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In the year 1899
26 Notable deaths
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]
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).
Percy Pilcher
British aviator.
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]
Archibald Lampman
Canadian poet.
Born November 17th, 1861 in Ottawa. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1899 at 37 years old in Ontario. [ref]
Ernest Renshaw
English tennis player.
Born January 3rd, 1861 in Royal Leamington Spa.
Died September 2nd, 1899 at 38 years old in Twyford.
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]
Oscar Baumann
Austrian cartographer (1864-1899).
Born June 25th, 1864 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1899 at 35 years old in Vienna. [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).
John Whitehead
English explorer and zoologist.
Died June 2nd, 1899 at 38 years old in Hainan (malaria). [ref]
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