In the year 1899
28 Notable deaths
Giovanni Segantini
Italian painter, neo-impressionist and symbolist (1858–1899).
Born January 15th, 1858 in Arco.
Died September 28th, 1899 at 41 years old in Schafberg.
Ottmar Mergenthaler
German inventor of linotype.
Born May 10th, 1854 in Bad Mergentheim. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1899 at 45 years old in Baltimore (tuberculosis).
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior
Brazilian painter (1850-1899).
Born May 8th, 1850 in Itu. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1899 at 49 years old in Piracicaba (stab wound). [ref]
Percy Pilcher
British aviator (1866–1899).
Born January 16th, 1866 in Bath.
Died October 2nd, 1899 at 33 years old in London.
Vincas Kudirka
Lithuanian writer (1858-1899).
Born December 31st, 1858 in Vilkaviškis.
Died November 16th, 1899 at 40 years old in Kudirkos Naumiestis (tuberculosis). [ref]
Ernest Renshaw
English tennis player (1861–1899).
Born January 3rd, 1861 in Leamington Spa.
Died September 2nd, 1899 at 38 years old in Twyford.
Archibald Lampman
Canadian poet (1861–1899).
Born November 17th, 1861 in Ottawa.
Died February 10th, 1899 at 37 years old in Ontario.
Oscar Baumann
Austrian cartographer (1864-1899).
Born June 25th, 1864 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1899 at 35 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Henri Evenepoel
Artist (1872-1899).
Born October 3rd, 1872 in Nice. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1899 at 27 years old in Paris (typhoid fever). [ref]
Dragotin Kette
Slovene impressionist and neo-romantic poet.
Born January 19th, 1876 in Ilirska Bistrica, Prem.
Died April 26th, 1899 at 23 years old in Ljubljana (tuberculosis).
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir