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| 1894 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 1342/43 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1886/87 (September 10-11) |
| Baha'i calendar | 50/51 (March 20/21) |
| Bengali solar calendar | 1299/1300 (beginning of April 14th or 15th) |
| Buddhist calendar | 2437/38 (southern Buddhism); 2436/37 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 76th (77th) cycle
Year of the wood horse 甲午 ( at the beginning of the year water snake 癸巳) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 1256/57 (turn of the year April) |
| Dangun era (Korea) | 4227/28 (October 2/3) |
| Iranian calendar | 1272/73 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 1311/12 (July 4th / 5th) |
| Japanese calendar |
Meiji 27 (
明治 27 年 ); Kōki 2554 |
| Jewish calendar | 5654/55 (September 30th / October 1st) |
| Coptic calendar | 1610/11 (September 10/11) |
| Malayalam calendar | 1069/70 |
| Rumi Calendar (Ottoman Empire) | 1309/10 (March 1) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 2204/05 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 2205/06 (New Year October) |
| Suriyakati Calendar (Thai Solar Calendar) | 2436/37 (April 1) |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1950/51 (April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Asia
- January 11 : An insurgent farmer defeats Korean government troops near Go-bu . After that, the Donghak uprising spreads rapidly.
- March 13 : Government troops crush the first Donghak uprising . However, the peasant army reforms quickly and is marching towards Seoul . In early May, the peasant army occupies a palace in Jeonju . The Joseon government then asked the Chinese government for assistance in ending the revolt. The Qing Dynasty sends 3,000 Chinese soldiers to Korea after informing the Japanese government under the Treaty of Tientsin . Japan sees China's actions as a threat to its national security and is sending troops to Korea.
- In the presence of Chinese troops, the government negotiates a ceasefire with the rebels. With the end of the rebellion, tensions between China and Japan increased, as neither country is ready to withdraw its troops from Korea first.
- July 23 : Japanese troops occupy Seoul , invade Gyeongbokgung Palace and restrict King Gojong's freedom of movement . You start with the Gabo reforms .
- July 25 : The fighting between Japan and China begins with a sea battle when four Japanese cruisers meet three Chinese warships from Busan . Both sides later claim that the enemy attacked first. The winners of the dispute are the Japanese ships; of the Chinese ships, only one cruiser reaches the base in Wei-Hai-Wei .
- Simultaneously with the hostilities between Japan and China, a new peasant uprising begins in Korea against the pro-Japan government.
- August 1st : The First Sino-Japanese War officially begins with China declaring war on Japan after the latter took control of the Royal Palace in Seoul .
- September 15 : With victory in the Battle of Pyongyang and the capture of the city , Japan takes military control of Korea .
The satirical drawing of the magazine Punch from September 29 shows the victory of the "small" Japan on the "big" China
- September 17th : Japan defeats China again in the sea battle at Yalu .
- After the Japanese received reinforcements on October 10 , they quickly advance north towards Manchuria . On the night of October 24th, the Japanese crossed the Yalu undetected by means of a pontoon bridge and in the afternoon of the following day they took the Hushan outpost east of Jiuliangcheng . After less than three hours of fighting, the Chinese defenders flee Jiuliangcheng, leaving behind large quantities of supplies and equipment. After that, the Japanese split their army into two groups. The 5th Division under General Nozu Michitsura pushes further north towards the Manchurian capital Mukden , the 3rd Division under Lt. General Katsura Tarō pursues the fleeing Chinese west towards the Liaodong peninsula.
- October 8 : The anti-Japanese Queen Myeongseong is murdered in her palace by Japanese soldiers and Korean collaborators. King Gojong and his son are captured. Whether the Japanese minister Miura Gorō and the former Korean regent Heungseon Daewongun are behind the action can never be conclusively determined.
- October 16 : Korean rebels march towards Gongju for a final battle , where Japanese units are already awaiting them.
- October 22 to November 10 : The insurgent Donghak army is defeated by Japanese troops in the Battle of Ugeumchi .
- October 24 : The Japanese 2nd Army under Ōyama Iwao lands on the Liaodong Peninsula and takes Talienwan until November 7 , before beginning the siege of Lüshunkou (Port Arthur).
- November 21 : Japan captures Port Arthur in the First Sino-Japanese War . The result is a massacre by the Japanese of the Chinese, which kills thousands.
Switzerland
- January 1st : Emil Frey becomes Federal President of Switzerland .
- Foundation of the Swiss dispatch agency
The German Imperium
- March 29th : At the suggestion of Anna Simson , the Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine is founded as an umbrella organization of civically oriented associations of the women's movement in the German Reich.
- October 29 : Kaiser Wilhelm II appoints the 75-year-old Clovis zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst as Reich Chancellor and Prussian Prime Minister.
- December 5th Emperor Wilhelm II opens the Reichstag building in Berlin .
France
- June 24th : After a speech by French President Marie François Sadi Carnot in Lyon, the anarchist Jeronimo Caserio stabs the politician with a knife. The assassination wounds lead to Carnot's death a few hours later. On the same day, Jean Casimir-Perier was elected as his successor.
- October 15 : Beginning of the Dreyfus affair : the French officer Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for espionage.
- December 22nd : A military court in Paris sentenced the artillery captain Alfred Dreyfus to lifelong banishment on Devil's Island for espionage . Years later, the verdict triggers the Dreyfus affair .
Ottoman Empire
- August: Resistance from Sason , Hamidic massacres 1894–1896: First major massacre by Turks and Kurds of Armenians
Russia
- November 1st : The Russian Tsar Alexander III. dies surprisingly of kidney disease. His successor is his 26-year-old son Nikolaus II. A few weeks later, on November 26th, he married Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg . She rules with him as Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna.
America and Oceania
- May 11 : Wildcat work stoppages begin in Illinois , which escalate into one of the largest workers' protests in the United States as the Pullman strike . He will be bloodily suppressed by August 2nd .
- July 3 : Federal troops mobilized by US President Grover Cleveland arrive in Chicago to suppress the Pullman strike .
- July 4th : A republic is proclaimed in the Kingdom of Hawaii , whose fortunes have been governed by a provisional government following the abdication of Queen Liliʻuokalani the previous year . Its first and only president will be Sanford Dole .
- December 21 : Mackenzie Bowell becomes the new Prime Minister of Canada .
economy
Patents and trademarks
- October 16 : The Imperial Patent Office in Germany enters the first trademark for a Berlin lamp manufacturer in the trademark register.
- December 6th : The Sarotti brand is entered in the German commercial register.
Business start-ups
- March 16 : Establishment of the large purchasing company Deutscher Consumvereine mbH, (GEG), Hamburg
- April 1 : The Auto-Scholz workshop for repairing automobiles is founded in Liegnitz, Lower Silesia
- April 14 : The first Kinetoskop Salon opens on Broadway in New York with ten display cases for viewing films , developed by William K. L. Dickson for the inventor Thomas Alva Edison . One of the first films to be shown at the opening is the Blacksmith Scene produced by Dickson, making it the first commercially available film.
- December 11 : The first motor show opens on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, France .
traffic
- April 16 : The Barmer Bergbahn is the first two-lane rack railway in Germany to go into operation. From the town of Barmen it opens up excursion destinations south of the Wupper .
- May 21 : Queen Victoria officially opened the Manchester Ship Canal , the 64 kilometers inland at this time from the sea town Manchester the third largest port in the British Isles makes.
- August 13 : The Gmunden Electric Local Railway , one of the world's shortest tramways and steepest adhesion railways , goes into operation.
- November 25th : Opening of the Graz Schloßbergbahn
- December 21 : Adolf Guyer-Zeller receives the concession to build the Jungfrau Railway from the 2061 meter high Kleine Scheidegg to the 3571 meter high Jungfraujoch .
Others
- June 4th : In Germany the Law on Payments comes into force. It enables buyers to purchase goods of higher value , the purchase price of which they can pay in installments .
science and technology
- April 1st : The cave explorer Max Brunello discovers the Lurgrotte , Austria's largest water cave .
- May 14 : In the British seaside resort of Blackpool is Blackpool Tower opened, one the model of the Paris Eiffel Tower oriented lattice tower . The tallest structure in the UK at the time is becoming a tourist attraction.
- June 20 : In Hong Kong , the doctor and bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin discovers the pathogen causing the plague , a bacterium that is later named Yersinia pestis in honor of Yersin .
- June 30th : Tower Bridge opens to traffic in London . The bascule bridge , built in neo-Gothic style , is the easternmost bridge over the Thames in the British capital.
- November 13 : The Family History Center in Salt Lake City is by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints founded.
- December 4th : The meteorologist Arthur Berson sets a new altitude record with the Phönix gas balloon at 9155 m in a scientific flight and is the first to leave all the mountains on earth below him.
- James Jeans and John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh , propose their black body theory ( Rayleigh-Jeans law ).
- The Polish-German botanist Eduard Adolf Strasburger publishes the textbook on botany for universities , the 38th edition of which was published in 2008.
Culture
Architecture and fine arts
- June 17 : In Berlin, the foundation stone for the new cathedral is laid according to plans by Julius Carl Raschdorff .
- September 16 : The town hall , made entirely of steel, iron and wood, opens in the Mexican city of Orizaba .
- November 10 : The Werndl monument by the Austrian sculptor Viktor Tilgner is unveiled in Steyr . The bourgeois monumental monument shows the industrialist Josef Werndl among his workers.
literature
- February 2 : Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche , sister of the mentally ill philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche since 1889 , founds the Nietzsche archive in Naumburg .
- The Bauernfeld Prize is donated in Austria .
Music and theater
- January 5th : The Viennese operetta Der Obersteiger by Carl Zeller based on the libretto by Moritz West and Ludwig Held is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna with Alexander Girardi in the leading role.
- March 16 : The world premiere of the opera Thaïs by Jules Massenet with a libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel of the same name by Anatole France takes place at the Grand Opéra Paris and is critically received.
- March 18th : World premiere of the opera Weltfrühling by Hans Huber in Basel
- May 18th : World premiere of the opera Raffael (Orig .: Rafael ') by Anton Stepanowitsch Arenski in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow
- June 20th : World premiere of the opera La Navarraise by Jules Massenet at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London
- July 1 : The Norderney Kur-Theater is officially opened.
- September 16 : World premiere of the operetta Die Chansonette by Rudolf Dellinger at the Residenztheater in Dresden
- 25 September : After the ban on performances was lifted, Gerhart Hauptmann's socially critical drama Die Weber about the weavers' uprising in 1844 premiered at the Deutsches Theater Berlin .
- November 13 : World premiere of the opera Ingwelde by Max von Schillings at the Court Theater in Karlsruhe
- December 16 : The opera Donna Diana by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek is premiered at the Deutsches Theater in Prague . The composer used the Spanish comedy El desdén con el desdén by Agustín Moreto as a template .
- December 22 : With the orchestral piece Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy , the first important work of musical impressionism is premiered in Paris .
Others
- March 13th : The first striptease is professionally danced in the Divan Fayounau variety theater in Paris . The artist receives a fine for performing.
society
- March 25 : Foundation of the Ostara Academic Holiday Association in Freistadt
- November 8th : The future tourism organization Touring Club Italiano is established as a cycling association .
religion
- July 2 : In the encyclical Litteras a vobis , Pope Leo XIII. Remarks on the clergy in Brazil and supports the wish expressed by there to increase the number of bishops .
- August 19 : In Copenhagen , Frederik's Church, begun in 1749 , is inaugurated in the immediate vicinity of Amalienborg Palace .
- September 8th : Pope Leo XIII. in the encyclical Iucunda semper expectatione again underlines the importance of the rosary .
Disasters
- October 29 : The New Zealand passenger steamer Wairarapa hits a reef off Miners Head on Great Barrier Island and sinks, killing 121 passengers and crew. It is one of the biggest shipping disasters in New Zealand.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
nature and environment
- December 14 : The Ku-ring-gai-Chase National Park in Australia is established.
Sports
- May 26th : Emanuel Lasker becomes world chess champion after his competition victory over Wilhelm Steinitz .
- June 6th : The Karlsruher FC Phönix is founded as a football club and is the oldest forerunner of the Karlsruher SC .
- June 23 : Pierre de Coubertin founds the International Olympic Committee .
- July 22 : The first race in the car racing will take place from Paris to Rouen instead. 17 of the 21 vehicles that started reach the finish. The fastest, Albert de Dion , is downgraded to second place.
- August 22nd : As First Vienna Football Club , the first football club in Austria is founded.
- August 23 : The Vienna Cricket and Football Club is founded.
- December 4th : The Berlin meteorologist Arthur Berson sets a new altitude record of 9155 m with the Phönix hydrogen balloon .
- December 22nd : The United States Golf Association is established.
Born
January
- January 1st : Otto Olaussen Aasen , Norwegian ski jumper, Nordic combined and cross-country skier († 1983 )
- January 1 : Satyendranath Bose , Indian physicist († 1974 )
- January 1 : Iván Petrovich , actor of Serbian descent († 1962 )
- January 3 : Benito Canónico , Venezuelan composer († 1971 )
- January 4th : Cédia Brault , Canadian singer († 1972 )
- January 4 : Wesley La Violette , American composer († 1978 )
- January 7th : José Rozo Contreras , Colombian composer († 1976 )
- January 8 : Maximilian Kolbe , Polish Franciscan Minorite († 1941 )
- January 10 : Kurt Andler , German engineer († unknown)
- January 11 : Alexander Hall , American film director († 1968 )
- January 14th : Fritz Fremersdorf , German provincial Roman archaeologist, ground monument curator and museum director in Cologne († 1983 )
- January 15 : José Luis Bustamante y Rivero , Peruvian President († 1989 )
- January 17 : Hugo Chaim Adler , Belgian composer, cantor and choir director († 1955 )
- January 17 : Etkar André , German resistance fighter, KPD politician and anti-fascist († 1936 )
- January 17 : Werner March , German architect († 1976 )
- January 18 : Ado Anderkopp , Estonian politician and journalist († 1941 )
- January 18 : Robert Bréard , French composer († 1973 )
- January 18 : Jan van Breda Kolff , Dutch football player († 1976 )
- January 18 : Lucia Moholy , photographer († 1989 )
- January 19 : Albert von der Aa , Swiss politician (SP) and editor († 1978 )
- January 19 : Wilhelm Abraham , German politician († unknown)
- January 20 : Harold Gray , American comic artist († 1968 )
- January 20 : Nishiwaki Junzaburō , Japanese writer († 1982 )
- January 20 : Walter Piston , American composer († 1976 )
- January 22 : Heinz Heck , German biologist and zoo director in Munich († 1982 )
- January 22 : Timofei Wassiljewitsch Prokhorov , Russian hermit († 2004 )
- January 23 : Julius Adler , German politician, member of the Reichstag (KPD) († 1945 )
- January 23 : Frédéric Théllusson , Belgian racing driver († 1960 )
- January 24th : Robert Jaffé , German politician († 1968 )
- January 25 : Aino Aalto , Finnish architect and designer († 1949 )
- January 25 : Sergei Wassiljewitsch Jewsejew , Russian composer († 1956 )
- January 25 : Marguerite Roesgen-Champion , Swiss composer and harpsichordist († 1976 )
- January 25 : Micheil Tschiaureli , Georgian film director († 1974 )
- January 27 : Vicente T. Mendoza , Mexican musicologist and folklore researcher († 1964 )
- January 28 : Felix Fechenbach , political journalist and poet († 1933 )
- January 30th : Boris III. , Bulgarian King († 1943 )
- January 31 : Kojima Masajirō , Japanese writer († 1994 )
February
- February 1 : John Ford , American film director († 1973 )
- February 1 : James P. Johnson , American pianist and composer († 1955 )
- February 1 : Paul Merker , SED functionary in the GDR († 1969 )
- February 2 : William Aitken , Scottish football player and coach († 1973 )
- February 2 : Maria Kasterska , Polish writer and literary scholar († 1969 )
- February 2 : Kataoka Teppei , Japanese writer († 1944 )
- February 2 : Clemens Plassmann , German banker († 1970 )
- February 3 : Renzo De Vecchi , Italian football player and coach († 1967 )
- February 3 : Norman Rockwell , American painter and illustrator († 1978 )
- February 4th : Friedrich Karl Florian , Gauleiter of the NSDAP of Düsseldorf († 1975 )
- February 4 : Hans Wittwer , Swiss architect († 1952 )
- February 5 : Mario Ajmone Cat , Italian general († 1952 )
- February 5 : Henriette Hardenberg , German expressionist poet († 1993 )
- February 5 : Per Jacobsson , Swedish manager, director of the International Monetary Fund († 1963 )
- February 5 : Frederick E. Morgan , British Lieutenant-General in World War II († 1967 )
- February 5 : William Wernigk , Austrian opera singer († 1973 )
- February 6 : Richard Merrill Atkinson , American politician († 1947 )
- February 6 : Sant Kirpal Singh , Indian author, the outstanding exponent of the divine science of the soul († 1974 )
- February 7th : Maria Dietz , German politician and Member of the Bundestag († 1980 )
- February 8 : George von Kaufmann , British mathematician and anthroposophist († 1963 )
- February 8 : Rosita Renard , Chilean pianist († 1949 )
- February 8 : Ludwig Marcuse , German philosopher and writer († 1971 )
- February 8 : King Vidor , American director († 1982 )
- February 9 : Peter Georg Cohrs , German politician († 1952 )
- February 9 : Rahel Sanzara , German writer († 1936 )
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- February 10 : Harold Macmillan , British politician and head of government († 1986 )
- February 10 : Hermann Weinkauff , 1st President of the Federal Court of Justice († 1981 )
- February 14 : Jack Benny , American actor and radio host († 1974 )
- February 19 : Emil Forrer , Swiss Assyriologist, antiquarian and Hittite scientist († 1986 )
- February 19 : Anton Lutz , Austrian painter († 1992 )
- February 19 : Zdeněk Němeček , Czech writer and dramaturge († 1957 )
- February 20 : Curt Corrinth , German poet, novelist, playwright and screenwriter († 1960 )
- February 20 : Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz , Polish writer († 1980 )
- February 20 : Rudolf Jehle , Liechtenstein sports shooter († 1970 )
- February 22nd : Katharina Schroth , German physiotherapist († 1985 )
- February 24 : Josef Arndgen , German politician († 1966 )
- February 24 : Douglas Copland , New Zealand-Australian economist and diplomat († 1971 )
- February 25 : Frank P. Briggs , American politician († 1992 )
- February 25 : Ernst Friedrich , German anarchist pacifist († 1967 )
- February 25 : Meher Baba , Indian guru († 1969 )
- February 26 : Wilhelm Bittrich , German general and SS-Obergruppenführer († 1979 )
- February 27 : Traugott Vogel , Swiss writer († 1975 )
- February 28 : Ben Hecht , American screenwriter († 1964 )
- February 28 : Josef Hutter , Czech musicologist and teacher († 1959 )
- February 28 : Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner , German lawyer and politician († 1971 )
March
- March 1 : Hans Orlowski , German painter and wood cutter († 1967 )
- March 3 : Henriette Petit , Chilean painter († 1983 )
- March 4 : Martin Haenichen , German pilot († 1933 )
- March 4 : Georg Mayerhofer , German politician († 1966 )
- March 4 : Gabriele Tergit , German journalist and writer († 1982 )
- March 6 : Elisabeth Castonier , German writer († 1975 )
- March 6 : Edgar Julius Jung , German politician († 1934 )
- March 8 : Wäinö Aaltonen , Finnish sculptor († 1966 )
- March 8 : Iwan Wassiljewitsch Obreimow , Russian physicist († 1981 )
- March 9 : Frank Arnau , German writer († 1976 )
- March 9 : Franz Wilhelm Seiwert , German painter and sculptor († 1933 )
- March 11 : Otto Grotewohl , German politician, Prime Minister of the GDR († 1964 )
- March 12 : Hayama Yoshiki , Japanese writer († 1945 )
- March 14 : Hans Reiffenstuel , German painter († 1980 )
- March 14 : Alexander von Schelting , German sociologist († 1963 )
- March 15 : Vilmos Aba-Novák , Hungarian painter († 1941 )
- March 18 : Eric Hultén , Swedish botanist and phytogeographer († 1981 )
- March 20 : Hans Langsdorff , German naval officer († 1939 )
- March 21 : Rudolf Nebel , German rocket designer († 1978 )
- March 21 : Siegfried Schneider , German Franciscan and author of Christian literature, known as "Krippenpater" († 1935 )
- March 22nd : Germaine Lebel , Canadian singer († 1972 )
- March 24 : Alice Rühle-Gerstel , German writer († 1943 )
- March 26 : Mark Wessel , American composer, pianist and music teacher († 1973 )
- March 27 : René Fonck , French flying ace († 1953 )
- March 28 : Victor Danielsen , Faroese missionary of the Plymouth Brothers and Bible translator († 1961 )
- March 28 : Ernst Lindemann , officer in the Imperial Navy and later in the Navy († 1941 )
- March 29 : Franz Planer , Austrian cameraman († 1963 )
- March 30 : Paul Nikolaus , German emcee, cabaret artist, poet and playwright († 1933 )
- March 30th : Sergei Wladimirowitsch Ilyushin , Russian engineer and aircraft manufacturer († 1977 )
- March 31 : Francis T. Maloney , American politician († 1945 )
- March: Vivian Langrish , English pianist and music teacher († 1980 )
April
- April 2 : Richard Drauz , NSDAP district leader of Heilbronn († 1946 )
- April 2 : Walter Mittelholzer , Swiss aviation pioneer († 1937 )
- April 2 : Robert E. Quinn , American politician († 1975 )
- April 4 : Walther Amelung , German doctor († 1988 )
- April 4 : Herbert Volck , German writer († 1944 )
- April 5 : Herman F. Krueger , American politician († 1991 )
- April 6 : Willy Schmidt-Gentner , important German film composer († 1964 )
- April 7th : Miyagi Michio , Japanese composer and koto player († 1956 )
- April 8 : Erik Charell , German director and actor († 1974 )
- April 8 : Raymond Schwartz , French Esperanto writer and bank director († 1973 )
- April 8 : Hermann Sendelbach , German poet († 1971 )
- April 8 : J. Millard Tawes , American politician († 1979 )
- April 10 : Rudolf von Arps-Aubert , German art historian and museum director († 1946 )
- April 10 : Theodor Beste , German professor of business administration († 1973 )
- April 10 : Ben Nicholson , English painter and object artist († 1982 )
- April 11 : Lev Blatný , Czech poet, author, theater critic and dramaturge. († 1930 )
- April 12 : Otto Arnholz , German politician and Member of the Bundestag († 1988 )
- April 13 : Arthur Fadden , politician and Prime Minister of Australia († 1973 )
- April 15 : Nikita Khrushchev , Soviet politician and head of government († 1971 )
- April 15 : William B. Franke , American politician († 1979 )
- April 15 : Theodor Heckel , German Protestant theologian and bishop († 1967 )
- April 15 : Edith von Sanden-Guja , German animal sculptor, painter († 1979 )
- April 15 : Bessie Smith , American blues singer († 1937 )
- April 16 : Carl von Campe , German politician († 1977 )
- April 16 : Erich Wewel , German publisher († 1974 )
- April 19 : Anton Schütz (later also Anton Schutz ), German-American artist, author and publisher († 1977 )
- April 20 : Ernst Wille , German politician and resistance fighter against National Socialism († 1944 )
- April 22nd : Georg Ulrich Handke , GDR Minister for Internal German Trade and Foreign Trade († 1962 )
- April 22nd : Erwin Schloss , German Protestant clergyman († 1944 )
- April 23 : Alfred N. Phillips , American politician († 1970 )
- April 26 : Rudolf Heß , National Socialist politician († 1987 )
- April 27 : Lajos Kovács , Hungarian football player and coach († 1961 )
- April 27 : George Petty , American photographer († 1975 )
- April 28 : Otto Praun , German doctor, murder victim in the Vera Brühne case († 1960 )
- April 28 : Teodor Regedziński , Polish chess player († 1954 )
- April 28 : Hans Voss , German rear admiral of the Kriegsmarine († 1973 )
- April 29 : Marietta Blau , Austrian physicist († 1970 )
- April 29th : Joop Boutmy , Dutch soccer player († 1972 )
- April 29 : Paul Hörbiger , Austrian actor († 1981 )
- April 29 : Ernst Wolfgang Lewicki , German civil engineer and scientist († 1973 )
- April 30 : Herbert Vere Evatt , Australian politician († 1965 )
May
- May 1 : Sam McGee , American guitarist and banjo player († 1975 )
- May 1st : Maria Restituta , Austrian religious and nurse († 1943 )
- May 2 : Norma Talmadge , American actress of the silent and early talkies era († 1957 )
- May 3 : Philipp Wüst , German conductor and composer († 1975 )
- May 5 : August Dvorak , American psychologist and education professor († 1975 )
- May 7 : George Riley Puckett , American country singer († 1946 )
- May 10 : Dimitri Tiomkin , Russian / Ukrainian-American film composer and conductor († 1979 )
- May 11 : Martha Graham , American dancer, choreographer and teacher († 1991 )
- May 11 : Komaki Ōmi , Japanese writer († 1978 )
- May 13 : Ásgeir Ásgeirsson , Icelandic politician, President of Iceland († 1972 )
- May 15 : José Cubiles , Spanish pianist and music teacher († 1971 )
- May 15 : Marion Sunshine , American actress, songwriter and composer († 1963 )
- May 15 : Feliks Wrobel , Polish composer († 1954 )
- May 16 : Hermann Muhs , German politician, State Secretary and Executive Minister for Church Affairs († 1962 )
- May 17 : Botho Henning Elster , German major general († 1952 )
- May 18 : Edmund Adam , German correspondence chess player and chess official († 1958 )
- May 19 : Franz Mühlenberg , German politician († 1976 )
- May 20 : Ewa Bandrowska-Turska , Polish singer and music teacher († 1979 )
- May 20 : Robert Katscher , Austrian composer and lyricist († 1942 )
- May 20 : Adela Rogers St. Johns , American journalist, writer and screenwriter († 1988 )
- May 20 : Bernard Abraham van Groningen , Dutch Graecist and papyrologist († 1987 )
- May 22 : Friedrich Pollock , German social scientist and philosopher († 1970 )
- May 25 : Fritz Gersbach , Swiss choir director and composer († 1973 )
- May 25 : Georg Joos , German physicist († 1959 )
- May 25 : Čeněk Junek , Czechoslovak banker and racing car driver († 1928 )
- May 26 : Esther von Kirchbach , German publicist († 1946 )
- May 26 : Paul Lukas , Hungarian-American actor († 1971 )
- May 27 : Erich Angenendt , German photographer († 1962 )
- May 27 : Dashiell Hammett , American crime novel writer († 1961 )
- May 27 : Louis-Ferdinand Céline , French writer and doctor († 1961 )
- May 29 : Josef von Sternberg , Austrian-American director († 1969 )
June
- June 2 : Wilhelm Abeln , German politician († 1969 )
- June 2 : Karl Erckert , Austrian politician († 1955 )
- June 3 : Richard Applin , British fighter pilot († 1917 )
- June 3 : Herbert Boeckl , Austrian painter († 1966 )
- June 3 : Nels Nelsen , Canadian-Norwegian ski jumper († 1943 )
- June 4th : Mary Bolduc , Canadian singer-songwriter († 1941 )
- June 5 : Peter van Aubel , German economist and association official († 1964 )
- June 5 : James Glenn Beall , American politician († 1971 )
- June 6 : John Hargrave , British draftsman, author and politician († 1982 )
- June 6 : Walter Kaßner , SED politician and mayor of Magdeburg († 1970 )
- June 7 : Alexander Procofieff De Seversky , American aeronautical engineer († 1974 )
- June 8 : Domenico De 'Paoli , Italian musicologist, music critic and composer († 1984 )
- June 8 : Alois Irlmaier , German dowser and clairvoyant († 1959 )
- June 8 : Erwin Schulhoff , Czech composer and pianist († 1942 )
- June 9 : Nedo Nadi , Italian saber and foil fencer († 1940 )
- June 9th : Ernst Schiebold , German mineralogist († 1963 )
- June 10 : Pavel Bořkovec , Czech composer († 1972 )
- June 10 : Oskar Karlweis , Austrian actor († 1956 )
- June 12 : Johann Steinböck , Austrian politician and governor of Lower Austria († 1962 )
- June 12 : Paul Stremler , French racing car driver († 1938 )
- June 13 : Richard Döcker , German architect († 1968 )
- June 13 : Tay Garnett , American director († 1977 )
- June 13 : Leo Kanner , Austro-American child and youth psychiatrist († 1981 )
- June 14 : Maria-Adelheid , Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1912–1919) († 1924 )
- June 14th : Heddle Nash , English singer († 1961 )
- June 15 : Robert Russell Bennett , American composer († 1981 )
- June 15 : Trygve Gulbranssen , Norwegian writer († 1962 )
- June 16 : Luigi Arcangeli , Italian motorcycle and car racer († 1931 )
- June 16 : Fyodor Tolbuchin , Soviet general and marshal († 1949 )
- June 16 : Just-Émile Vernet , French racing car driver and racing car designer († 1991 )
- June 17 : Sebastian Fichtner , German Lieutenant General in the Third Reich († 1950 )
- June 17 : Wilhelm Schepmann , German politician, Chief of Staff of the SA († 1970 )
- June 18 : Ernst Schneider , Austrian inventor († 1975 )
- June 21 : Alfred Mahlau , Professor at the Lerchenfeld Art College in Hamburg († 1967 )
- June 22nd : Bernard Ashmole , British classical archaeologist († 1988 )
- June 23 : Salomon Adler-Rudel , social politician († 1975 )
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- June 23 : Edward VIII , King of Great Britain († 1972 )
- June 23 : Greet Hofmans , Dutch prayer and faith healer († 1968 )
- June 23 : Alfred Charles Kinsey , American sex researcher († 1956 )
- June 24 : Juan Bautista Espínola Reyes , Dominican musician and composer († 1923 )
- June 25 : Hermann Oberth , German physicist and space pioneer († 1989 )
- June 27 : Dore Jacobs , German educator († 1979 )
- June 30 : Hugo Schaefer , German pilot († 1920 )
July
- July 1 : Bernard Heinze , Australian musician, conductor and music teacher († 1982 )
- July 2 : André Kertész , Hungarian photographer († 1985 )
- July 4th : Arthur Laumann , German officer in a group of pilots in World War I († 1970 )
- July 8 : Pyotr Leonidowitsch Kapiza , Russian physicist († 1984 )
- July 9 : Percy Spencer , American engineer and inventor († 1970 )
- July 11 : Samuel William Becker , American dermatologist († 1964 )
- July 11th : Erna Mohr , German zoologist and long-time breeding book leader of the international breeding book for bison († 1968 )
- July 11 : Walter Wanger , American film producer († 1968 )
- July 12 : Hunt Stromberg , American film producer for MGM († 1968 )
- July 13 : Alfred Toepfer , German entrepreneur and foundation founder († 1993 )
- July 13 : Isaak Emmanuilowitsch Babel , Russian journalist and author († 1940 )
- July 16 : Friedrich Leibbrandt , German chemist († 1960 )
- July 17 : Georges Lemaître , Belgian priest and physicist († 1966 )
- July 17 : Warren Weaver , American information scientist († 1978 )
- July 18 : Armand James Quick , American doctor and chemist († 1978 )
- July 18 : Bernard Wagenaar , American composer and violinist († 1971 )
- July 20 : Wiley Blount Rutledge , American lawyer († 1949 )
- July 21 : Jakub Appenszlak , Polish journalist, literary critic and translator († 1950 )
- July 22 : Oskar Maria Graf , German writer († 1967 )
- July 22nd : Efim Schachmeister , German violinist and dance band leader († 1944 )
- July 23 : Hektor Ammann , Swiss historian and archivist († 1967 )
- July 23 : Edi Linser , Austrian motorcycle racer († 1929 )
- July 24 : Alma Rogge , German writer († 1969 )
- July 24th : Magda Julin , Swedish figure skater († 1990 )
- July 25 : Gavrilo Princip , Bosnian-Serb independence fighter, assassin from Sarajevo († 1918 )
- July 25th : Hans Kmoch , Austrian chess player († 1973 )
- July 25 : Walter Brennan , American actor († 1974 )
- July 26 : Aldous Huxley , British writer († 1963 )
- July 28 : Niklaus Senn , Swiss bank manager and politician († 1966 )
August
- August 1 : Ottavio Bottecchia , Italian racing cyclist († 1927 )
- August 1 : Juan Filloy , Argentine writer († 2000 )
- August 2nd : Curt Backeberg , German cactus collector and researcher, author († 1966 )
- August 2 : Reine Bibois , Italian poet of the Franco-Provencal language († 1976 )
- August 2nd : Alfonso Esparza Oteo , Mexican composer, pianist and singer († 1950 )
- August 2 : Hal Mohr , American cameraman († 1974 )
- August 5 : Leo Kahn , German-Israeli painter († 1983 )
- August 9 : Mikhail Zoshchenko , Russian writer († 1958 )
- August 10 : Varahagiri Venkata Giri , Indian politician and President († 1980 )
- August 11 : Ernst Angel , Austrian and American poet, director and psychologist († 1986 )
- August 11 : Dan Breen , Irish politician (Fianna Fáil) and volunteer in the Irish Republican Army († 1969 )
- August 12 : Albert Leo Schlageter , German National Socialist († 1923 )
- August 12 : Jack Underwood , American football player († 1936 )
- August 13 : Paul Blobel , German architect and SS-Standartenführer († 1951 )
- August 13 : Jenő Konrád , Hungarian football player and coach († 1978 )
- August 13 : Leonid Alexejewitsch Polowinkin , Russian composer († 1949 )
- August 14 : Hans Rothe , German writer, dramaturge, radio play author and translator of all works by William Shakespeare († 1977 )
- August 17th : Hans-Edgar Endres , German bobsledder († unknown)
- August 17 : August Liessens , Belgian-Canadian organist and composer († 1954 )
- August 17 : Clara G. McMillan , American politician († 1976 )
- August 17 : Erich Orthmann , German composer († 1945 )
- August 17 : Otto Suhr , German politician († 1957 )
- August 18 : Erwin Schliephake , German physician († 1995 )
- August 19 : Hermann Jahrreiß , German professor of law († 1992 )
- August 19 : André Lefèbvre , French car engineer, aeronautical engineer and racing driver († 1964 )
- August 20 : Josef Straßberger , German weightlifter and Olympic champion († 1950 )
- August 21 : Christian Schad , German painter († 1982 )
- August 21 : Hans Tügel , German actor, radio play speaker, director and author († 1984 )
- August 22 : Willem Johan Cornelis Arondeus , Dutch painter, writer and resistance fighter († 1943 )
- August 26 : Arthur Loesser , American pianist, music teacher and writer († 1969 )
- August 27 : Kurt Bürger , Prime Minister of Mecklenburg († 1951 )
- August 27 : Kazimierz Wierzyński , Polish writer († 1969 )
- August 28 : Karl Böhm , Austrian conductor († 1981 )
- August 29 : Semjon Bogdanow , head of the Soviet military administration in Brandenburg († 1960 )
- August 29 : Henry Dworshak , American politician († 1962 )
- August 30 : Charles Reznikoff , American poet († 1976 )
September
- September 2 : Bryher , British writer († 1983 )
- September 2 : Joseph Roth , Austrian writer and journalist († 1939 )
- September 3 : Benigno S. Aquino senior , Filipino politician († 1947 )
- September 3 : Antonio Gómezanda , Mexican composer and pianist († 1961 )
- September 4 : Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer , German diplomat, journalist, lawyer and political scientist († 1957 )
- September 6 : Carl Grossberg , German painter († 1940 )
- September 6 : Herbert J. Sadler , Canadian organist, composer and music teacher († 1955 )
- September 7 : Gala Éluard Dalí , Russian-born artist muse († 1982 )
- September 8 : Willem Pijper , Dutch composer († 1947 )
- September 8 : Andrée Vaurabourg-Honegger , French pianist and music teacher († 1980 )
- September 9 : Arthur Freed , American musical producer and songwriter († 1973 )
- September 9 : Hans Großmann-Doerth , German lawyer and representative of ordoliberalism († 1944 )
- September 10 : Olexander Dowschenko , Ukrainian director and writer († 1956 )
- September 10 : Stephen Rothman ( István Rothman ), Hungarian-American dermatologist († 1963 )
- September 12 : Friedrich Ebert junior , SED functionary of the GDR and Lord Mayor of Berlin († 1979 )
- September 12 : Jimmy Murphy , American racing driver († 1924 )
- September 13 : John Boynton Priestley , English writer († 1984 )
- September 13 : Julian Tuwim , Polish-Jewish poet († 1953 )
- September 15 : Herbert Windt , German composer († 1965 )
- September 15 : Jean Renoir , French film director († 1979 )
- September 15 : Oskar Klein , Swedish physicist († 1977 )
- September 16 : Charles Crodel , German painter († 1973 )
- September 17th : Erwin Aichinger , Austrian forest scientist († 1985 )
- September 17 : James Anderson , Australian tennis player († 1973 )
- September 19 : Hans Wellhausen , German politician († 1964 )
- September 19 : Gerhart von Westerman , German composer and artistic director († 1963 )
- September 20 : Victor Christgau , American politician († 1991 )
- September 20 : Hermann Meinert , German historian and archivist († 1987 )
- September 21 : Jules-Henri Addor , Swiss politician († 1953 )
- September 22nd : Elisabeth Rethberg , German singer († 1976 )
- September 23 : Richard Lewinsohn , German business journalist and writer († 1968 )
- September 23 : Kornelis Heiko Miskotte , Dutch Reformed pastor, theology professor and writer († 1976 )
- September 24 : Thomas Dickson Armor , Scottish-American golfer († 1968 )
- September 26 : Ralph Scott , American football player and coach († 1936 )
- September 27 : Otto Wilhelm Aulie , Norwegian football player († 1923 )
- September 27 : Joe Stöckel , German (Bavarian) comedian, author and film producer († 1959 )
- September 27 : Lothar von Richthofen , German fighter pilot in World War I († 1922 )
- September 27 : Otto Nagel , Berlin painter († 1967 )
- September 28 : Kurt Pastenaci , German academic writer and historian, Freemason († 1961 )
- September 29 : Ernesto Ambrosini , Italian athlete († 1951 )
- September 29 : Franco Capuana , Italian conductor and composer († 1969 )
- September 29 : Elisabeth of Romania , Queen of Greece († 1956 )
October
- October 1 : Ricardo Castillo , Guatemalan composer († 1966 )
- October 1 : Willi Richter , German politician († 1972 )
- October 3 : Walter Warlimont , German general († 1976 )
- October 4 : Józef Beck , Polish politician († 1944 )
- October 4 : Frans G. Bengtsson , Swedish author and chess player († 1954 )
- October 4 : Patrick V. McNamara , American politician († 1966 )
- October 5 : Udell Sylvester Andrews , American film director and screenwriter († 1942 )
- October 5 : Walther Brühl , German politician († 1986 )
- October 5 : Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim , German lieutenant general and diplomat († 1977 )
- October 5 : Bevil Rudd , South African athlete and Olympic champion († 1948 )
- October 7th : Eino Saari , Finnish forest scientist and politician († 1971 )
- October 7 : Theodor Sparkuhl , German cameraman († 1946 )
- October 8 : Heinz Kindermann , Austrian literary and theater scholar († 1985 )
- October 8 : Vicente Rojo Lluch , Spanish general († 1966 )
- October 9 : Nicola Moscardelli , Italian writer, journalist and literary critic († 1943 )
- October 14 : Saïl Ameriane Mohamed Ben Amerzaine , Algerian and French anarchist († 1953 )
- October 14 : EE Cummings , American poet and writer († 1962 )
- October 14 : Heinrich Lübke , German politician, Federal President of the FRG († 1972 )
- October 15 : Albert Funk , German politician († 1933 )
- October 15 : Moshe Sharet , Israeli politician († 1965 )
- October 16 : Francisco Casabona , Brazilian composer († 1979 )
- October 17 : Hermann Ehren , German politician († 1964 )
- October 18 : Yuri Tynyanow , Russian writer and literary scholar († 1943 )
- October 20 : Heinar Schilling , German poet and writer († 1955 )
- October 21 : Edogawa Rampo , Japanese author and critic († 1965 )
- October 21 : Klemens Brosch , Austrian graphic artist († 1926 )
- October 21 : Heinrich Maria Davringhausen , German painter of the New Objectivity († 1970 )
- October 22 : Max Beyer , German vocational school teacher and amateur astronomer († 1982 )
- October 22 : Therese von der Vring , German Expressionist painter († 1927 )
- October 23 : Ludger Westrick , German politician, Federal Minister († 1990 )
- October 25 : Wolfgang Jacobi , German composer and music teacher († 1972 )
- October 27 : John Lennard-Jones , British mathematician and physicist († 1954 )
- October 27 : Fritz Sauckel , National Socialist German politician († 1946 )
- October 28 : Thomas J. Herbert , American politician († 1974 )
- October 28 : John Ronan , Canadian composer, choir director and music teacher († 1962 )
- October 30 : Emilio Materassi , Italian racing car driver († 1928 )
- October 30 : Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben , German Lieutenant General († 1964 )
- October 30 : Peter Warlock , British composer († 1930 )
November
- November 2 : Alexander Lippisch , German aircraft designer († 1976 )
- November 2 : Bill Johnston , American tennis player († 1946 )
- November 3 : Newton Pádua , Brazilian composer († 1966 )
- November 4 : Lloyd Thomas Andrews , Canadian ice hockey player († 1974 )
- November 4 : Hermann Conring , German politician, Member of the Bundestag († 1989 )
- November 4 : Valérie von Martens , Austrian-German actress († 1986 )
- November 6 : Roy J. Turner , American politician († 1973 )
- November 8th : Fritz Grau , German bobsledder
- November 9 : Dietrich von Choltitz , German general and city commander of Paris († 1966 )
- November 10 : Hans Jürgen von der Wense , German writer, composer and polymath († 1966 )
- November 10 : Lisa Tetzner , German author († 1963 )
- November 13 : Arthur Nebe , Head of the Reich Criminal Police Office († 1945 )
- November 13 : August Dresbach , German politician, Member of the Bundestag († 1968 )
- November 16 : Richard Nikolaus Coudenhove-Kalergi , German writer, politician († 1972 )
- November 17 : Eelco N. van Kleffens , Dutch politician († 1983 )
- November 19 : Américo Tomás , Admiral, Portuguese President († 1987 )
- November 19 : Heinz Hopf , Swiss mathematician († 1971 )
- November 20 : Carl Mayer , Austrian screenwriter († 1944 )
- November 22 : Else Ehser , German actress († 1968 )
- November 24 : Ferdinand Dirichs , German clergyman, Bishop of Limburg († 1948 )
- November 24 : Fern Andra , American actress, artist, director, screenwriter († 1974 )
- November 25 : Paul Pratt , Canadian composer, clarinetist, conductor and music teacher († 1967 )
- November 26th : Wilhelm Marinelli , Austrian zoologist, anatomist and popular educator († 1973 )
- November 26 : Ivan Dmitrijewitsch Papanin , Soviet polar explorer († 1986 )
- November 26 : James Charles McGuigan , Canadian clergyman, Archbishop of Toronto and Cardinal († 1974 )
- November 26 : Norbert Wiener , American mathematician († 1964 )
- November 27 : Konosuke Matsushita , Japanese industrialist († 1989 )
- November 28 : Justin Brooks Atkinson , American theater critic († 1984 )
December
- December 1 : Günther Hermann Richard Arndt , German politician († 1975 )
- December 1 : Frank Fragale , American composer of Italian origin († 1955 )
- December 2 : Lucien Desvaux , French racing car driver (†?)
- December 3 : Bernhard Bästlein , German communist and resistance fighter († 1944 )
- December 3 : Simon Sobeloff , American lawyer († 1973 )
- December 5 : Charles Robert Swarts , South African politician († 1982 )
- December 7th : Chris Dafeff , Canadian violinist, choir director and music teacher († 1984 )
- December 8 : Charles Amberg , German librettist, songwriter and composer († 1946 )
- December 8 : Elzie Segar , American comic artist and inventor of the character Popeye († 1938 )
- December 8 : James Thurber , American writer and draftsman († 1961 )
- December 10 : Gertrud Kolmar , German writer († 1943 )
- December 11th : Hans-Joachim Rath , German major general († 1968 )
- December 13 : Fernando de Fuentes , Mexican film director († 1958 )
- December 14 : Karl Adler , German gynecologist († 1966 )
- December 15 : Oswaldo Aranha , Brazilian politician († 1960 )
- December 15 : Jost Trier , German Germanist († 1970 )
- December 15 : Ellen Widmann , Swiss actress († 1985 )
- December 17 : Arthur Fiedler , American conductor († 1979 )
- December 17 : Hans Henny Jahnn , German writer († 1959 )
- December 17 : Hendrik Anthony Kramers , Dutch physicist († 1952 )
- December 19 : Paul Dessau , German composer and conductor († 1979 )
- December 20 : Robert Menzies , Australian Prime Minister († 1978 )
- December 21 : Walter Hahm , German officer, General of the Wehrmacht in World War II († 1951 )
- December 22 : Giulio Masetti , Italian nobleman and racing car driver († 1926 )
- December 22 : Lisa Matthias , German journalist († 1982 )
- December 23 : Heinrich Seywald , German major general († 1973 )
- December 24th : Willi Auerswald , German SS Oberscharführer († 1956 )
- December 24th : Friedrich Ruge , German naval officer, admiral, inspector of the navy († 1985 )
- December 27th : Annot , German painter, art teacher, art writer and pacifist († 1981 )
- December 27 : Mieczysław Grydzewski , Polish journalist, newspaper publisher, columnist and literary critic († 1970 )
- December 28 : Hermanis Matisons , Latvian chess player († 1932 )
- December 29 : Friedrich Maier , German politician († 1960 )
- December 29 : Paul Pagel , German politician († 1955 )
- December 30th : Valentin Ferdinandowitsch Asmus , Russian philosopher, logician and historian of logic († 1975 )
- December 31 : Ernest John Moeran , English composer († 1950 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Tawfiq Abu l-Huda , Prime Minister of Transjordan († 1956 )
- Phyllida Ashley , American pianist († 1975 )
- Hamit Arslan , Turkish soccer player and officer
- France Audoul , French painter and resistance fighter († 1977 )
- Eduardo Aunós Pérez , Spanish diplomat and politician († 1967 )
- Jack Ayre , Canadian pianist and composer († 1977 )
- Hossein Behzad , Iranian miniature painter († 1968 )
- Greville Cooke , English composer and music teacher († 1992 )
- Guido d'Ippolito , Italian racing driver († 1933 )
- Enayat Khan , Indian sitar and surbahar player († 1938 )
- Pedro Echavarría Lazala , Dominican flautist, music teacher and composer († 1967 )
- Esteban Peña Morell , Dominican composer († 1938 )
- Billy Munro , American-Canadian pianist and composer († 1969 )
- Tom Newman , English snooker and English billiards player († 1943 )
- Jock Porter , British motorcycle racer, entrepreneur and motorcycle designer († 1952 )
- Andy Tipaldi , Canadian banjo player († 1969 )
Died
First quarter
- January 1 : Heinrich Hertz , German physicist (* 1857 )
- January 4th : Alberto Errera , Italian economist (* 1842 )
- January 4th : Karl von Hasenauer , Austrian architect of historicism (* 1833 )
- January 6 : Johannes Schmidt , German classical philologist and epigraphist (* 1850 )
- January 7th : Søren Jaabæk , Norwegian politician (* 1814 )
- January 8 : Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer , German classical philologist and archaeologist (* 1801 )
- January 15 : Henry Mower Rice , American politician (* 1816 )
- January 20 : William Gilpin , American politician (* 1813 )
- January 21 : Carl Johann Lüdecke , German architect (* 1826 )
- January 23 : Lobengula , second and last king of the Matabele kingdom (* 1833 )
- January 25 : Benjamin F. Whittemore , American politician (* 1824 )
- January 28 : John D. Stewart , American politician (* 1833 )
- February 4 : Louis Lewandowski , German composer (* 1821 )
- February 4 : Morton S. Wilkinson , American politician (* 1819 )
- February 6 : Jacob Ammen , American teacher, civil engineer and brigadier general (* 1807 )
- February 6 : Theodor Billroth , German doctor (* 1829 )
- February 7th : Adolphe Sax , Belgian instrument maker and saxophonist (* 1814 )
- February 11 : Emilio Arrieta , Spanish composer (* 1823 )
- February 11 : Karel Leopold Klaudy , Czech lawyer and politician (* 1822 )
- February 12 : Hans von Bülow , German composer, pianist, conductor and Kapellmeister (* 1830 )
- February 14 : Franz Josef Denzinger , German architect (* 1821 )
- February 19 : Louis Christiaan van Goudoever , Dutch medic (* 1820 )
- February 21 : Gustave Caillebotte , French painter and art collector (* 1848 )
- February 21 : Benjamin F. Prescott , American politician (* 1833 )
- February 22 : Michał Hórnik , Sorbian clergyman and author (* 1833 )
- February 22nd : Habbo Gerhard Lolling , German archaeologist (* 1848 )
- February 24 : John S. Richardson , American politician (* 1828 )
- February 25 : Horace B. Strait , American politician (* 1835 )
- February 28 : James W. McDill , American politician (* 1834 )
- February 28 : Janet Monach Patey , English singer (* 1842 )
- March 1 : John Henry Cornell , American organist, composer and textbook author (* 1828 )
- March 1 : John G. Downey , American politician (* 1827 )
- March 2 : Jubal Anderson Early , American general (* 1816 )
- March 11 : Carl Ernst Heinrich Schmidt , Russian chemist and doctor (* 1822 )
- March 19 : Karl von Blaas , Austrian painter (* 1815 )
- March 20 : Lajos Kossuth , Hungarian lawyer, politician and freedom fighter (* 1802 )
- March 27 : Verney Lovett Cameron , British traveler to Africa (* 1844 )
Second quarter
- April 5 : Friedrich Wilhelm Weber , German epic poet (* 1813 )
- April 8 : Alexander G. Cattell , American politician (* 1816 )
- April 8 : Oskar Höcker , German actor and writer (* 1840 )
- April 12 : Ludwig Pfau , German writer, journalist and revolutionary (* 1821 )
- April 13 : Joseph Brevard Kershaw , officer in the US Army, lawyer, politician and major general in the Confederate Army (* 1822 )
- April 14 : Adolf Edvard Arppe , Finnish chemist and senator (* 1818 )
- April 14 : Adolf Friedrich von Schack , German poet, art and literary historian (* 1815 )
- April 21 : Konrad von Parzham , German lay brother from the Capuchin order, saint (* 1818 )
- April 21 : James W. Throckmorton , American politician (* 1825 )
- April 22 : Emanuel Züngel , Czech poet, playwright, librettist and translator (* 1840 )
- April 27 : Nathaniel Berry , American politician (* 1796 )
- April 27 : Johann Joseph Oppel , German pedagogue, physicist and linguist (* 1815 )
- April 29 : Giuseppe Battaglini , Italian mathematician (* 1826 )
- April 30th : Frank Hatton , American politician (* 1846 )
- April 30 : Francis B. Stockbridge , American politician (* 1826 )
- May 6 : Marie Luise Franziska Amalie , Duchess in Bavaria (* 1848 )
- May 6 : Arnold Bürkli , Swiss civil engineer (* 1833 )
- May 9 : Friedrich Alexander von Bismarck-Bohlen , Prussian general (* 1818 )
- May 12 : Wassili Wassiljew , Russian painter and graphic artist (* 1827 )
- May 21 : August Kundt , German physicist (* 1839 )
- June 3 : William Alfred Passavant , American clergyman and founder of the American Diakonie (* 1821 )
- June 4 : Wilhelm Roscher , German economist and founder of the older historical school of economics (* 1817 )
- June 4 : Charles C. Van Zandt , American politician (* 1830 )
- June 5 : Immanuel Faißt , German composer and university professor (* 1823 )
- June 7th : Hermann Julius Grüneberg , German inventor and entrepreneur (* 1827 )
- June 7th : Mulai al-Hassan I , Sultan of the Alawids in Morocco (* 1836 )
- June 7 : Rodman M. Price , American politician (* 1816 )
- June 9 : Friedrich Louis Dobermann , German judicial clerk, dog breeder and namesake of the Dobermann dog breed (* 1834 )
- June 9 : Werner Hagedorn , German surgeon (* 1831 )
- June 9 : Johann Wilhelm Schwedler , German civil engineer and construction clerk (* 1823 )
- June 11 : John Tuttle Andrews , American lawyer and politician (* 1803 )
- June 14 : Johan Andersson , Swedish bishop (* 1820 )
- May 14 : Alexander Cameron Hunt , American politician (* 1825 )
- June 17th : Hermann Lattemann , German professional airship and parachutist (* 1852 )
- June 19 : Karl Roth von Schreckenstein , German historian, writer and archivist (* 1823 )
- June 20 : Bishop W. Perkins , American politician (* 1841 )
- June 24th : Marie François Sadi Carnot , French statesman and politician (* 1837 )
- June 27 : Pierre Eliyya Abo-Alyonan , Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (* 1840 )
- June 27 : Louis Pio , Danish socialist leader (* 1841 )
- June 28 : Carl Faulmann , German typesetter, private scholar and stenographer (* 1835 )
Third quarter
- July 4th : August Dillmann , German orientalist and theologian (* 1823 )
- July 5 : Betty Paoli , German writer (* 1814 )
- July 8 : Wladimir Nikititsch Kaschperow , Russian composer (* 1827 )
- July 16 : Nathaniel D. Wallace , American politician (* 1845 )
- July 17 : Gisle Johnson , Norwegian theologian (* 1822 )
- July 18 : Charles Leconte de Lisle , French poet (* 1818 )
- July 22nd : Julius von Bose , Prussian infantry general (* 1809 )
- July 21 : Frederick Low , American politician (* 1828 )
- July 25 : Charles Romley Alder Wright , English chemist (* 1844 )
- July 29 : Richard Buchta , Austrian explorer of Africa (* 1845 )
- August 16 : Ludwig Knoop , German entrepreneur (* 1821 )
- August 17 : Charles L. Robinson , American politician (* 1818 )
- August 27 : Heinrich Keil , German classical philologist (* 1822 )
- September 1 : Samuel Jordan Kirkwood , American politician (* 1813 )
- September 5 : Edward Inglefield , British admiral and polar explorer (* 1820 )
- September 5 : George Stoneman , American politician (* 1822 )
- September 8 : Hermann von Helmholtz , German physiologist and physicist (* 1821 )
- September 9 : Heinrich Brugsch , German Egyptologist (* 1827 )
- September 13 : Emmanuel Chabrier , French composer and pianist (* 1841 )
- September 20 : Heinrich Hoffmann , German psychiatrist and author of Struwwelpeter (* 1809 )
Fourth Quarter
- October 4 : John M. Chivington , American officer (* 1821 )
- October 7 : Andrew Gregg Curtin , American politician (* 1817 )
- October 7 : Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. , American doctor and writer (* 1809 )
- October 8 : Kanagaki Robun , Japanese writer (* 1829 )
- October 9 : Henry Gray , British colonial politician and statesman (* 1802 )
- October 10 : Julius Lehr , German forest scientist and economist (* 1845 )
- October 17th : Ludwig von Henk , German Vice Admiral (* 1820 )
- October 18 : Wilhelm Lenk von Wolfsberg , kuk Feldzeugmeister and scientist (* 1809 )
- October 18 : Edwin Godwin Reade , American politician (* 1812 )
- October 19 : James Darmesteter , French orientalist (* 1849 )
- October 21 : Joseph D. Bedle , American politician (* 1821 )
- October 27 : Carl Ploug , Danish journalist and politician (* 1813 )
- October 28 : Rudolf Hildebrand , German Germanist, teacher and linguist (* 1824 )
- October 29 : Wilhelm Knaack , Austrian actor (* 1829 )
- November 1st : Alexander III. , Russian tsar (* 1845 )
- November 5 : Ernst Albert Naether , German wheelwright, founder of the German pram industry (* 1825 )
- November 15 : Immanuel Stockmeyer , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor (* 1814 )
- November 16 : Robert Charles Winthrop , American politician (* 1809 )
- November 20 : Anton Rubinstein , Russian composer, pianist and conductor (* 1829 )
- November 21 : William Wirt Allen , Brigadier General of the Confederate States of America in the Civil War (* 1835 )
- November 24th : Julius Bremer , German co-founder of the Magdeburg labor movement (* 1828 )
- November 30 : Joseph E. Brown , American politician (* 1821 )
- December 3 : Robert Louis Stevenson , Scottish writer (* 1850 )
- December 4 : Oden Bowie , American politician (* 1826 )
- December 4 : Leon Abbett , American politician (* 1836 )
- December 7 : Ferdinand de Lesseps , French diplomat and engineer (* 1805 )
- December 8 : Pafnuti Chebyshev , Russian mathematician (* 1821 )
- December 11 : Karl Alexander von Burchtorff , District President of Upper Franconia (* 1822 )
- December 12 : John Thompson , Canadian politician (* 1845 )
- December 27th : Francis II , Prince of Sicily (* 1836 )
- December 30th : Amelia Bloomer , American suffragette (* 1818 )
- December 31 : Thomas Jean Stieltjes , Dutch mathematician (* 1856 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Édouard André , French politician and art collector (* 1833 )
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