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In the year 1893
8 Notable deaths
Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893).
Born August 5th, 1850 in Tourville-sur-Arques. [ref]
Died July 6th, 1893 at 42 years old in Passy (syphilis). [ref]
Alexander of Battenberg
Bulgarian ruler.
Born April 5th, 1857 in Verona.
Died November 17th, 1893 at 36 years old in Graz.
Julius Popper
Romanian-argentinian explorer (1857-1893).
Born December 15th, 1857 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1893 at 35 years old in Buenos Aires.
Alfredo Catalani
Italian operatic composer (1854-1893).
Born June 19th, 1854 in Lucca. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1893 at 39 years old in Milan (tuberculosis). [ref]
August Czartoryski
Blessed of the catholic church (1858-1893).
Born August 2nd, 1858 in Paris.
Died April 8th, 1893 at 34 years old in Alassio (tuberculosis).
Gunnar Berg
Norwegian painter (1863-1893).
Born May 21st, 1863 in Svolvær. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1893 at 30 years old in Berlin (pneumonia). [ref]
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
Polish painter (1854–1893).
Born December 8th, 1854 in Zlatopol.
Died April 18th, 1893 at 38 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction).
António Carvalho de Silva Porto
Portuguese painter (1850-1893).
Born November 11th, 1850 in Porto.
Died June 1st, 1893 at 42 years old in Lisbon.
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