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In the year 1896
191 Notable deaths
H. H. Holmes
American con artist and serial killer (1861–1896).
Born May 16th, 1861 in Gilmanton.
Died May 7th, 1896 at 34 years old in Moyamensing Prison (hanging to death).
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896).
Born June 19th, 1861 in Calamba.
Died December 30th, 1896 at 35 years old in Manila (gunshot wound).
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896).
Born October 21st, 1833 in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1896 at 63 years old in Sanremo (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
William Morris
British textile artist, author, and socialist (1834-1896).
Born March 24th, 1834 in Walthamstow. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1896 at 62 years old in Hammersmith. [ref]
Harriet Beecher Stowe
American abolitionist and author (1811–1896).
Born June 14th, 1811 in Litchfield. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1896 at 85 years old in Hartford (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Amelia Dyer
British serial killer.
Born November 27th, 1837 in Bristol.
Died June 10th, 1896 at 58 years old in Newgate Prison. [ref]
Clara Schumann
German musician and composer (1819–1896).
Born September 13th, 1819 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1896 at 76 years old in Frankfurt (stroke). [ref]
John Everett Millais
British painter and illustrator (1829–1896).
Born June 8th, 1829 in Southampton.
Died August 13th, 1896 at 67 years old in London, Palace Gate (laryngeal cancer).
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
Austrian archduke (1833–1896).
Born July 30th, 1833 in Schönbrunn Palace. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1896 at 62 years old in Vienna (typhoid fever).
Marcelo H. del Pilar
Filipino writer, lawyer, and journalist.
Born August 30th, 1850 in Bulakan.
Died July 4th, 1896 at 45 years old in Barcelona (tuberculosis).
Paul Verlaine
French poet (1844-1896).
Born March 30th, 1844 in Metz.
Died January 9th, 1896 at 51 years old in Paris (pneumonia).
Mathew Benjamin Brady
American photographer (c. 1823 – 1896).
Born May 18th, 1822 in New York, Lake George, Warren County. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1896 at 73 years old in Manhattan (Bright's disease).
Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer (1824-1896).
Born September 4th, 1824 in Ansfelden.
Died October 11th, 1896 at 72 years old in Vienna.
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
Shah of qajar iran from 1848 to 1896.
Born July 16th, 1831 in Tabriz.
Died May 1st, 1896 at 64 years old in Tehran (gunshot wound, assassination).
Prince Henry of Battenberg
Husband of princess beatrice of the united kingdom (1858-1896).
Born October 5th, 1858 in Milan.
Died January 20th, 1896 at 37 years old in Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (malaria).
Otto Lilienthal
German aviation pioneer (1848-1896).
Born May 23rd, 1848 in Anklam. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1896 at 48 years old in Berlin (aviation accident). [ref]
Henry Parkes
Australian statesman and politician (1815-1896).
Born May 27th, 1815 in Warwickshire.
Died April 27th, 1896 at 80 years old in Sydney.
August Kekulé
German organic chemist (1829–1896).
Born September 7th, 1829 in Darmstadt.
Died July 13th, 1896 at 66 years old in Bonn.
Frederic Leighton
English painter and sculptor (1830–1896).
Born December 3rd, 1830 in Scarborough.
Died January 25th, 1896 at 65 years old in London.
John Langdon Down
British physician and first person to describe down syndrome (1828-1896).
Born November 18th, 1828 in Torpoint.
Died October 7th, 1896 at 67 years old in Teddington.
George du Maurier
French-british cartoonist and author (1834-1896).
Born March 6th, 1834 in Paris.
Died October 8th, 1896 at 62 years old in London. [ref]
Jane Wilde
Irish poet and writer, editor (1821–1896).
Born December 27th, 1821 in Dublin. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 1896 at 74 years old in Chelsea. [ref]
George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
American engineer (1859-1896).
Born February 14th, 1859 in Galesburg.
Died November 22nd, 1896 at 37 years old in Pittsburgh (typhoid fever).
Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours
Duke of nemours (1814–1896).
Born October 25th, 1814 in Palais-Royal. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1896 at 81 years old in Versailles.
Ichiyō Higuchi
Japanese writer.
Died November 23rd, 1896 at 24 years old in Uchisaiwaichō (tuberculosis).
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Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr