809 in Paris.
Died July 4th, 1891 at 81 years old in Bangor.
Theo Van Gogh
Dutch art dealer (1857–1891).
Born May 1st, 1857 in Zundert.
Died January 25th, 1891 at 33 years old in Utrecht (syphilis).
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
German field marshal (1800–1891).
Born October 26th, 1800 in Parchim.
Died April 24th, 1891 at 90 years old in Berlin.
Joseph E. Johnston
Confederate general (1807-1891).
Born February 3rd, 1807 in Farmville.
Died March 21st, 1891 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
Charles Stewart Parnell
Irish politician (1846-1891).
Born June 27th, 1846 in County Wicklow.
Died October 6th, 1891 at 45 years old in Brighton.
Kalākaua
Last reigning king of the kingdom of hawaii (1836–1891).
Born November 16th, 1836 in Honolulu.
Died January 20th, 1891 at 54 years old in San Francisco (kidney disease).
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
French official and politician (1809-1891).
Born March 27th, 1809 in Paris, French Third Republic, First French Empire.
Died January 11th, 1891 at 81 years old in Paris, French Third Republic.
Joseph Bazalgette
British civil engineer (1819–1891).
Born March 28th, 1819 in London Borough of Enfield.
Died March 15th, 1891 at 71 years old in Wimbledon.
George Washington Williams
American civil war soldier, christian minister, ohio politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer.
Born October 16th, 1849 in Bedford.
Died August 2nd, 1891 at 41 years old in Blackpool (tuberculosis).
James Russell Lowell
American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891).
Born February 22nd, 1819 in Cambridge.
Died August 12th, 1891 at 72 years old in Cambridge (cancer).
Léo Delibes
French composer (1836–1891).
Born February 21st, 1836 in La Flèche.
Died January 16th, 1891 at 54 years old in Paris.
Leonard Jerome
American financier and maternal grandfather of winston churchill (1817-1891).
Born November 3rd, 1817 in Pompey.
Died March 3rd, 1891 at 73 years old in Brighton.
Sarah Childress Polk
First lady of the united states from 1845 to 1849.
Born September 4th, 1803 in Murfreesboro.
Died August 14th, 1891 at 87 years old in Nashville.
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire
British landowner, benefactor and politician (1808-1891).
Born April 27th, 1808 in London.
Died December 21st, 1891 at 83 years old
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The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead. Albert Einstein