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Calendar overview 1891
1891 | |
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German East Africa becomes a German colony . | |
The French Charles Terront wins the first Paris – Brest – Paris cycle race . | The Social Democratic Party of Germany approves the Erfurt program . |
Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway begins in Vladivostok . | |
1891 in other calendars | |
Armenian calendar | 1339/40 (turn of the year July) |
Ethiopian calendar | 1883/84 (turn of the year September 11th / 12th) |
Baha'i calendar | 47/48 (March 20/21) |
Bengali solar calendar | 1296/97 (beginning of April 14th or 15th) |
Buddhist calendar | 2434/35 (southern Buddhism); 2433/34 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 76th (77th) cycle
Year of the metal rabbit辛卯 ( at the beginning of the year metal tiger 庚寅) |
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 1253/54 (turn of the year April) |
Dangun era (Korea) | 4224/25 (2-3 October) |
Iranian calendar | 1269/70 (around March 21) |
Islamic calendar | 1308/09 (August 6/7) |
Japanese calendar |
Meiji 24 (
明治 24 年); Kōki 2551 |
Jewish calendar | 5651/52 (October 2-3) |
Coptic Calendar | 1607/08 (September 11th / 12th) |
Malayalam calendar | 1066/67 |
Rumi Calendar (Ottoman Empire) | 1306/07 (March 1) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 2201/02 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 2202/03 (New Year October) |
Suriyakati Calendar (Thai Solar Calendar) | 2433/34 (April 1) |
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1947/48 (turn of the year April) |
events
Politics and world events
Deutsches Reich
- January 1: Statutory pension insurance is introduced as the third Bismarck social security system in the German Reich .
- January 1: The first issue of the social democratic party newspaper Forward since the ban in 1878 appears with a print run of 10,000 copies.
- April 9: The General German Association is founded in Berlin . It is intended to stimulate patriotic awareness and promote German interest and great power politics abroad.
- June 1st to 6th: The German Metalworkers 'Association is founded at the metalworkers' congress in Frankfurt am Main .
- October 6th: With the death of King Charles , his nephew Wilhelm II becomes the new ruler in the Kingdom of Württemberg .
- October 20: With the Erfurt program , an important party congress of the SPD comes to an end, which creates a dichotomy between social theory under Marxist aspects and realpolitical demands.
Switzerland
- January 1st: Emil Welti becomes Swiss President for the sixth time .
- April 8: The first Swiss statistical yearbook is published .
- July 5th: The introduction of the popular initiative is decided.
- December 6th: The federal government's purchase of the Swiss Central Railway is rejected in a referendum. Emil Welti then announced his resignation at the end of the year.
Other events in Europe
- March 27: Bulgarian Finance Minister Christo Beltschew is shot dead by Bulgarian nationalists from Macedonia. Prime Minister Stefan Stambolow , who was actually the target of the attack, survived. A wave of arrests follows. Among others, the former Prime Minister Petko Karawelow and several leaders of the Macedonian Bulgarians are arrested for alleged involvement.
Africa
- January 31st: German colonies in West Africa : The Battle of Mankon takes place in Bafut ( Cameroon ) . After initial success, the German colonial troops under Eugen Zintgraff and Franz Karl Hutter suffer heavy losses on their way back to Baliburg .
- March 22nd: German East Africa , previously a private colony of the German East African Society , is officially subordinated to the administration of the German Reich as a " protected area " by Reich law. Julius von Soden becomes the first civil governor . The previous Wissmann troop is transferred to a protection force for German East Africa under the command of Emil von Zelewski . In the same year there were revolts by the peoples of the Chagga and the Hehe .
- August 17: In the battle near Rugaro , the German protection force for German East Africa against the Hehe people suffers one of the worst defeats in their history.
- List of uprisings in the German colonies : The uprising of the Swartbooi and Topnaar in German South West Africa begins.
Asia
- May 11: During the Ōtsu incident , Tsarevich Nikolaus is assassinated during a visit to Japan , the police officer Tsuda Sanzo slightly injured the future Russian emperor. The assassin is sentenced to life imprisonment. He dies of pneumonia on September 30th.
America
- August 21: In the Battle of Concón in the Chilean civil war, the Congress supporters prevail against the government troops of José Manuel Balmaceda .
- August 28: In the Chilean civil war , insurgent army units, which have the backing of large parts of the fleet commanded by Jorge Montt Álvarez , win the Battle of Placilla against the government troops of President José Manuel Balmaceda . His regime is coming to an end.
Pacific Ocean
- January 29: In Hawaii is Lili'uokalani to Queen proclaimed . She succeeds her brother David Kalākaua and is the first woman on the throne.
business
Trade fairs and exhibitions
- May 15 to October 18: The Prague Jubilee Exhibition 1891 , a performance show of the Czech businessmen of the Danube Monarchy , is a great success with the Czech public, but is largely boycotted by German-Bohemian industry because of its national Czech orientation. The Výstaviště Praha exhibition area was specially built for the trade fair in the Holešovice district . Some structures, such as the Petřín funicular and the 1: 5 scale replica of the Eiffel Tower in Paris , the Petřín observation tower , which opened on August 20, still exist today.
Patents and trademarks
- January 27th: Rodinal developer fluid for black and white films is patented. Momme Andresen invented the product that Agfa has since been selling.
- April 14th: The Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Trademarks is concluded.
- August 25: Thomas Alva Edison receives the patent for the invention of 35mm film .
Postal services
- March 31: The German postal agency Lamu in East Africa is closed after the end of the German protectorate over Witu .
- April 1: The German Reich sets up floating post offices on mail steamers to the United States , which process mail carried along .
- May 5th: The first stamps can be bought from a machine in London .
travel and traffic
- January 22nd: The HAPAG high-speed steamer Augusta Victoria takes off from Cuxhaven on this shipping company's first luxury cruise .
- February 22: In Argentina is between Mendoza and Uspallata the first section of the Andes crossing Transandine Railway opened.
- March: With the groundbreaking ceremony in Vladivostok by Tsarevich Nikolai , construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway , initiated by Russian Transport Minister Sergei Yulievich Witte , begins .
- July 18: The Visp-Zermatt-Bahn , with which the Swiss Matterhorn village of Zermatt is opened up, goes into operation.
- July 25th: The cable car to the Laurenziberg in Prague goes into operation.
- August 5th: The world's first American Express Traveller's Check is cashed in at the Hotel Hauffe in Leipzig .
- September: Gatwick Station is opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway . It only operates on the days when Gatwick horse races are held.
- The construction of the Port Said Railway , a narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 750 mm along the Suez Canal from Ismailia to Port Said in Egypt, is approved.
Business start-ups
- April 1: The soap company Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company is founded in Chicago by William Wrigley Jr.
- May 15th: Gerard Philips founds the Philips company in Eindhoven .
- OCTOBER 2: In the Swiss Baden is general partnership Brown, Boveri & Cie. founded specializing in electrical engineering .
care
- May 26th: The Central Market Hall in Leipzig opens.
science and technology
- March 18: The first telephone call from Paris to London over a communication cable through the English Channel is made.

Lilienthal with the Derwitz apparatus in the spring of 1891
- Spring: Otto Lilienthal carries out his first successful experiments with the Derwitz apparatus , a man-carrying glider , in Derwitz near Potsdam.
- August 25: On the occasion of the international electricity exhibition in Frankfurt am Main , the first long-distance transmission of electrical energy with three-phase current is carried out by Oskar von Miller . An output of 175 HP (129 kW ) at a voltage of 10,000 volts is transmitted over a distance of 176 kilometers from Lauffen am Neckar . The current in the line is just under 13 amps .
- August 30: The Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa discovers the asteroid Chaldaea at the observatory in Vienna .
- October 1: Stanford University opens and teaches in California .
- December 22nd: Max Wolf , a founder of astrophotography , is the first astronomer to find a minor planet using photographic methods.
- Ferdinand Braun invents the Braun electrometer .
- The German internist Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke performs the first lumbar puncture in Kiel .
- The Gundestrup cauldron is found in a Danish peat bog.
Culture
architecture
- October 17: The Art History Museum in Vienna, built according to the designs of Gottfried Semper and Karl von Hasenauer in the style of historicism , is ceremoniously opened after 20 years of construction. It will be open to the public from October 22nd.
- June 5th: The Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Graz, commissioned by Prince-Bishop Johann Baptist Zwerger and built by Georg von Hauberrisser in neo-Gothic brick style, is inaugurated. It is one of the most important historicist buildings in Styria.
Visual arts
- April 1: The painter Paul Gauguin embarks for Tahiti via Marseille .
- Edvard Munch paints the first version of his painting Melankoli as part of his life frieze .
- around 1891: Thomas Eakins paints Miss Amelia Van Buren .
literature
- Selma Lagerlöf's novel Gösta Berling appears.
Music and theater
- January 2nd: World premiere of the opera Traum auf der Wolga (Orig .: Son na Volge) by Anton Stepanowitsch Arenski in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow
- January 10: World premiere of the operetta Saint Cyr by Rudolf Dellinger at the Carl-Schultze-Theater in Hamburg
- January 10th: World premier of the operetta The Bird Dealer by Carl Zeller in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
- March 16: World premiere of the opera Le Mage by Jules Massenet at the Grand Opéra Paris
- May 5: The Music Hall of New York, financed by Andrew Carnegie , is officially opened with a concert conducted by Walter Damrosch and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , although construction is not yet finished.
- October 21: World premiere of the tragic opera Vendetta by Alexander von Fielitz in Lübeck
- October 31: World premiere of the opera L'amico Fritz by Pietro Mascagni in Rome
Others
- The Goldsmith-educational institution based in London.
religion
- May 15: In the encyclical Rerum Novarum Pope Leo XIII. on social issues and the workers question.
- September 12th: In the encyclical Pastoralis officii Pope Leo XIII rejects . the dueling as Christian commandments not appropriate. He advocates that the legislature should criminalize duels.
Disasters
- March 17: In the port of Gibraltar, the British passenger ship Utopia collides with a battle cruiser and sinks within five minutes. 535 passengers and crew members die.
- June 14: In the biggest railway disaster in Switzerland to date, the railway accident in Münchenstein , the railway bridge over the Birs , designed by Gustave Eiffel , collapses under a train coming from Basel . Three wagons and both locomotives crash into the flooding river. 78 people are killed and 131 injured.
- August 27: The railway accident on the Bostian Bridge results in 23 deaths and an undisclosed number of injuries.
- October 28th: The Mino Owari earthquake shakes Japan . It is the largest in the country's history to date, causing 7,273 deaths, 17,175 injuries and around 140,000 houses destroyed. Its strength is estimated at 8.0.
Sports
- February 15: AIK Solna is founded as a general sports club in Stockholm , which over time grows into one of the largest sports clubs in Sweden.
- March 28: In London will be the first world championships in weightlifting held.
- MAY 15: In Cologne is Cologne Rudergesellschaft 1891 founded the first German rowing club , join the also non-academic members.
- September 6th: Pierre Giffard from Le Petit Journal organizes the Paris – Brest – Paris cycle race for the first time .
- September 9th: Charles Terront , the winner of the first Paris – Brest – Paris bike race , organized on the initiative of the newspaper Le Petit Journal , arrives back in Paris after 71:22 hours of driving. Another 97 of the 206 drivers who started followed, the last of which took ten days to complete the route.
- December 15: The first basketball game takes place based on thirteen rules devised by James Naismith .
Born
January
- Charles Bickford , American actor († 1967) January 1:
- Fritz Angerstein , German mass murderer († 1925) January 3:
- Albert Bächtold , Swiss writer († 1981) January 3:
- Alfred Brinckmann , German chess player and author († 1967) January 3:
- Max Götze , German criminal († 1938) January 3:
- Kawakami Santarō , Japanese poet († 1968) January 3:
- Rudolf Amon , Austrian zoologist and hunting scientist († 1964) January 4th:
- Henry Vallotton , Swiss politician, diplomat and writer († 1971) January 4th:
- A. Leonard Allen , American politician († 1969) January 5:
- Dai Jitao , Chinese politician and publicist († 1949) January 6:
- Fritz Imhoff , Austrian actor and singer († 1961) January 6:
- Tim Buck , Canadian communist politician († 1973) January 6:
- Zora Neale Hurston , American writer and anthropologist († 1960) January 7th:
- Walter Arndt , German zoologist and physician († 1944) January 8:
- Jean Gaupillat , French entrepreneur and racing car driver († 1934) January 8:
- Walter Gotsmann , German painter and conservationist († 1961) January 8:
- Walther Bothe , German physicist († 1957) January 8:
- January 10: Louis A. Johnson , American politician († 1966)
- January 10: Ludwig Manfred Lommel , German humorist († 1962)
- January 11: Andrew Sockalexis , American long-distance runner († 1919)
- January 12: Heinrich Dinkelbach , German economist († 1967)
- January 13: Bruno Kurzweil , Austrian lawyer († 1942)
- January 13: Miguel Pro , Mexican Catholic priest and martyr († 1927)
- January 14th: Ville Kyrönen , Finnish long-distance and cross-country runner († 1959)
- January 15: Ossip Emiljewitsch Mandelstam , Russian poet († 1938)
- January 17: Walter Eucken , German economist († 1950)
- January 20: Mischa Elman , American violin virtuoso († 1967)
- January 21: Ivar Hellman , Swedish composer and conductor († 1994)
- January 21: Franz Sedlacek , German-Austrian painter († 1945)
- January 21: Timothy Mather Spelman , American composer († 1970)
- January 22nd: Antonio Gramsci , Italian writer, politician and philosopher († 1937)
- January 24: Walter Model , German Field Marshal General († 1945)
- January 25: William C. Bullitt , American diplomat († 1967)
- January 26: George Duller , British jockey and racing car driver († 1962)
- January 26: Amakasu Masahiko , Japanese lieutenant († 1945)
- January 26: Ilja Ehrenburg , Russian writer and war correspondent († 1967)
- January 26: Charles Journet , Roman Catholic Cardinal († 1975)
- January 26: Wilder Penfield , American medic († 1976)
- January 26: Salvador Sturla , Dominican composer and musician († 1975)
- January 27: Wilhelm Morgner , German expressionist painter († 1917)
- January 28: Karel Boleslav Jirák , Czech composer († 1972)
- January 29: Suzanne de Dietrich , French engineer, theologian and author († 1981)
- January 29: Archie Mayo , American stage and film actor († 1968)
- January 29: Richard Norris Williams , American tennis player († 1968)
- January 30th: Hellmuth von Hase , German publisher († 1979)
- January 31: Max Drischner , German composer, organist and harpsichordist († 1971)
- January 31: Kurt von Plettenberg , German forester († 1945)
February
- Dietrich Klagges , German Prime Minister († 1971) February 1:
- Antonio Segni , Italian politician († 1972) February 2:
- Juan Negrín , Spanish politician and last Prime Minister of the Spanish Republic († 1956) February 3:
- Christian Kuhlemann , German politician († 1964) February 4:
- Marc Amsler , Swiss professor of ophthalmology († 1968) February 5:
- Monta Bell , American producer, director and screenwriter († 1958) February 5:
- Birger Dahlerus , Swedish industrialist († 1957) February 6:
- René Marie , French racing car driver († unknown) February 8:
- Alfons Walde , Austrian painter and architect († 1958) February 8:
- Ronald Colman , British actor († 1958) February 9:
- February 10: André Coyne , French engineer († 1960)
- February 10: William Lawrie Welsh , British aviation pioneer of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force († 1962)
- February 11: Paul Ash , American violinist, pianist, composer and big band leader († 1958)
- February 12: Ernst-Christoph Brühler , German politician († 1961)
- February 12: Eugene Millikin , American politician († 1958)
- February 12: Naoki Sanjūgo , Japanese writer († 1934)
- February 12: Robert P. Patterson , American politician († 1952)
- February 13: Grant Wood , American realism painter († 1942)
- February 14: Erich Engel , German film and theater director († 1966)
- February 14: Katherine Stinson , American aviation pioneer († 1977)
- February 15: Dino Borgioli , Italian opera singer († 1960)
- February 15: Roy Rene , Australian comedian and actor († 1954)
- February 15: Josef Wintrich , President of the German Constitutional Court († 1958)
- February 16: Hans FK Günther , National Socialist eugenicist and "race researcher" († 1968)
- February 16: Johannes Messner , Austrian theologian, legal scholar and politician († 1984)
- February 16: Nikolos Muschelischwili , Georgian mathematician († 1976)
- February 16: Pietro Parente , Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal († 1986)
- February 17: Georg Britting , German writer († 1964)
- February 17: Wilhelm Brülle , German gymnast († 1917)
- February 17: Willi Fick , German national soccer player († 1913)
- February 17: Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel , German-Israeli mathematician († 1965)
- February 19: Jack Bezzant , British racing driver († 1964 )
- February 19: Robert Lejeune , Swiss Protestant clergyman († 1970)
- February 21: Karl L. King , American composer and conductor († 1971)
- February 22: Jan Wils (architect) , Dutch architect († 1972)
- February 23: Kurata Hyakuzō , Japanese writer († 1943)
- February 25: Alfredo Marceneiro , Portuguese Fado singer († 1982)
- February 25: Pieter Adrianus Kooijman , Dutch author and anarchist († 1975)
- February 26: Valerio Abbondio , Swiss teacher and poet († 1958)
- February 26: Carlo Carcano , Italian football player and coach († 1965)
- February 26: George Hill , New Zealand long-distance runner († 1944)
- February 26: Eduard Wirz , Swiss local historian and poet († 1970)
- February 27: Arie Bijvoet , Dutch football player († 1976)
- February 27: Issai Alexandrowitsch Dobrowen , Russian-Norwegian composer, conductor and pianist († 1953)
- February 27: Flérida de Nolasco , Dominican literary and musicologist († 1976)
March
- Arthur Drewry , British football official, FIFA President († 1961) March 3:
- Sultan al-Atrasch , Syrian nationalist and general commander († 1982) March 5:
- Gitz Rice , Canadian singer, pianist, composer and entertainer († 1947) March 5:
- Phil Donnelly , American politician, governor of Missouri († 1961) March 6:
- Janko Ravnik , Slovenian composer, music teacher and director († 1981) March 7th:
- Gildardo Magaña , Mexican politician, revolutionary and anarcho-syndicalist († 1939) March 7th:
- George Froeschel , Austrian-American writer and screenwriter († 1979) March 8:
- Sam Jaffe , American actor († 1984) March 8:
- Kurt Latte , German philologist († 1964) March 9:
- José P. Laurel , Filipino politician and president († 1959) March 9:
- March 11th: Max Kaus , German painter and graphic artist († 1977)
- March 12th: Adolf Wilhelm Baum , German painter, draftsman and graphic artist († 1977)
- March 12: Michael Polanyi , Hungarian-British chemist and philosopher († 1976)
- March 13: Felix Aderca , Romanian poet, author and essayist († 1962)
- March 13: Hermann RO Knothe , German landscape and portrait painter († 1961)
- March 13: Omer Létourneau , Canadian organist and pianist, composer, music publisher and teacher († 1983)
- March 15: Ferruccio Ferrazzi , Italian painter and sculptor († 1978)
- March 15: Heinrich Ochsner , German philosopher and publisher's editor († 1970)
- March 16: Dezyderiusz Danczowski , Polish cellist and music teacher († 1950)
- March 16: Zoltán Oroszlán , Hungarian archaeologist, art historian and museologist († 1971)
- March 16: Juozas Žilevičius , Lithuanian composer, organist, music pedagogue and scholar († 1985)
- March 17: René Fülöp Miller , American writer and sociologist of Austrian-Romanian origin († 1963)
- March 19: Earl Warren , Governor of California and Chief Justice of the USA († 1974)
- March 19: Josef Blatný , Czech composer and organist († 1980)
- March 20: Edmund Goulding , British-American film director († 1959)
- March 21: Helmuth Gmelin , German actor and theater director († 1959)
- March 22nd: Giovanni Bianconi , Swiss teacher, wood carver and local researcher († 1981)
- March 22nd: Alexis Roland-Manuel , French composer and music critic († 1966)
- March 24: Helmut de Boor , German Germanist and literary historian († 1976)
- March 24th: Charley Toorop , Dutch painter and lithographer († 1955)
- March 24th: John Knittel , Swiss writer († 1970)
- March 26: Thomas Roch Agniswami , Bishop of Kottar († 1974)
- March 27: Clemens Adams , German politician († 1962)
- March 27: Adolphus Peter Elkin , Australian ethnologist, anthropologist and linguist († 1979)
- March 28: Johann Heinrich Suhrkamp , German teacher, dramaturge, director and editor; Founder of Suhrkamp Verlag († 1959)
- March 29: Alfred Neubauer , German racing director of the Mercedes Grand Prix team († 1980)
- March 29: Aimé Nezeloff , French racing driver († 1963)
- March 29: Yvan Goll , Franco-German writer († 1950)
- March 30th: Arthur William Sidney Herrington , American engineer, designer of the Jeep († 1970)
- March 30: Leo Reuss , Austrian-American actor († 1946)
- March 31: Oszkár Asbóth , Hungarian engineer and aviation pioneer († 1960)
April
- Bertha Dudde , German medium († 1965) April 1:
- Hans Döllgast , German architect and graphic artist († 1974) April 1:
- Hans Kayser , German composer and music theorist († 1964) April 1:
- Max Ernst , German painter of Dadaism and Surrealism († 1976) April 2:
- Richard Euringer , National Socialist German writer († 1953) April 4:
- Eric Gordon England , British engineer and racing car driver († 1976) April 5:
- Arnold Jackson , British athlete and Olympic champion († 1972) April 5:
- Ernst Fraenkel , German economic historian († 1971) April 5:
- Laura Vicuna , Chilean Blessed of the Salesian Family († 1904) April 5:
- Hans Hermann Adler , newspaper scientist and professor († 1956) April 7th:
- Ole Kirk Christiansen , Danish cabinet maker, LEGO founder († 1958) April 7th:
- Oskar Farny , German politician († 1983) April 9:
- Vlasta Burian , Czech actor and comedian († 1962) April 9:
- Eugen Szenkar , Hungarian conductor († 1977) April 9:
- April 10: Harold S. Bucquet , American film director of English origin († 1946)
- April 10: Hans José Rehfisch , German playwright († 1960)
- April 12: Hans Rothfels , German historian († 1976)
- April 13: Robert Scholl , German politician, father of the Scholl siblings († 1973)
- April 13: Nella Larsen , American writer († 1964)
- April 14: Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar , Indian politician and social reformer († 1956)
- April 15: Karl Alwin , German conductor († 1945)
- April 15: Peter Horn , German politician († 1967)
- April 15: Väinö Raitio , Finnish composer († 1945)
- April 16: Henri Auguste Arnaud , French middle-distance runner († 1956)
- April 17th: George Adamski , American science fiction writer and ufologist († 1965)
- April 17: José Enrique Varela , Spanish general († 1951)
- April 18: Werner Schendell , pseudonym: Roman Quitt , German writer († 1961)
- April 19: Henrik Adam Due , Norwegian violinist and music teacher († 1966)
- April 19: Ludwig Thoma , German local politician († after 1958)
- April 20: Aldo Finzi , Italian motorcycle racer, officer, fascist politician of Jewish origin, lawyer, sports politician and resistance fighter († 1944)
- April 21: Jean Dansereau , Canadian pianist and music teacher († 1974)
- April 22nd: George Enacovici , Romanian composer († 1965)
- April 22: Harold Jeffreys , English mathematician, statistician, geophysicist and astronomer († 1989)
- April 22nd: Vittorio Jano , Italian automobile designer († 1965)
- April 23: Paul Schmidt-Roller , German painter, art teacher and textile designer († 1963)
- April 23: Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew , Russian composer († 1953)
- April 26: Harry Cording , British actor († 1954)
- April 28: Antonio Drapier , French Archbishop and Apostolic Delegate emeritus for Indochina († 1967)
- April 28: Friedrich Weißler , German lawyer († 1937)
- April 29: Albert de Jong , Dutch author and anarcho-syndicalist († 1970)
- April : Charley Patton , American blues musician († 1934)
May
- Philip Pandely Argenti , Greek diplomat, lawyer, genealogist and historian († 1974) May 1:
- Lene Voigt , German writer († 1962) May 2:
- Otto Wittenburg , German politician († 1976) May 2:
- Katharina Heise , German painter and sculptor († 1964) May 3:
- Frederick Jacobi , American composer († 1952) May 4:
- Petko Petkow , Bulgarian politician († 1924) May 4:
- Claire Anderson , American actor († 1964) May 8:
- Fritz Heitmann , German organist († 1953) May 9:
- May Warden , British actress (including Dinner for One) († 1978) May 9:
- May 10: Guilherme Rebelo de Andrade , Portuguese architect († 1969)
- May 10: Anton Dostler , German infantry general in World War II († 1945)
- May 11: Henry Morgenthau , American politician († 1967)
- May 12: Johannes Paul , German historian († 1990)
- May 13: Arthur Lourié , Russian composer († 1966)
- May 13: Fritz Rasp , German film and stage actor († 1976)
- May 15: Mikhail Afanassjewitsch Bulgakow , Russian writer († 1940)
- May 16: Richard Tauber , Austro-British opera singer († 1948)
- May 18: Rudolf Carnap , German philosopher († 1970)
- May 19: Oswald Boelcke , German fighter pilot in World War I († 1916)
- May 20: Earl Browder , American socialist and leader of the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) († 1973)
- May 20: Abel Smeets , French racing car driver († 1969)
- May 22: Johannes R. Becher , German writer († 1958)
- May 22nd: Lucien Cailliet , American composer and clarinetist († 1985)
- May 23: Pär Lagerkvist , Swedish writer and poet († 1974)
- May 23: Felice Milano , Italian football player († 1915)
- May 24: William Foxwell Albright , American archaeologist and orientalist († 1971)
- May 25: George Walter Anderson , English football player († 1959)
- May 25: Karl Wagner , German communist and opponent of National Socialism († 1965)
- May 26: Oskar Halecki , Polish historian († 1973)
- May 26: Mamie Smith , American singer, dancer and actress († 1946)
- May 27: Claude Champagne , Canadian composer († 1965)
- May 28: Martin F. Smith , American politician († 1954)
- May 31: Erich Walter Sternberg , Israeli composer († 1974)
June
- Mary Kendall Browne , American tennis player († 1971) June 3:
- Franz Gruss , Austrian painter, draftsman and fresco artist († 1979) June 3:
- Ernö Rapée , Hungarian-American pianist, composer and conductor († 1945) June 4:
- Leopold Vietoris , Austrian mathematician († 2002) June 4:
- Erich Marcks , German artillery general († 1944) June 6:
- Willy Haas , German publicist and literary critic († 1973) June 7:
- Jørgen Jørgensen , Danish politician († 1963) June 7th:
- Athos Palma , Argentine composer and music teacher († 1951) June 7th:
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold , American politician († 1966) June 8:
- Werner Charles Rudolph Aue , British diplomat († 1977) June 8:
- Walter Fuchs , Austro-German chemist († 1957) June 8:
- Cole Porter , American composer and songwriter († 1964) June 9:
- June 13: Nell Craig , American actress († 1965)
- June 13: Russell V. Mack , American screenwriter and playwright († 1960)
- June 14: Walther Asal , German general staff doctor and surgeon († 1987)
- June 14: Alexander Volkov , Russian writer and mathematics professor († 1977)
- June 17th: Georges Beauchemin , Canadian singer († 1957)
- June 17: Pierre Luboshutz , Russian pianist and music teacher († 1971)
- June 19: Walter Arnold , German manufacturer († 1973)
- June 19: Adolfo Costa du Rels , Bolivian writer, diplomat and politician († 1980)
- June 19: John Heartfield , German painter, graphic artist and set designer († 1968)
- June 19: Mishel Piastro , American violinist and conductor († 1970)
- June 19: Juan Pulido , Spanish singer and actor († 1972)
- June 21: Pier Luigi Nervi , Italian civil engineer († 1979)
- June 21: Hermann Scherchen , German conductor († 1966)
- June 24: Richard Abelein , German veterinarian († 1973)
- June 24th: Heinrich Grüber , German Protestant theologian and opponent of the Nazi regime († 1975)
- June 26: Sidney Howard , American screenwriter and playwright († 1939)
- June 26: Peter Hütgens , German politician and member of the Reichstag († 1945)
- June 27: Vladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov , Soviet aircraft designer († 1942)
- June 29: Petre Andrei , Romanian sociologist and politician († 1940)
July
- Richard Kuthan , Austrian football player († 1958) July 3:
- John Howard Northrop , American chemist († 1987) July 5:
- Johann Astl , Austrian politician († 1964) July 7th:
- Franco Giongo , Italian athlete († 1981) July 7th:
- July 10: Adrien Drancé , French racing car driver († 1980)
- July 10: Paul Eipper , German writer († 1964)
- July 11: Otto Armster , German intelligence officer and resistance fighter († 1957)
- July 12: Oskar Bider , Swiss farmer and aviation pioneer († 1919)
- July 13: Marguerite Boulc'h , French chanson singer, also known as Fréhel († 1951)
- July 13: Werner Rittberger , German figure skater († 1975)
- July 15: Adolf Wurmbach , German writer († 1968)
- July 18: Emil Julius Gumbel , German mathematician and political publicist († 1966)
- July 18: Alexander Popovich , Austrian football player and coach († 1952)
- July 19: Paul McNutt , American politician († 1955)
- July 23: John D. McWilliams , American politician († 1975)
- July 26: Sydney Hayes , British lacrosse player († 1944)
- July 26: Uno Kōji , Japanese writer († 1961)
- July 27: Ruth Plumly Thompson , American writer († 1976)
- July 28: István Tóth-Potya , Hungarian football player and coach († 1945)
- July 29: Bernhard Zondek , German gynecologist († 1966)
August
- Enrique Mario Casella , Argentine composer († 1948) August 1:
- Charles H. Elston , American politician († 1980) August 1:
- Karl Kobelt , Swiss politician († 1968) August 1:
- Edward Streeter , American journalist and writer († 1976) August 1:
- Arthur Bliss , English composer († 1975) August 2:
- Hans Mersmann , German music researcher († 1971) August 6:
- André Boillot , French racing car driver († 1932) August 8:
- Adolf Busch , German violinist and composer († 1952) August 8:
- Wilhelm Matthießen , German author for children and young people († 1965) August 8:
- August 11: Adam Antes , German sculptor and graphic artist († 1984)
- August 11: Dé Kessler , Dutch football player († 1943)
- August 11: Edgar Zilsel , Austrian philosopher († 1944)
- August 12: Karl Aulitzky , Austrian classical philologist and high school teacher († 1945)
- August 12: Antonio Cortis , Spanish opera singer († 1952)
- August 13: Reinold von Thadden , German theologian († 1976)
- August 14: Mihail Jora , Romanian composer († 1971)
- August 15: Tor Bergeron , Swedish meteorologist († 1977)
- August 16: Adelheid Erna Karoline Marie Elisabeth of Saxony-Meiningen , Princess of Saxony-Meiningen and Princess of Prussia († 1971)
- August 17: Rudolf Trautvetter , German general († 1982)
- August 19: Ernst Möller , German national soccer player († 1916)
- August 20: Kanaguri Shisō , Japanese marathon runner († 1983)
- August 20: Otto Uhlmann , Swiss composer and conductor († 1980)
- August 21: Karl Kappler , German automobile racing driver († 1962)
- August 21: Heinrich-Wilhelm Ruhnke , German politician († 1963)
- August 22nd: Jacques Lipchitz , French sculptor († 1973)
- August 22nd: Walter Lutze , German conductor († 1980)
- August 23: Eduard Ernst Georg Arnold Agatz , German port construction engineer and port construction director († 1980)
- August 23: Frederick Lee Hisaw , American zoologist and endocrinologist († 1972)
- August 25: Samuel Gardner , American composer and violinist († 1984)
- August 25: Alberto Savinio , Italian writer and painter († 1952)
- August 25: Wan Waithayakon , Prince of Thailand († 1976)
- August 26: Ferdinand Bruckner , Austrian-German writer and theater director († 1958)
- August 28: Michael Chekhov , Russian-American actor, director and author († 1955)
- August 29: Vladimir von Pawlowski , Austrian lawyer and Gauleiter of Carinthia († 1961)
- August 30: Henry Tandey , English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross and most highly decorated British private of the First World War († 1977)
September
- Wilhelm Grüner , German-Baltic pastor and Evangelical-Lutheran martyr († 1919) September 1:
- Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma , German general in the Wehrmacht († 1948) September 1:
- Marcel Georges Lucien Grandjany , French harpist, teacher, composer and poet († 1975) September 3:
- September 4: Seweryn Barbag , Polish-Jewish composer, musicologist and music teacher († 1944)
- Fritz Todt , German minister during the Third Reich († 1942) September 4:
- Sam Lanin , American jazz musician († 1977) September 4:
- Edward Molyneux , French fashion designer († 1974) September 5:
- Johann Sebastian Dang , German journalist, founder of the Darmstädter Echos († 1958) September 6th:
- Helmuth von Glasenapp , German professor of Indology († 1963) September 8:
- September 10: Carl Jacob Burckhardt , Swiss diplomat, essayist and historian († 1974)
- September 11th: Rudolf Agte , German soccer player, coach and official († 1971)
- September 11th: Noël Gallon , French composer and composition teacher († 1966)
- September 15: Moscheh Ya'akov Ben-Gavriêl , Austrian-Israeli writer († 1965)
- September 16: Karl Dönitz , last German President († 1980)
- September 16: Czesław Marek , Polish composer († 1985)
- September 16: Stephanie Richter , German spy († 1972)
- September 16: Rudolf Lehmann , German historian († 1984)
- September 16: Knut Hartwig , German actor († 1977)
- September 16: Wilhelm Süssmann , German Lieutenant General († 1941)
- September 17th: Hans Reese , German national soccer player, later neurologist in the USA († 1973)
- September 19: Willy Birgel , German theater and film actor († 1973)
- September 19: Hans Heyck , German poet and writer († 1972)
- September 22nd: Hans Albers , German actor and singer († 1960)
- September 22: Edward J. Flynn , American politician († 1953)
- September 24: William Friedman , American military cryptologist at SIS († 1969)
- September 26: Charles Münch , French conductor († 1968)
- September 26: Hans Reichenbach , German physicist, philosopher and logician († 1953)
- September 27: Lilly Ackermann , German actress and drama teacher († 1976)
- September 27: Karl Münichreiter , member of the Republican Protection Association and Austrian resistance fighter († 1934)
- September 28: Bernhard Schwentner , German pastor († 1944)
- September 28: Robert Seitz , German writer († 1938)
- September 30: Ernest Dainty , Canadian pianist, organist, composer and conductor († 1947)
- September 30th: Otto Juljewitsch Schmidt , Soviet geophysicist and Arctic researcher († 1956)
- September 30th: Wilhelm Zangen , German entrepreneur, military economist and head of the Reichsgruppe Industrie († 1971)
October
- Hubertus von Aulock , German military († 1979) October 2:
- Jossyp Bokschaj , Ukrainian painter († 1975) October 2:
- Wanda Chmielowska , Polish pianist and music teacher († 1980) October 2:
- Artur Ebert , German geophysicist († 1978) October 3:
- Emilio Portes Gil , President of Mexico († 1978) October 3:
- Henri Gaudier-Brzeska , French sculptor († 1915) October 4:
- Herbert Kranz , German writer († 1973) October 4:
- Hans Schemm , Gauleiter of the NSDAP († 1935) October 6:
- David Sholtz , American politician († 1953) October 6:
- Harald Turner , SS group leader and deputy head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office († 1947) October 8:
- October 11: Hans Liesche , German athlete († 1979)
- October 11: Armando Augusto Salgado Freire , Portuguese guitarist and composer († 1946)
- October 12: Edith Stein , German philosopher and Catholic nun († 1942)
- October 14: Isidor Aschheim , German-Israeli painter and graphic artist († 1968)
- October 16: René Dreux , French racing car driver († 1980)
- October 17: Max Mohr , German playwright and narrator († 1937)
- October 19: George Habib Antonius , Lebanese writer († 1941)
- October 20: Erich Mercker , German landscape painter († 1973)
- October 20: James Chadwick , British physicist († 1974)
- October 22: Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg , German politician († 1958)
- October 22: Kurt Hickethier , German doctor († 1958)
- October 24: Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina , politician and head of state of the Dominican Republic († 1961)
- October 25: Augustin Schuldis , German Catholic priest, papal house prelate and honorary dome capitular († 1954)
- October 25: Bernhard Lohmüller , German politician († 1952)
- October 26: Roy Knapp , American percussionist and music teacher († 1979)
- October 28: Nora Groß , German mineralogist, crystallographer and university lecturer († 1976)
- October 28: Giacomo Lercaro , Italian Archbishop and Cardinal († 1976)
- October 29: Heinz Auerswald , German painter and graphic artist († 1974)
- October 29: Claire Goll , Franco-German journalist († 1977)
- October 31: Josef Schümmelfelder , German national soccer player († 1966)
November
- Leopold Hainisch , Austrian actor and theater, film and television director († 1979) November 2:
- Karl Grünberg , German journalist and writer († 1972) November 5:
- Greasy Neale , American football coach and baseball player († 1973) November 5:
- Galaktion Tabidze , Georgian writer († 1959) November 6th:
- Gregor Gog , German Nazi victim, "King of Vagabonds" († 1945) November 7th:
- Luis Concha Córdoba , Colombian clergyman, Archbishop of Bogotá and Cardinal († 1975) November 7th:
- Theodor Geiger , German sociologist († 1952) November 9:
- November 12: Seth Barnes Nicholson , American astronomer († 1963)
- November 13: Floyd B. Olson , American politician († 1936)
- November 14: Frederick Banting , British medic and Nobel Prize winner († 1941)
- November 14: Josef Magnus Wehner , German writer and playwright († 1973)
- November 14: Ted Meredith , American athlete and Olympic champion († 1957)
- November 15: Pierre Audiat , French journalist, Romance studies and literary scholar († 1961)
- November 15: Erwin Rommel , German field marshal, commander of the German Africa Corps († 1944)
- November 16: Walter Maximilian Bastian , American lawyer († 1975)
- November 16: Julius Leber , German politician and MdR († 1945)
- November 17: Frank Fay , American actor and comedian († 1961)
- November 18: Gio Ponti , Italian architect († 1979)
- November 19: Margerita Trombini-Kazuro , Polish pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher († 1979)
- November 21: Erik Robert Lindahl , Swedish economist († 1960)
- November 21: Just Göbel , Dutch football player († 1984)
- November 21: Karl Hubbuch , German art professor († 1979)
- November 22nd: Edward Bernays , Austrian-American PR advisor (Public Relations Counselor) († 1995)
- November 22: Victor Ehrenberg , German-British ancient historian († 1976)
- November 23: Kume Masao , Japanese writer († 1952)
- November 24th: Max Amann , German politician and publicist († 1957)
- November 27: Arsène Becuwe , Belgian composer and conductor († 1992)
- November 29: Richard Donovan , American composer, organist, conductor and music teacher († 1970)
- November 29: Julius Raab , Austrian Federal Chancellor († 1964)
December
- Otto Dix , German painter († 1969) December 2:
- Oscar Han , Romanian author and sculptor († 1976) December 3:
- Mieczysław Szaleski , Polish violist and music teacher († 1958) December 3:
- Licco Amar , Hungarian violinist († 1959) December 4:
- Hirotsu Kazuo , Japanese writer († 1968) December 5:
- Theodor Kröger , German writer († 1958) December 5:
- Alexander Rodchenko , Russian painter, graphic artist and photographer († 1956) December 5:
- Heinrich Barlage , German politician and Member of the Bundestag († 1968) December 6:
- Otto Rasch , SS brigade leader and commander of Einsatzgruppe C († 1948) December 7th:
- Albert Salomon , German-American sociologist († 1966) December 8:
- December 10: Harold Alexander , British Field Marshal († 1969)
- December 10: Nelly Sachs , German writer and Nobel Prize winner († 1970)
- December 13: Mita von Ahlefeldt , German actress († 1966)
- December 13: Agnes Asche , German socialist and resistance fighter († 1966)
- December 14: Mary Lavater-Sloman , German writer († 1980)
- December 15: AP Carter , American country singer († 1960)
- December 15: David Wijnveldt , Dutch football player († 1962)
- December 15: Karl Wilhelm Meissner , German-American physicist († 1959)
- December 16: Leonhard Adam , German legal scholar and ethnologist († 1960)
- December 16: Stacia Napierkowska , French dancer, actress († 1945)
- December 17: Emil Schäfer , German fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I († 1917)
- December 19: Carl Schneider , German psychiatrist († 1946)
- December 19: Edward Raczyński , Polish diplomat and politician († 1993)
- December 19: Philipp Keller , German doctor and writer († 1973)
- December 19: Valentin Baur , German politician and Member of the Bundestag († 1971)
- December 21: Philipp Etter , Swiss politician († 1977)
- December 23: Hans Bohn , German typographer, graphic artist and teacher († 1980)
- December 24: Rudolf Amend , German politician († 1968)
- December 25: Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson , British general and governor († 1959)
- December 25: Émile Chenard , French racing car driver († 1982)
- December 25: Ewald André Dupont , German film director and screenwriter († 1956)
- December 26: Henry Miller , American writer († 1980)
- December 30: Monzō Akiyama , Japanese rear admiral († 1944)
- December 31: José Saldías , Argentine writer and journalist († 1946)
Exact date of birth unknown
- Aref al-Aref , Arab journalist, politician and civil servant († 1973)
- Marino Auriti , Italian-American artist († 1980)
- Isaías Cabezón , Chilean painter († 1963)
- Yusef Forutan , Iranian setar player († 1979)
- Ricardo Gilbert , Chilean painter († 1964)
- Hasan al-Hudaibi , Egyptian judge († 1973)
- Else Schubert-Christaller , German author († 1982)
- Ahmad ibn Yahya , King of the Zaidis in North Yemen († 1962)
Died
January February
- Daniel Clark , American politician (* 1809) January 2:
- Konráð Gíslason , Icelandic-Danish linguist (* 1808) January 4th:
- Emma Abbott , American opera singer (* 1850) January 5:
- Friedrich Mergner , German Protestant theologian and composer (* 1818) January 7th:
- Wilhelm Taubert , German composer (* 1811) January 7th:
- Eduard Langhans , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor (* 1832) January 9th:
- January 11: Georges-Eugène Haussmann , French urban planner (* 1809)
- January 16: Léo Delibes , French composer (* 1836)
- January 19: Lockroy , French librettist and actor (* 1803)
- January 22nd: Miklós Ybl , Hungarian architect (* 1814)
- January 23: János Simor , Hungarian Archbishop (* 1813)
- January 23: Friedrich von Schmidt , German architect (* 1825)
- January 24th: Philipp Carl , German physicist (* 1837)
- January 24th: Bainbridge Wadleigh , American politician (* 1831)
- January 26: Nikolaus Otto , German mechanical engineer (inventor of the Otto engine) (* 1832)
- Freeman H. Morse , American politician (* 1807) February 5:
- Achim von Arnim-Bärwalde , German history painter (* 1848) February 8:
- Johan Barthold Jongkind , Dutch painter (* 1819) February 9:
- February 10: Sofja Kowalewskaja , Russian mathematician (* 1850)
- February 13: Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart , American politician (* 1807)
- February 14: William T. Sherman , American Civil War general (* 1820)
- February 17th: Theophil Edvard Freiherr von Hansen , Danish architect (* 1813)
- February 18: Ferdinando Acton , Italian Admiral and Minister of the Navy (* 1832)
- February 18: Henry Hastings Sibley , American politician (* 1811)
- February 19: Hermann von Maltzan , German naturalist and writer (* 1843)
- February 23: Hugues Oltramare , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor (* 1813)
- February 28: George Hearst , American mining magnate and Senator (* 1820)
- February 28: Giovanni Morelli , Italian MP, Senator, doctor and art historian (* 1816)
March April
- George M. Chilcott , American politician (* 1828) March 6:
- Joshua Hill , American politician (* 1812) March 6:
- Franz Kaspar Drobe , German clergyman, Bishop of Paderborn (* 1808) March 7th:
- Eduard Hiller , German classical philologist (* 1844) March 7th:
- Antonio Ciseri , Italian painter of Swiss origin (* 1821) March 8:
- Amalie Dietrich , German botanist and zoologist (* 1821) March 9:
- March 14th: Franz Erwein , Austrian politician (* 1823)
- March 14: Ludwig Windthorst , German politician (* 1812)
- March 15: Josef Chmelíček , Czech Cistercian priest , theologian, organist and composer (* 1823)
- March 16: Jean-Baptiste Campenon , French general and minister of war (* 1819)
- March 21: Joseph Eggleston Johnston , American general (* 1807)
- March 28: Friedrich Stoltze , German poet and journalist (* 1816)
- March 28: John McEnery , American politician (* 1833)
- March 29: Georges Seurat , French inventor, pointillist painter (* 1859)
- March 30th: Ferdinand Henry , Prussian military officer (* 1819)
- Ahmed Vefik Pasha , Turkish statesman (* 1823) April 2:
- Albert Pike , American lawyer, general, author and Freemason (* 1809) April 2:
- PT Barnum , American circus pioneer (* 1810) April 7th:
- April 10: Josef Arnold , Swiss politician (* 1825)
- April 12: Robert Waterman , American politician (* 1826)
- April 15: Stephen Albert Emery , American composer and music teacher (* 1841)
- April 16: Elisabeth Rosenthal , German teacher, founder of the first private secondary school for girls in Magdeburg (* 1827)
- April 18: Auguste Bazille , French organist and composer (* 1828)
- April 24: Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke , Prussian Field Marshal General (* 1800)
May June
- Ferdinand Gregorovius , German writer and historian (* 1821) May 1:
- Helena Petrovna Blavatsky , Russian spiritualist and writer (* 1831) May 8:
- May 10: Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli , Swiss botanist (* 1817)
- May 11: Alexandre Edmond Becquerel , French physicist (* 1820)
- May 11: Eugène Ortolan , French lawyer, diplomat and composer (* 1824)
- May 13: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Büchner , German pedagogue and classical philologist (* 1807)
- May 20: Jan Pětr Jordan , Sorbian scientist and philosopher (* 1818)
- May 21: Alphonso Taft , American politician (* 1810)
- May 23: Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach , French composer and organist (* 1817)
- May 25: Karl Gustav Andresen , German Germanist (* 1813)
- May 29: Peregrin Obdržálek , Czech Catholic priest, author of religious literature (* 1825)
- May 30th: Henri Amat , French politician (* 1813)
- May 31: Anton Springer , German art historian (* 1825)
- Nakamura Keiu , Japanese educator and translator (* 1832) June 1:
- Josiah Gardner Abbott , American politician (* 1814) June 2:
- Nathan Belcher , American politician (* 1813) June 2:
- Henry Lippitt , American politician (* 1818) June 5:
- John Macdonald , Canadian politician (* 1815) June 6:
- Samuel Adler , German rabbi (* 1809) June 9:
- June 16: Theodor Auracher , German classical philologist and specialist author (* 1849)
- June 16: Johannes Gloël , German Protestant clergyman and university professor (* 1857)
- June 20: Ferdinand Eckbrecht von Dürckheim-Montmartin , French lawyer (* 1812)
- June 21: Joseph E. McDonald , American politician (* 1819)
- June 23: Norman Robert Pogson , British astronomer (* 1829)
- June 23: Paul Bronsart von Schellendorff , Prussian General and Minister of War (* 1832)
- June 23: Heinrich XXXIX. , Paraglider of Reuss-Köstritz († 1946)
- June 23: Wilhelm Eduard Weber , German physicist (* 1804)
July August
- Mihail Kogălniceanu , Romanian statesman, historian and publicist (* 1817) July 1:
- Hugo Türpe , German cornet virtuoso and composer (* 1859) July 2nd:
- Carl August Haupt , German composer (* 1810) July 4th:
- Hannibal Hamlin , Vice President of the USA (* 1809) July 4th:
- July 18: Friedrich Fabri , German Protestant theologian and colonial politician (* 1824)
- July 20: Frederick Weld , Prime Minister of New Zealand and Governor of three British colonies (* 1823)
- July 21: Albert Gallatin Blanchard , Brigadier General in the Confederate Army in the Civil War (* 1810)
- July 26: Paul Dillingham , American politician (* 1799)
- Ferdinand Schlöth , Swiss sculptor (* 1818) August 2nd:
- Henry Litolff , British composer (* 1818) August 6:
- Samuel Beach Axtell , American politician (* 1819) August 7th:
- Louis Constanz Berger , German industrialist and politician (* 1829) August 9:
- August 17th: Emil von Zelewski , German officer and commander of the protection force for German East Africa (* 1854)
- August 18: Louis Paulsen , German chess player (* 1833)
- August 19: Theodor Aman , Romanian painter (* 1831)
- August 20: Franz Friedrich Ernst Brünnow , German astronomer (* 1821)
- August 22nd: Livia Frege , German singer, salonière and patron (* 1818)
- August 22: Jan Neruda , Czech journalist, poet and writer (* 1834)
- August 23: Friedrich Ludwig Arnsburg , German actor (* 1816)
- August 26: José Julián Acosta , Puerto Rican journalist (* 1825)
- August 30: Johann Heinrich Jacob Audorf , German politician (* 1807)
- August 30th: Pierre-Julien Nargeot , French composer (* 1799)
September October
- José María Urbina , President of Ecuador (* 1808) September 4th:
- Jules Grévy , French President (* 1807) September 9:
- September 10: Aloys Nikolaus Ambros von Arco-Stepperg , German landowner, officer and politician (* 1808)
- September 11th: Philipp Joseph Franz Adolf Adams , German administrative lawyer (* 1828)
- September 11th: Otto Stromer von Reichenbach , Mayor of Nuremberg (* 1831)
- September 14: Johannes Bosboom , Dutch painter (* 1817)
- September 17th: Lorenz Brentano , German lawyer and politician (* 1813)
- September 17: Josef Maximilian Petzval , Hungarian-German mathematician and physicist (* 1807)
- September 18: José Manuel Balmaceda , Chilean politician (* 1840)
- September 20: Julius Bintz , German high school teacher, headmaster and author (* 1843)
- September 21: Washington C. Whitthorne , American politician (* 1825)
- September 23: Albert P. Morehouse , American politician (* 1835)
- September 27: Ivan Goncharov , Russian writer (* 1812)
- September 28: Herman Melville , American writer, poet and essayist (* 1819)
- September 30th: Georges Ernest Boulanger , French general (* 1837)
- September 30th: Tsuda Sanzō , Japanese policeman who carried out an assassination attempt on the later Tsar Nicholas II (* 1855)
- Giulio Cesare Ferrarini , Italian conductor, violinist and music teacher (* 1807) October 1:
- Alpheus Baker , Brigadier General of the Confederate Army in the Civil War (* 1828) October 2:
- Vincenzo Vela , Swiss sculptor (* 1820) October 3:
- Giovanni Caselli , Italian physicist (* 1815) October 5:
- Timotheus Attar , Ottoman bishop (* 1832) October 6:
- Charles Stewart Parnell , Irish politician (* 1846) October 6:
- Karl I , King of Württemberg (* 1823) October 6:
- Samuel W. Hale , American politician (* 1823) October 6:
- August Roese , German local politician and Lord Mayor of the city of Eisenach (* 1807) October 7th:
- October 12: Friedrich Feustel , German banker and sponsor of the Bayreuth Festival (* 1824)
- October 13: Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann , German businessman (* 1840)
- October 14: Julius Jolly , Minister of State of Baden (* 1823)
- October 15: Ludwig Aloys von Arco auf Valley , German diplomat (* 1845)
- October 15: Friedrich Zarncke , German Germanist (* 1825)
- October 17: Heinrich Sattler , German organist and publicist (* 1811)
- October 27: Charles Constantin , French conductor and composer (* 1835)
November December
- Louis Lucien Bonaparte , French-Italian linguist, Romance scholar and bascologist (* 1813) November 3:
- Francisco Gomes de Amorim , Portuguese writer (* 1827) November 4th:
- Albert S. Marks , American politician (* 1836) November 4:
- Karl von Gravenreuth , German officer and explorer (* 1858) November 5:
- Alfred Charles Hobbs , American follow-up (* 1812) November 6:
- J. Gregory Smith , American politician (* 1818) November 6:
- Eduard Köllner , German composer (* 1839) November 8th:
- Christian Wilhelm Bernhardt , German educator and local researcher (* 1815) November 9th:
- November 10: Arthur Rimbaud , French poet (* 1854)
- November 18: August Wilhelm Schynse , German missionary, Africa explorer and cartographer (* 1857)
- November 20: James Johnson , American politician (* 1811)
- November 21: Nelson Tift , American politician (* 1810)
- November 23: Alvin Peterson Hovey , American politician (* 1821)
- November 28: Christen Berg , Danish politician (* 1829)
- Hermann Heinrich Howaldt , German sculptor, ore caster and copper driver (* 1841) December 2:
- Wilhelm Kergel , Austrian classical philologist (* 1822) December 3:
- Frederick Whitaker , Prime Minister of New Zealand (* 1812) December 4th:
- Lotte Mende , German actress (* 1834) December 5:
- Peter II , Brazilian Emperor (* 1825) December 5:
- Joseph Crèvecoeur , French composer (* 1819) December 6th:
- Anton August Graf von Attems-Gilleis , Austrian KuK treasurer (* 1834) December 9th:
- December 13th: Jean Servais Stas , Belgian chemist (* 1813)
- December 14: Ferdinand von Roemer , German geologist, paleontologist and mineralogist (* 1818)
- December 15: Anson Safford , American politician (* 1830)
- December 20: Albrecht Ohly , first full-time mayor of Darmstadt (* 1829)
- December 20: Preston B. Plumb , American politician (* 1837)
- December 21: Frank Hereford , American politician (* 1825)
- December 21: James S. Wiley , American politician (* 1808)
- December 22nd: Albert Cambriels , French general (* 1816)
- December 22nd: Paul Anton de Lagarde , German cultural philosopher and orientalist (* 1827)
- December 23: John Angel James Creswell , American politician (* 1828)
- December 23: Holger Simon Paulli , Danish conductor and composer (* 1810)
- December 24th: Johannes Janssen , German historian (* 1829)
- December 27: Antonio Arenas Merino , President of Peru (* 1808)
- December 29th: Thomas Henry Armstrong , American politician (* 1829)
- December 29: Leopold Kronecker , German mathematician (* 1823)
- December 31: Domenico Agostini , Italian cardinal (* 1825)
Exact date of death unknown
- Georg Ritter von Aichinger , Austrian nobleman (* 1826)
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