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== Deaths == {{BD ToC|deaths|section=2}} === January–February === [[File:Alfred_Sisley_photo_full.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Alfred Sisley]]]] [[File:Paul Julius Reuter 1869.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Paul Reuter]]]] [[File:Emma Hardinge Britten 1884.png|thumb|110px|[[Emma Hardinge Britten]]]] [[File:Antonio luna small.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Antonio Luna]]]] * [[January 1]] – [[William Hugh Smith]], 72, Governor of Alabama during Reconstruction, 1868 to 1870, former Alabama legislator who joined the Union Army * [[January 10]] ** [[Jonathan Baldwin Turner|Jonathan B. Turner]], 93, U.S. educational reformer and champion of land grant universities, co-founder of the University of Illinois ** [[William A. Russell (Massachusetts politician)|William A. Russell]], 67, U.S. Congressman and industrialist who was the first president of the International Paper Company * [[January 13]] – [[Nelson Dingley Jr.]], 66, U.S. politician and Congressman for Maine since 1881, author of the [[Dingley Act]] for increased tariffs * [[January 14]] – [[Nubar Pasha]], 74, the first [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] (1878–79, 1884–88 and 1894–95) * [[January 17]] – [[Jedediah Hotchkiss]], 70, American military cartographer for the Confederacy during the American Civil War * [[January 23]] – [[Romualdo Pacheco]], 77, the only Hispanic [[Governor of California|Governor]] of the U.S. state of California (in 1875); (b. [[1831]]) * [[January 29]] – [[Alfred Sisley]], 59, French [[impressionism|impressionist]] landscape painter, died of throat cancer (b. [[1839]]) * [[January 30]] –[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]], 48, British sculptor (b. [[1850]]) * [[January 31]] – [[Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma]], 29, princess consort of Bulgaria, from complications of childbirth (b. [[1870]]) * [[February 6]] ** [[Leo von Caprivi]], Chancellor of Germany (b. [[1831]]) ** [[Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (b. [[1874]]) * [[February 11]] – [[Teuku Umar]], Leader of Acehnese Rebellion (b. [[1854]]) * [[February 16]] – [[Félix Faure]], President of France (b. [[1841]]) * [[February 18]] – [[Sophus Lie]], Norwegian mathematician; see [[Lie group]].(b. [[1842]]) * [[February 23]] – [[Gaëtan de Rochebouët]], Prime Minister of France (b. [[1813]]) * [[February 25]] – [[Paul Reuter]], German-born news agency founder (b. [[1816]]) === March–April === * [[March 3]] – [[William P. Sprague]], American politician from Ohio (b. [[1827]]) * [[March 6]] – Princess [[Kaʻiulani]], last monarch of Hawaii (b. [[1875]]) * [[March 12]] – [[Julius Vogel|Sir Julius Vogel]], Premier of New Zealand (b. [[1835]]) * [[March 18]] – [[Othniel Charles Marsh]], American palaeontologist (b. [[1831]]) * [[March 20]] – [[Martha M. Place]], American murderer, first woman executed in the [[electric chair]] (b. [[1849]]) * [[March 24]] – [[Marie Goegg-Pouchoulin]], Swiss national, international women's rights activist, pacifist (b. [[1826]]) * [[April 1]] – [[Charles C. Carpenter (admiral)|Charles C. Carpenter]], American admiral (b. [[1834]]) * [[April 5]] – [[T. E. Ellis]], Welsh politician (b. [[1859]]) * [[April 6]] – [[Garret Barry (piper)|Garret Parry]], Irish piper (b. [[1847]]) * [[April 7]] – [[Pieter Rijke]], Dutch physicist (b. [[1812]]) * [[April 11]] – [[Lascăr Catargiu]], 4-time prime minister of Romania (b. [[1823]]) * [[April 16]] – [[Emilio Jacinto]], Filipino poet, revolutionary (b. [[1875]]) * [[April 22]] ** [[Sir John Mowbray, 1st Baronet]], British MP and [[Father of the House of Commons]] since 1898 (b. 1815) ** [[Johann Köler]], Estonian painter (b. [[1826]]) * [[April 24]] – [[Richard J. Oglesby]], U.S. politician, three-time Governor of Illinois for whom the town of [[Oglesby, Illinois]] is named (b. 1824) * [[April 26]] – [[Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart]], Minister-President of Austria, 1871 (b. [[1824]]) * [[April 30]] – [[Lewis Baker (politician)|Lewis Baker]], U.S. politician and diplomat (b. 1832) === May–June === * [[May 16]] – [[William Nast (Methodist)|William Nast]], German-born religious leader and founder of the German Methodist Church in the U.S. (b. 1807) * [[May 19]] – [[Charles R. Buckalew]], American politician and diplomat (b. 1821) * [[May 24]] – [[William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher]], British law lord (b. [[1817]]) * [[May 25]] – [[Emilio Castelar y Ripoll]], President of the First Spanish Republic (b. [[1832]]) * [[June 3]] – [[Johann Strauss II|Johann Strauss Jr.]], Austrian composer (b. [[1825]]) * [[June 4]] – [[Eugenio Beltrami]], Italian mathematician (b. [[1835]]) * [[June 5]] – [[Antonio Luna]], Filipino general (assassinated) (b. [[1866]]) * [[June 7]] – [[Augustin Daly]], American theatrical impresario, playwright (b. [[1838]]) * [[June 10]] – [[Ernest Chausson]], French composer (b. [[1855]]) === July–August === [[File:Robert Bunsen 02.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Robert Bunsen]]]] [[File:General Gregorio del Pilar 1.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Gregorio del Pilar]]]] [[File:FRANCES LAUGHTON MACE A woman of the century (page 493 crop).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Frances Laughton Mace]]]] * [[July 1]] – [[William Henry Flower|Sir William Flower]], British museum curator and surgeon (b. [[1831]]) * [[July 2]] – General [[Horatio Wright]], 79, American engineer, U.S. Army officer in the American Civil War, Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (b. 1820) * [[July 4]] – [[Alexander Armstrong (Royal Navy officer)|Sir Alexander Armstrong]], 81, Irish-born physician, Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer (b. 1818) * [[July 10]] ** [[Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia]], 28, Tsarevich and heir to the throne of Russia as younger brother of Nicholas II (b. 1871) ** [[Albert Grévy]], French statesman and [[List of French governors of Algeria|Governor-General of Algeria]] 1879-1881 (b. 1823) * [[July 16]] ** [[Margaretta Riley]], British botanist (b. [[1804]]) ** [[William Preston Johnston]], 68, American college administrator and first president of [[Tulane University]] (b. 1831) * [[July 18]] – [[Horatio Alger Jr.]], American writer (b. [[1832]]) * [[July 20]] – [[Frances Laughton Mace]], American poet (b. [[1836]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xR1LAQAAMAAJ|year=1900|publisher=D. Appleton & Company|page=619}}</ref> * [[July 21]] – [[Robert G. Ingersoll]], American politician (b. [[1833]]) * [[July 27]] – [[Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa]], German chess-master (b. [[1818]]) * [[August 4]] – [[Karl, Freiherr von Prel]], German philosopher (b. [[1839]]) * [[August 9]] ** [[Edward Frankland|Sir Edward Frankland]], British chemist (b. [[1825]]) ** [[Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia]], Russian Grand Duke, younger brother of [[Nicholas II of Russia]] (b. [[1871]]) * [[August 16]] – [[Robert Bunsen]], German chemist (b. [[1811]]) === September–October === * [[September 2]] – [[Ernest Renshaw]], British tennis player (b. [[1861]]) * [[September 12]] – [[Cornelius Vanderbilt II]], American railway magnate (b. [[1843]]) * [[September 13]] – [[Sarah Warren Keeler]], American educator of the deaf-mute (b. [[1844]]) * [[September 17]] – [[Charles Alfred Pillsbury]], American industrialist (b. [[1842]]) * [[September 28]] – [[Giovanni Segantini]], Italian painter (b. [[1858]]) * [[October 2]] ** [[Emma Hardinge Britten]], British writer (b. [[1823]]) ** [[Percy Pilcher]], British aviation pioneer, glider pilot (b. [[1866]]) * [[October 7]] – [[Deodato Arellano]], Filipino Propagandist (b. [[1844]]) * [[October 14]] ** [[Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston]], American diarist (b. [[1812]]) **[[Nicolai Hanson]], Norwegian zoologist and Antarctic explorer (b. [[1870]]) * [[October 22]] – [[Ella Hoag Brockway Avann]], American educator (b. [[1853]]) * [[October 23]] – [[Penn Symons|Sir Penn Symons]], British general (died of wounds) (b. [[1843]]) * [[October 25]] – [[Grant Allen]], Canadian science writer and novelist (b. [[1848]]) * [[October 30]] ** [[Arthur Blomfield|Sir Arthur Blomfield]], British architect (b. [[1829]]) ** [[William Henry Webb]], American industrialist, philanthropist (b. [[1816]]) * [[October 31]] – [[Anton Berindei]], Wallachian-born Romanian general and politician (b. [[1838]]) === November–December === [[File:Garret Augustus Hobart.jpg|thumb|148x148px|[[Garret Hobart]]]] * [[November 16]] ** [[Vincas Kudirka]], Lithuanian doctor, poet and national hero (b. [[1858]]) ** [[Julius Hermann Moritz Busch]], German publicist (b. [[1821]]) * [[November 21]] – [[Garret Hobart]], [[List of Vice Presidents of the United States|24th]] [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. [[1844]]) * [[November 23]] – [[Thomas Henry Ismay]], British owner of the White Star Line (b. [[1837]]) * [[November 24]] – [[Abdallahi ibn Muhammad]], Sudanese political, religious leader (killed in battle) (b. [[1846]]) * [[November 28]] – [[Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione]] (b. [[1837]]) * [[December 2]] – [[Gregorio del Pilar]], Filipino general (killed in battle) (b. [[1875]]) * [[December 10]] – King [[Ngwane V]] of Swaziland (b. [[1876]]) * [[December 19]] – [[Henry Ware Lawton]], American general (killed in action) (b. [[1843]]) * [[December 22]] ** [[Pascual Ortega Portales]], Chilean painter (b. [[1839]]) ** [[Dwight L. Moody]], American evangelist (b. [[1837]])<ref>{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11916688d |title=Notice de personne "Moody, Dwight Lyman (1837-1899)" |trans-title=Person record "Moody, Dwight Lyman (1837-1899)" |language=fr |publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] |date=10 April 2015 |access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref> ** [[Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster]], British landowner and politician (b. [[1825]]) * [[December 30]] **[[Eugène Bertrand]], 65, French comedian and opera house director (b. [[1834]]) * [[December 31]] ** [[Jane Mitchel]], Irish nationalist (b. c. 1820) ** [[Carl Millöcker]], 57, Viennese composer (b. [[1842]]) ** [[Manuel Carrillo Tablas]], 77, Mexican philanthropist and mayor of Orizaba (b. [[1822]]) === Date unknown === * [[Ellen Morton Littlejohn]], American quilter (b. c. [[1826]])
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