Nekrolog 1904

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This is a list of famous people who died in 1904 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .

January

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
January 1st James J. Belden American politician 78
January 1st Konoe Atsumaro Japanese politician of the Meiji period 40
January 1st Frederick Pabst German entrepreneur and President of the Pabst Brewing Company 67
January 1st John C. Sherwin American politician 65
January 2nd Salomon Blumenau Prussian pedagogue and preacher of Reform Judaism 78
January 2nd Mathilde Bonaparte French salonniere and painter, daughter of Jérôme Bonaparte 83
January 2nd Ferdinand Bonaventura Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau bohemian nobleman 69
January 2nd James Longstreet General of the Confederate Army 82
January 3rd Otto Karlowa German legal scholar and Romance studies 67
January 3rd Larin Parasque Finnish rune singer 70
January 4th Mitrofan Petrovich Belyayev Russian music publisher and patron 67
January 4th Friedrich Jolly German psychiatrist 59
January 5th Georg Arnold Behn German businessman and Senator of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck 56
January 5th Felix Philipp Kanitz Austrian naturalist, archaeologist and ethnologist 74
January 5th George Francis Train American businessman, writer, author, and eccentric traveler 74
January 5th Karl Alfred von Zittel German geologist and paleontologist 64
6th January Friedrich von Hefner-Alteneck German designer and electrical engineer 58
6th January Hugo von Plessen German administrative officer
January 7th Emmanouil Roidis Greek writer 67
January 7th Andreas Schmalbauch Entrepreneur 52
January 9th Charles Foster American politician 75
January 9th John Brown Gordon American general, senator, and governor of Georgia 71
January 9th Konrad Grob Swiss lithographer and painter 75
January 9th William W. Skiles American politician 54
January 9th Thomas E. Stewart American politician 79
January 9th Francis Wayland American politician 77
10. January Alfred Agster German pharmacist and politician, MdR 45
10. January Christian August Friedrich Garcke German botanist 84
10. January Jean-Léon Gérôme French history painter 79
10. January Gangolf von Kieseritzky Baltic German classical archaeologist 56
10. January Johann Matthias Watterich German Roman Catholic theologian and historian 77
11th January John Young Brown American politician 68
11th January Herman Lehlbach American politician of German origin 58
January 12th Peter Dettweiler German pulmonologist and the founder of the sanatorium system in Germany 66
January 12th Thomas M. Gunter American politician 77
13th January Julius Bertuch German architect and master builder for the city of Gotha 65
13th January Arthur Gehlert German politician, MdR 70
13th January Wilhelm Pockels German politician, Lord Mayor of the City of Braunschweig (1879–1904) 71
January 14th Otto von Oehlschläger German lawyer, President of the Imperial Court 72
January 14th Wilhelm Schröter German landscape painter 54
January 14th Adolf von Schübler German railway engineer 74
January 14th Josef Seegen Austrian balneologist and physiologist 81
15. January Ferdinand Ascherson German classical philologist and librarian 71
15. January Asa S. Bushnell American politician 69
15. January Eduard Lassen composer 73
January 16 Lyman E. Barnes American politician 48
January 16 Jules Beck Swiss high mountain photographer 78
January 16 Pyotr Antonovich Boreischa Russian traffic engineer and entrepreneur
January 16 Leopold Wilhelmi German administrative lawyer and statistician 50
January 17th Henry Keppel British admiral 94
January 17th Georgi Stranski Bulgarian revolutionary, politician 56
January 18th Gottfried Edmund Friess Austrian Benedictine, historian and teacher 67
January 18th Carl von Huzel Wuerttemberg governor and district president 62
January 20th Hermann Eduard von Holst German historian 62
January 20th Ferdinand Mannlicher Austrian inventor and designer of a weapon system (repeater with package load) 55
21th January Filippo Bonzanigo Swiss lawyer and politician 64
21th January Albert von Maybach German lawyer, politician and railway coordinator 81
21th January James F. Stewart American politician 52
22nd of January George Salmon Irish mathematician and theologian 84
22nd of January Laura Vicuña Blessed of the Salesian Family 12
22nd of January Gebhard Wölfle Austrian writer 55
January 23 Karl Wilhelm Nessler German clergyman and politician (DFP), MdR 73
January 23 Rudolf Sulzbach German banker and patron 76
January 24th Georg Ehni German businessman and politician, MdR 75
January 24th Friedrich I. Duke of Anhalt, Prussian general of the infantry 72
January 24th Albert Hollenbach German organ builder 53
January 24th Curt von Knobelsdorff German officer, pioneer of the Blue Cross 64
January 24th Johann Traugott Mutschink Sorbian folk writer 82
January 26th Émile Deschanel French writer and politician 84
January 26th Berthold Suhle German classical philologist and chess player 67
January 26th Julius Wulff German revolutionary and chairman of the early labor movement 82
January 27th Stephen Wright Kellogg American politician 81
January 27th Heinrich Otto Lehmann German legal scholar, legal historian and university professor 51
January 27th Robert Lowry American politician 79
January 27th Adam Siepen German foot painting painter 52
January 28th Emil Fieser German lawyer and politician (NLP), MdR 68
January 28th Karl Emil French Austrian writer and publicist 55
January 28th Asta Heiberg German writer 86
January 28th Gustav Richter German classical philologist, historian and educator 65
January 28th Henry Thynne British politician 71
January 29th Louis-Paul Betz German literary scholar 42
January 30th Edouard Corroyer French architect 68
January 30th Jakob Finger Prime Minister in the Grand Duchy of Hesse 79
31 January Otto Hesse Prussian district administrator
31 January Josef Hoffmann Austrian painter and set designer 72
31 January Franz Weber German brewery owner and politician (center), MdR 68

February

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
February 1st Curtis Coe Bean American politician 76
February 1st Mariano S. Otero American politician 59
February 2nd Edward Braddon Australian politician 74
February 2nd William Collins Whitney American politician 62
3 February Marie Firmin Bocourt French zoologist and artist 84
3 February John James McDannold American politician 52
February 4th William D. Bishop American politician 76
February 4th Gaspard Gsell Swiss-French glass painter 89
February 4th Walter Hill Australian botanist 84
February 5th Émile Duclaux French microbiologist and chemist 63
February 5th Thomas Wren American politician 78
February 6th Heinrich Ludwig von Baur Württemberg Oberamtmann 87
February 6th Julius von Horst Austrian major general and statesman 73
February 7th Emil Rosenow German writer, editor and politician (SPD), MdR 32
February 7th Thomas F. Tipton American politician 70
February 10th Josiah Patterson American politician 66
February 10th John A. Roche American politician 59
February 11th Vladimir Wassiljewitsch Markovnikov Russian chemist 66
February 12th Antonio Labriola Italian philosopher, professor of theoretical philosophy at the University of Rome 60
February 12th Rudolf Maison German sculptor 49
February 12th Carl Gustav Odermann German pedagogue, business school teacher and author 88
13th February Wilhelm Schell German mathematician 77
14th of February Charles Emerson Beecher American paleontologist 47
14th of February Magnus Blix Swedish physiologist and professor at Lund University 54
February 15th Emil Dierzer from Traunthal Austrian entrepreneur and politician 59
February 15th Ludwig Gedlek Polish painter, active in Vienna 56
February 15th Mark Hanna American Industrialist and Politician (Republican Party) 66
February 15th Józef Huss Polish architect 57
February 15th Ernst Petzholtz Court builder and court mason 64
February 15th Chananiah Yom Tow Lipa Teitelbaum Hasidic Chief Rabbi of Sziget (1883–1904) 65
February 16 Adolph Lehmann Austrian journalist 75
February 17th Hermann Emminghaus German psychiatrist and university professor 58
February 17th José Frappa French painter 49
February 18 Wilhelm Blum German politician, MdR 72
February 18 Benedict Zenetti Benedictine abbot in Munich 82
20. February Adolf Buchenberger German economist and statesman from Baden 55
21st of February Louis Beushausen German geologist and paleontologist 40
21st of February Gabriel Bouck American politician 75
February 22 Benno von Massow Prussian soldier, most recently lieutenant general 76
February 22 John Denniston Patton American politician 74
February 22 Hans Rothbart German architect 57
February 22 Leslie Stephen English cleric, writer and mountaineer 71
February 23 Ernst von Bertouch Danish-German civil servant, historian and publicist 82
February 23 Friederike Kempner German poet 75
February 24th Henry Moses Pollard American politician 67
February 24th Ernst von Prittwitz and Gaffron Prussian lieutenant general 71
February 24th Edward Sieveking English medic 87
February 28 Aristide Bergès French hydraulic engineer and entrepreneur 70
February 28 Levegh French racing driver 33
February 29th Henri Joseph Perrotin French astronomer 58
February 29th Werner von Watzdorf Saxon Finance Minister 67

March

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
1st March James G. Blair American politician 79
1st March Georg Jäger Württemberg captain and poet 77
1st March Pyotr Semjonowitsch Wannowski Russian officer and statesman 81
2nd March Nelson K. Hopkins American lawyer and politician 88
2nd March Joseph cyclist Gilder, interior decorator, purveyor to the court of the Bavarian kings, local politician in Munich 84
2nd March Moritz Rahmer German rabbi, publicist and editor 66
2nd March Gottlieb Schnapper-Arndt German private scholar 57
3 March Ferdinand Brucker American politician 46
3 March Ernst Ezekiel Pfeiffer Honorary citizen of Cannstatt, benefactor 72
4th of March Romanus Braubach German lawyer and politician, MdR 52
4th of March Nathan Cole American politician 78
4th of March Joseph William Trutch British engineer, politician and holder of the highest political office in British Columbia 78
5. March Melvin M. Boothman American politician 57
5. March Eduard James Haniel Entrepreneur in the coal and steel industry 59
5. March John Lowther du Plat Taylor British officer and founder of the Army Post Office Corps
5. March Alfred von Waldersee Prussian Field Marshal General 71
6th March Hans Hermann Behr German physician, botanist and entomologist 85
6th March Rudolf Müller Bohemian history painter, art writer and drawing teacher 87
7th March Alexander Büchner German writer and literary historian 76
7th March Ferdinand André Fouqué French geologist 75
7th March Augustus Loftus British diplomat and colonial official 86
7th March Theodor Thierfelder German medic 79
8th of March Adolfo Bullrich Argentinian entrepreneur, Mayor of Buenos Aires 70
8th of March Bernhard Foerster German mining engineer and Saxon ministerial official 63
8th of March Jacob Romeis American politician 68
9th March Otto von Alberti Royal Württemberg Secret Archives Council at the Stuttgart State Archives 69
9th March Emma Hellenstainer Pioneer of Tyrolean gastronomy 85
9th March Erastus Dow Palmer American cameo maker and sculptor 86
March 10th George W. Croft American politician 57
March 11 Robert Seaman American millionaire and industrialist
March 12th Jakob Egger Swiss educator and school politician 82
March 12th Joseph Bendix German government builder and lieutenant in the reserve 29
March 13th Hugo by François Officer of the German protection force in the former colony of German South West Africa, today's Namibia 42
March 13th Ludovic Trarieux French politician and founder of the French League for Human Rights 63
March, 15 Pius Keller German Augustinian monk 78
March 16 Gaetano Giorgio Gemmellaro Italian geologist and paleontologist 72
March 16 Wilhelm Joachim von Hammerstein German politician, Member of the Bundestag and forester 66
17. March George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge British Field Marshal 84
17. March Louis Mary Fink Bishop of Leavenworth 69
17. March Gideon C. Moody American politician (Republican Party) 71
March 18th Franziska von Fritsch German writer 76
19th March Thomas Robert McInnes Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia 63
March, 20th Abner Weyman Colgate American businessman 65
March, 20th Oskar Kramer German ironworks owner and politician (NLP), MdR 70
March, 20th Charles Winston Thompson American politician 43
March 21st William Russell Grace American politician 71
March 22 Chapman Freeman American politician 71
March 22 Ludwig Hanselmann German historian and first archivist for the city of Braunschweig 70
March 22 James H. Jones American politician 73
March 22 Karl Moritz Schumann German botanist 52
March 24th Julius Berend German ballet dancer, child actor, opera singer and theater actor 83
March 24th Carl Alexander von Duhn German court judge and local politician 88
March 24th Emma Herwegh German revolutionary and champion of the women's rights movement 86
March 24th Josef Řebíček Czech violinist and conductor 60
March 24th Johann Friedrich Reik German painter and drawing teacher 67
25th March Conrad Justus Bredenkamp German Protestant theologian and university professor 56
25th March Heinrich Moritz Hauschild German publisher
25th March Sakkalin King of the Kingdom of Luang Phrabang 63
26th of March Ferdinand Pauwels Belgian history painter 73
26th of March Anton Poschacher Austrian stonemason, architect, industrialist 62
27th of March Theodor Kettner German insurance director and politician (DP), MdR 71
28th March Bernhard Fiedler German painter 87
28th March Karl Weysser Baden landscape and architecture painter 70
March 29 Gustav Kröhnke German engineer and land surveyor 77
March 30 Friedrich von Medicus German politician, Mayor of Aschaffenburg 56
March 30 Karl slip of paper German educator and poet 72

April

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
April 1st Otto von Böhtlingk German orientalist 88
April 1st Richard Camenisch Swiss lawyer and politician 66
April 1st Amalia Ferraris Italian dancer
April 1st Wilhelmine Fliedner Founder of the Wilhelmine Fliedner Realschule 68
April 1st Lambert van Meerten Dutch art and antiques collector 61
2nd of April Albert Green Revolutionary 1848/49, teacher and author 81
2nd of April John A. Peters American politician 81
2nd of April Johann Theodor Schirmer German university professor and lawyer 76
3rd of April Ernest Monnington Bowden British inventor, bowden cable
3rd of April Adolf Koch German architect, draftsman, etcher and specialist writer 58
3rd of April Hubert Sattler Austrian landscape painter 87
4. April Lorenz von Braunwart German lawyer 77
4. April Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez Mexican painter 79
4. April Americus V. Rice American politician 68
4. April Charles Soret Swiss mineralogist and physicist 49
April 5th Frances Power Cobbe Irish social reformer, suffragette and pioneer in the fight against vivisection 81
April 5th Ernst zu Leiningen Prince of Leiningen, British admiral 73
April 5th John Houston Savage American politician 88
April 5th Theodor Leberecht stone graves German music publisher 74
April 6th Gaudenzio Bonfigli Italian religious, Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See 73
April 6th Ernst Wilhelm Bursche Polish Protestant pastor 72
April 6th Émile de Kératry French politician 72
April 6th Isidor Silbernagl German church historian and canonist 72
7th of April Timothy J. Campbell American lawyer and politician 64
April 8th Martin Söhle German notary and banker 72
April 8th Friedrich Wailand Austrian painter 82
April 8th Justus Schneider German doctor and writer 62
9th April Johann Nepomuk Beck Opera singer (baritone) 76
9th April Isabella II Queen of Spain 73
9th April Oliver S. Kelly American entrepreneur and technical pioneer
9th April Adolf Zehlicke German teacher and writer 69
10th of April Hugo Samuel von Richthofen German administrative lawyer, senior president in East Prussia 61
11 April Franz Stahr General doctor of the Prussian Army 61
12. April Fidel Kröner Austrian stonemason and master builder 65
12. April Gustav Poensgen German industrial and commercial councilor 79
12. April Hugo Praetorius German politician and landowner in Pomerania, MdR 69
April 13th Stepan Osipovich Makarov Russian admiral and polar explorer 55
April 13th Jenny Rauch German theater actress 24
April 13th Saitō Ryokuu Japanese writer 36
April 13th Mikhail Petrovich Vasilyev Russian naval officer, commander of the first Russian icebreaker 46
April 13th Wassili Wassiljewitsch Vereschtschagin Russian battle painter 61
April 14th Robert Coeler German administrative officer
April 15th Michelangelo Celesia Archbishop of Palermo, Cardinal 90
April 15th Eugen Dieterich German chemist and entrepreneur 63
April 15th Ernst von Grolman Prussian officer, most recently general of the infantry 71
April 15th Maximilian Kronberger German member of the George Circle 16
April 16 Samuel Smiles Scottish moral writer 91
April 16 Andrew H. Ward American politician 89
17th April Georg von Alten Prussian major general 55
April 18 Boghos Bedros XI. Emanuelian Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church 75
April 18 Sumner Paine American marksman 35
April 18 Karl von Schelling Bavarian administrative officer 59
April 19th John Reilly American politician 68
April 19th Friedrich zu Solms-Baruth Landowner, member of the Reichstag 82
April 19th Marie Wille German donor 72
20th of April Friedrich von Kühlwetter German administrative officer and parliamentarian 67
April 21 Emil Rittmeyer Swiss painter 83
April 21 Albert Schneider Swiss legal scholar and Romance studies 67
April 22 Hugo Richter-Lefensdorf German landscape, portrait and still life painter and etcher 50
April 24th Amélie Linz German writer 79
April 24th Norodom I. Cambodian king
April 24th William Pittenger American Union Army soldier and writer 64
April 24th Joseph Powell American politician 75
26th of April John Kissig Cowen American politician 59
April 27 Louis Cassirer German industrialist 65
April 27 Gustav Trockenbrodt German lawyer, writer and local poet 34
April 27 Mychajlo Staryzkyj Ukrainian cultural activist, writer, poet and playwright 63
April 28 Stephan Gschwind Swiss entrepreneur 50
April 28 Friedrich Revertera by Salandra Austro-Hungarian diplomat and politician 77
April 29 Friedrich Plehn German tropical medicine 42
April, 30th Gustav Rumpel German architect 59

May

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
1st of May Antonín Dvořák bohemian composer 62
1st of May Wilhelm His Swiss anatomist 72
1st of May Andrew Kiefer American politician 71
2.May Mathilde Esch Moravian genre painter 89
2.May Konstantin Höhlbaum German historian and archivist 54
May 3rd Paulus Motz German dialect poet 86
May 3rd George Van Horn American lawyer and politician 54
May 4th Ashbel P. Fitch American lawyer and politician 55
May 4th Dominikus Ringsisen German Catholic theologian and founder of the Ursberg Institute 68
5th of May Mór Jókai Hungarian writer and journalist 79
5th of May Emma Mampe-Babnigg Austrian opera singer (soprano) and singing teacher 79
May 6th Otto Bender German local politician 56
May 6th Franz von Lenbach German painter 67
May 6th Charles Feodor Welsch German landscape painter 76
May 6th Alexander William Williamson British chemist 80
May 7th Manuel Candamo Peruvian President (1895 and 1903–1904) 62
May 7th Peter Hille German writer 49
May 7th Andrew McNally American map publisher
May 7th William AJ Sparks American politician 75
8th of May Edwin von Drenkmann German lawyer, President of the Chamber Court 77
8th of May Eadweard Muybridge English photographer and pioneer of photo technology 74
8th of May Frederick York Powell British historian 54
10th of May Carl Boehme German lawyer and liberal politician, MdR, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony) 61
10th of May Ernst Iffland German politician, head of cabinet in the state of Schaumburg-Lippe 83
10th of May Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin Russian painter 42
10th of May Henry Morton Stanley British-American journalist, African explorer and book author 63
May 11th Hans Grisebach German architect 55
May 11th David Breakenridge Read Canadian lawyer, author and politician 80
12th of May Andrew Hickenlooper American officer and politician 66
May 13th Eugene Kumičić Croatian teacher, politician and writer 54
May 13th Ottokar Lorenz Austro-German historian and genealogist 71
May 13th Gabriel Tarde French sociologist 61
May 14th Emilie von der Embde German portrait, genre, landscape and flower painter 87
May 14th Eduard Koschwitz German Romanist, Medievalist, Provençalist and phoneticist 52
May 14th Karl Gustav Manitius Lutheran theologian 80
May 14th James McGee Canadian ice hockey and Canadian football player 24
May 15 Carl Heinrich Martin Bauer German architect and politician, MdHB, MdR 74
May 15 Étienne-Jules Marey French physiologist and inventor 74
May 15 Chaim Slonimski Polish Hebrew scientific writer and journalist 94
17th of May Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach 51
17th of May Otto von Wackerbarth German manor owner and politician, MdR 81
May 18 Heinrich Ahrens German stone sculptor, heraldist, non-fiction author on the history of Hanover and publisher 59
May 19th Korla Awgust Kocor Sorbian composer 81
May 19th Moses A. McCoid American politician 63
May 19th Peter Staub American politician 77
May 19th Jamshedji Tata Indian entrepreneur; Father of Indian industrialization 65
May 20th Bodo von Bülow German lawyer, State Councilor and Chairman of the Ministry of Finance 69
May 20th William Wallace American wire manufacturer and inventor 79
May 21 Adolf Müller-Palm German journalist, writer and newspaper publisher 64
May 21 Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg German nobleman 22nd
May 22 Charles Elwood Brown American politician (Republican Party) 69
May 22 Karl Dietz German psychiatrist 44
May 22 Carl Timmerman German entrepreneurs and politicians (center), MdR 76
May 22 Georges Gilles de la Tourette French neurologist and forensic scientist, described Tourette's syndrome in 1885 46
May 22 Ueno Hikoma Japanese photographer 65
23. May Karl Christian Andreae German painter 81
23. May Robert McLachlan English entomologist 67
23. May August Schwartz Printer, bookseller and postcard inventor 66
23. May Jakob Wirz German manufacturer in Moscow 48
May 24th Friedrich Siemens German industrialist, brother of Werner von Siemens 77
25. May Victor Merz Swiss chemist and university professor 64
May 26 Claas Hugo Humbert German-French writer 73
May 27th Charles Christopher Sheats American lawyer and politician 65
28th of May Joseph B. Cheadle American politician 61
28th of May Kicking Bear Indian chief and medicine man of the Oglala- (Minneconjou) -Lakota-Sioux 58
28th of May Matthew Quay American politician 70
May 29th Wilhelm Volck German theologian and university professor 68
30th May Robert Assmus German landscape painter and illustrator 61
30th May Friedrich Wilhelm II. Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 84
30th May Anton Goldmann Austrian industrialist and pioneer of camera construction 74
30th May Hermann Rollett Austrian poet of the Vormärz, art writer and local researcher 84
31. May Alberto Blanc Italian diplomat 68
31. May Friedrich Braun German Lutheran theologian and clergyman 53

June

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
June 1st Franz Falkson German local politician, First Mayor of Weißenfels 53
June 1st Benjamin F. Gue American politician 75
June 1st Stephan Waetzoldt German Romance studies and German studies 54
June 1st George Frederic Watts English painter 87
3rd of June Otto Försterling German genre and landscape painter 60
3rd of June Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Serbian poet 70
3rd of June Eduard Wlassack Lawyer in the administration of the Vienna Court Theater 62
June 4th Elizabeth MacNicol Scottish painter 34
June 5th Sami Frashëri Albanian man of letters 54
June 7th Otto von Heinemann German librarian and historian 80
June 7th Hermann Herzog German textile manufacturer and politician (FVp), MdR 59
8th June Friedrich Ludwig Knapp German technician 90
8th June Ernest Pillow American politician 48
June 9th Lucie Berlin German murder victim 8th
June 9th Henry Gray Turner American politician 65
June 9th Julius von Voigts-Rhetz Prussian officer, most recently general of the artillery 82
June 10th Alwil Pacher from Theinburg Austrian industrialist
June 10th Carl Weitbrecht German deacon, writer, literary historian and university professor 56
June 11th Paul von Brand Prussian landowner and politician, MdR 72
June 11th Clas Theodor Odhner Swedish historian 67
June 12 Henri Lachambre French aviation pioneer and manufacturer of hydrogen balloons 57
June 12 Camille de Renesse Belgian count, entrepreneur and author 67
June 13th Wilhelm von Zahn German mathematician and educator 65
14th June Andrew Humphreys American politician 83
14th June Nikiforos Lytras Greek painter
15th June Elard Briegleb German clergyman and dialect poet 82
15th June Karl Knabl German painter 54
June 16 Victor Hecht Alpinist and lawyer
June 16 Eugene Schauman Finnish nationalist 29
June 16 Hugo Schultz German lawyer and politician 65
17th of June Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov Russian Governor General of Finland 65
17th of June James Herron Hopkins American politician 71
17th of June Wilhelm Lambrecht German measuring instrument maker and entrepreneur 69
17th of June Guido Uhlemann German landowner and conservative politician, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony) 80
18th of June Franz Joseph Keßler German mayor and politician (center), MdR 65
June 19th Melchior Britschgi Swiss politician and hotelier 74
June 19th Friedrich Wilhelm Schirrmacher German medieval historian and university professor 80
20th June George Stephens Canadian lawyer and politician 71
June 21st David P. Richardson American politician 71
June 22 Karl von Stremayr Austrian lawyer and politician 80
23rd June Friedrich Biermann cigar manufacturer from Bremen 66
June 24th Frederick Field Bullard American composer 39
24th July Fulvio Fulgonio Italian writer and librettist 72
June 24th Franz Hervay von Kirchberg Austrian district captain 33
June 24th Carlos D. Shelden American politician 64
25th June Wilhelm Jordan German writer and politician 85
25th June Warring Kennedy 28th Mayor of Toronto 76
25th June James A. McKenzie American politician 63
25th June Gustav Nick German librarian 66
25th June Zacharias Oppenheimer German physician and university professor 74
25th June Sarah Wyman Whitman American artist 61
June 26th Paul Dangla French cyclist 22/26
June 27th Edmund Kanoldt German painter 59
June 28th John Ford House American politician 77
June 28th Paul Pradier-Fodéré French lawyer and publicist 76
June 29th Gustav Hempel German forester and university professor 61
June 29th John L. Mitchell American politician 61
June 30th Eduard Goebel German philologist, grammar school director and member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the Center Party 73

July

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
July 1 Josep Balari i Jovany Spanish classical philologist, historian, Romanist and Catalanist 59
July 1 Ernst von Beulwitz Bavarian major general 60
July 1 Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Spanish diplomat 52
2nd July Henri Béconnais French racing driver 35
2nd July Ernst Fürstenheim German doctor 67
3rd of July John Bell Hatcher American paleontologist 42
3rd of July Theodor Herzl Austrian writer, publicist, journalist and Zionist politician 44
July 4th Jean Mieg-Koechlin Franco-German industrialist, mayor, MdLA 84
5th July Gilbert Beith Scottish politician
5th July Joseph Blanc French painter 58
5th July Gerhard Hachmann German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Hamburg Mayor 66
5th July Franz Hilgendorf German zoologist and conservator 64
July 6th Joseph Horace Lewis American lawyer and politician 79
July 6th Abai Qunanbajuly Kazakh poet, writer and thinker 58
July 6th Witold Zglenicki Polish geologist, oil exploiter and philanthropist 54
7th of July Adolph Friedländer German lithographer 53
7th of July Theodor Wilhelm Lesse German lawyer and politician (NLP), MdR 76
7th of July Gerhard Struve German domain leaseholder, sugar manufacturer and politician (NLP), MdR 68
8th of July Benno Meyer German politician 61
8th of July Nikolai Nikolayevich Obruchev Russian general 73
July 9 Karl Schultes German actor, director and writer 82
July 9 Edouard Thilges Luxembourg politician 87
10th of July Anton Sailer Banat Swabian patron 84
10th of July Robert Fisher Tomes British zoologist 80
July 11th Benedict Menges Priest, Benedictine abbot 63
July 11th Moritz West Austrian librettist 63
July 12 Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten Dutch painter 74
July 13th Farrand Stewart Stranahan American politician, war veteran, businessman, and banker 62
July 14th Paul Kruger South African politician and founder of the Kruger National Park 78
15th of July Josef Prokuslav Pražák Czech ornithologist 34
15th of July Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Russian writer and playwright 44
17th July Wilhelm Marr German journalist, anti-Semite and politician, MdHB 84
17th July Eduard Preuss German theologian and author, publicist in the USA 70
17th July Isaac Roberts Welsh astronomer 75
July 18th Friedrich Jakob Dochnahl German naturalist and pomologist 84
July 19 Hans Hermann Eschke first German consul general in Singapore 47
July 19 James T. Johnston American politician 65
July 19 Heinrich Theodor Schmidt German architect 61
20th of July Wilhelm Deppe German lawyer and politician, MdR 60
20th of July Wilhelm Eyle Tenor and composer 64
20th of July Marcus Goldman American investment banker of German origin 82
20th of July Berta Lungstras Founder of the first Protestant women's shelter in Bonn (1873) 67
20th of July John R. McBride American politician 71
20th of July Friedrich von Schele Prussian officer, most recently lieutenant general and governor of German East Africa 56
21 July Friedrich Eisenlohr German mathematician 73
21 July John HG Vehslage American politician 61
22nd of July Giovanni Battista Guidi apostolic diplomat 52
22nd of July August Laubenheimer German industrialist 55
22nd of July Hermann Pieper German mine director and member of parliament 64
July 23 Cornelis Adriaan Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn Dutch chemist 47
July 23 Richard Hol Dutch composer 79
July 23 Heinrich Knorr District administrator, civil servant and judge Grand Duchy of Hesse 73
July 23 Rudolph Amandus Philippi German zoologist, botanist and paleontologist 95
24th July Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Koenigs Cologne banker 61
July 25th John Alexander Morrison American politician 90
July 25th Marie von Najmájer Austrian writer 60
July 25th Friedrich Stephan German bank director and politician (DFP), MdR 82
July 27th Oscar Hermann Beschorner German medic 61
July 27th John Rogers American sculptor 74
July 27th Higino de Sousa Portuguese medic 42
July 28th Vyacheslav Konstantinovich von Plehwe Russian politician 58
29th of July Frederick Goodall English painter 82
30th July Richard A. Harrison American politician 80
30th July Joseph Joachim Swiss writer 70
30th July Ernst Vowinckel German businessman and politician 76
July 31 Richard Kund German officer and explorer 52

August

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
August 1st Martin Binder German organ builder 54
August 1st Ernst Hermann Ottiliae Prussian mining captain 83
August 1st Robert Emory Pattison American politician 53
August 2nd Gustav von Arnim Landowner and Prussian politician 84
August 2nd Sittig from Hanstein Prussian administrative officer and parliamentarian 67
August 2nd Gustav Sixt Secondary school teacher, scholar and archaeologist 47
4th of August Vasily Bilbasov Ukrainian-Russian historian and publicist 66
4th of August Anton Dietrich German painter 71
4th of August Arnold pitcher German pianist, composer and music teacher 54
4th of August Christoph von Sigwart German philosopher 74
5th of August James T. Lewis American politician 84
5th of August Aloyse Michalesi German opera singer (contralto) 79
5th of August Karl Quidenus Austrian architect and builder 64
5th of August Rudolf Johann Friedrich Quoos German manor owner and politician (NLP), MdR 84
5th of August Carl Weigert German pathologist 59
6th of August Eduard Hanslick Austrian music critic and university professor 78
6th of August Edo Friedrich von der Schulenburg Prussian landowner, district administrator and politician 88
August 7th William Adams British locomotive engineer for the English Railways 80
August 7th Heinrich Hasselhorst German painter and draftsman 79
August 7th Heinrich Eduard von Lade German banker and amateur astronomer 87
8th August James Cox Aikins Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba 81
August 9 Otto Brausewetter German painter 70
August 9 Mark H. Dunnell American politician 81
August 9 Friedrich Ratzel German zoologist and geographer 59
August 9 John F. Starr American politician 86
August 9 Lawrence S. Trimble American politician 78
August 9 George Graham Vest American politician 73
August 10 Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau French lawyer and politician 57
August 10 Wilhelm Karlowitsch Withöft Russian admiral 56
August 11th Samuel Putnam Avery American artist, art dealer, and patron 82
August 11th Fritz Dinger German painter and engraver 77
August 11th Rudolf Ganßer Wuerttemberg officer, colonial officer 38
August 11th Moritz Lily German writer and journalist 69
12. August George H. Brickner American politician 70
12. August Louis von der Groeben German manor owner and politician, MdR 61
12. August William Renshaw English tennis player 43
13 August Leopold Feigenbutz Local explorer in the Kraichgau 76
13 August Karl Tannen German publisher and writer 77
August 14th Feodor quarrel democratic politician and publicist 83
15th of August John Henry Kinkead American politician 77
15th of August Carle Wescher French classical philologist, epigraphist, archaeologist and librarian 71
August 16 Adolf Ausfeld German classical philologist and high school teacher 48
August 16 George E. Lounsbury American Republican Party politician and Connecticut Governor 66
17th August Carl Deul German architect and first head of the rural community Oberschöneweide (1898–1904) 49
17th August Charles S. Randall American politician 80
17th August Conrad Weidmann German painter, draftsman, art and colonial writer 56
18th of August Peter Becker German landscape and genre painter, etcher and lithographer 75
18th of August Peter of Carnap German landowners and politicians in Elberfeld 81
18th of August Thomas of Nathusius German animal painter 37
18th of August Sébastien Wyart French officer, Roman Catholic clergyman, Trappist, abbot and Abbot General of the Trappists 64
18th of August Georg zu Ysenburg and Büdingen-Philippseich German administrative officer 64
August 19th Augusto Bonetti Italian clergyman 69
August 21 Ferdinand Koch German hut owner and politician (NLP), MdR 71
August 21 Peter Piel German composer, teacher and music theorist 69
August 22nd Kate Chopin American writer 54
August 22nd Izidoro Martins Júnior Brazilian poet lawyer 43
August 23 George Leander American track cyclist 21st
August 24th Julius Bergmann German philosopher 65
August 24th Friedrich Frank German Catholic clergyman and politician (center), MdR 71
August 24th Georg Hasenclever District Administrator 86
August 25 Marie Bach Swiss writer 68
August 25 Henri Fantin-Latour French painter and lithographer 68
August 25 Karl Wisniewski German music teacher, composer and writer
August 25 Ludwig Zapf Local history explorer 74
August 27 Heinz Lang Austrian man, literary role model
August 28th Arthur Melville Scottish painter 49
August 28th Otto Süs German civil servant and politician, MdR 74
29th August Murad V. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876) 63
August 30th Michael A. Healy Revenue Cutter Service officer 64
August 31 Ferdinand von Cronenbold Austrian officer 67
August 31 Otto zu Solms-Rödelheim Prussian politician, landowner in Pomerania 75

September

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
September 2nd Richard of Corswant German manor owners and parliamentarians (MdPrA) 63
September 2nd Edward Drory German-British entrepreneur 60
September 2nd Hermann Staub German lawyer and editor 48
September 3 Tommy Fallot Protestant pastor 59
September 3 Heinrich Koebner German dermatologist 65
September 4th Antonio Chiattone Swiss sculptor 48
September 4th Carlo von Erlanger German ornithologist and explorer 31
September 4th Martin Johnson Heade American painter 85
5th September Carl L. Nippert German-American engineer, lawyer and politician 51
September 6th János Czecz Austrian military technician, officer and Hungarian freedom fighter 82
September 6th Louis Deibler French executioner 81
September 6th Wilhelm von König District Administrator Obertaunuskreis 71
September 6th Rudolph Lepke German art dealer
September 6th Per Sivle Norwegian writer 47
7th of September Jost Brunner Swiss entrepreneurs and politicians 90
7th of September Achatz von Waldow German officer, manor owner and parliamentarian 52
September 10 Henry Butler Clarke British historian, Romanist and Hispanist 40
September 10 Aparicio Saravia Uruguayan military and politician 48
September 10 Oskar Wilhelm Schuster Saxon major general 70
September 10 Anthony Thornton American lawyer and politician 89
September 10 Jose C. Zulueta Filipino journalist and editor 27
12th September Wilhelm Hastedt German brewery owner and politician (NLP), MdR 69
12th September Karl Lorenz Radish German landscape painter 63
12th September Werner von Weiher German administrative officer 45
September 14th Wilhelm Carl Heraeus German pharmacist and chemist 77
September 15th François-Xavier Menoud Swiss politician and State Councilor 83
16th September Wilhelm Franz Epha East Prussian dune inspector 75
16th September Gaston Thierry German officer and administrative officer in Togo and Cameroon 38
17th of September Francisco Antonio Manzanares American politician 61
September 18 Herbert von Bismarck German politician, Member of the Bundestag and son of Otto von Bismarck 54
September 18 Carl Gemander German district administrator
September 19th Albert Natalis German businessman and entrepreneur 73
September 19th François-Joseph Schmitt French missionary 65
September 19th Emil Thomas German actor and theater director 67
September 20th Joseph Maria de Yermo y Parres Mexican priest, founder and saint of the Catholic Church 52
21st September Chief Joseph Nez Percé Indians 64
21st September Alexis Langer German architect 79
September 22 Benjamin Matlack Everhart American mycologist 86
September 22 Max von Romberg German Fideikommissherr and politician, MdR 80
September 23rd Émile Gallé French artisan and designer 58
September 24th Franklin Edson American politician 72
September 24th Niels Ryberg Finsen Danish doctor and Nobel Prize winner 43
September 24th Gustav Frank Protestant theologian 71
September 24th Hermann Kortum German mathematician 67
September 24th Ludwig Marckert German architect 53
25th of September Peter Klausener German administrative officer 59
25th of September Christian Julius von Massenbach German administrative officer, district president in Marienwerder 71
September 26th Lafcadio Hearn Writer of Irish-Greek descent, whose works have decisively shaped the western image of Japan 54
September 26th Ernst to Lippe-Biesterfeld Regent of Lippe (1897–1904) 62
September 26th Carl Canaris German industrialist 52
September 27th Oskar Appelius German architect and Prussian building officer 66
September 27th Ernst Hugo Berger German classical philologist and historical geographer 67
September 27th David Grant Colson American politician 43
September 28th Adolf Brehmer German lawyer and politician 64
September 28th Friedrich Caliga deer German opera singer (tenor) 45
September 28th Hermann Strauch German lawyer and university professor 65
September 29th Hugo Knorr German landscape and marine painter, draftsman and art professor 69
September 29th Friedrich Eduard Krichauff German-Australian botanist and politician 79
September 29th Alfred Nehring German zoologist and paleontologist 59
30. September George Frisbie Hoar American politician 78

October

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
October 1 Cesare Bonelli Italian Minister of War 83
October 1 William Vernon Harcourt British Liberal Party politician, House of Commons member and peer 76
October 1 Samuel Rousseau French composer 51
October 2nd Lasar Brodskyi Ukrainian entrepreneur and philanthropist 56
October 2nd George Van Eman Lawrence American politician 85
October 2nd Selim Lemström Finnish physicist 65
October 3 Fritz Neff German composer 30th
October 3 Heinrich Petry German sculptor 72
October 3 Friedrich zu Stolberg-Stolberg German aristocrat and politician (center), MdR 67
4th of October Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi French sculptor 70
4th of October Rudolf Gaedechens German classical archaeologist 70
4th of October Barnett Gibbs American politician 53
4th of October Adela Florence Nicolson British poet 39
4th of October Henry C. Payne American politician (Republican Party) 60
4th of October Karl Tanera German officer and writer 55
5th October Paul von Kügelgen Baltic German journalist 61
5th October Henry Lejeune British painter 84
October 6th Ira Davenport American politician 63
October 7th Isabella Bishop British travel writer 72
October 7th Otto Brieger German teacher, organist and composer 69
8th October Carl Oskar von Deuster German landowners and politicians 69
8th October Matt Whitaker ransomware American politician and officer 78
8th October Gustav Ratzenhofer Austrian officer, philosopher and sociologist 62
8th October Bernhard von Schkopp Prussian officer, most recently General of the Infantry and Governor of Strasbourg 87
8th October Clemens Winkler German chemist, discoverer of germanium 65
9th October Lyman Enos Knapp American politician 66
9th October Karl Schrauf Austrian archivist 69
October 10th Anna Forcke Deaconess and, as superior, head of the Henrietten Foundation in Hanover 68
October 11th Adalbert von Hanstein German poet and writer 42
October 11th Georg Hempel German manor owner, industrialist and politician, MdR 57
October 11th Christoph von Seiler Lawyer and Second Mayor of Nuremberg 82
October 12th Alonzo B. Cornell American politician 72
October 12th Karl Jauslin Swiss history painter 62
October 12th Engelbert Lanz Austrian composer, organist and music teacher 84
October 12th Carl Friedrich Meyer German geographer, local researcher and high school teacher 63
October 12th Josef Franz Georg Scheu Austrian composer 63
October 13th Harald Asplund Swedish engineer 73
October 13th Károly Lotz German-Hungarian painter 70
October 13th Pavlos Melas Greek officer 34
October 14th Eduard Gerlich old Austrian railway pioneer 68
October 14th Hermann Jacubowsky Hamburg Lottery Director, MdBü 82
October 14th Julius Cornelius Schaarwächter German (court) photographer 57
15th October George King of Saxony 72
15th October Johann Meyer German writer 75
15th October Albert Schmidt German editor and politician (SPD), MdR 46
October, 16th Ludwig Hermann Harnisch German master pewter and entrepreneur 79
October, 16th Bernard Renault French paleobotanist 68
October 17th María de las Mercedes de Borbon Spanish princess and by marriage Princess of Naples and both Sicilies 24
October 17th Ștefan Petică Romanian poet
October 19th Karl Hugo Huppert German chemist and physician 72
October 19th Galen Spencer American archer 64
the 20th of October Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht German local politician 85
the 20th of October Henry Hiles English composer, organist and music teacher 77
the 20th of October Fritz Koegel German writer and art scholar 44
the 20th of October Emil Schlagintweit German Tibetologist, linguist, orientalist and lawyer 69
October 21 August Drumm German sculptor 42
October 21 Isabelle Eberhardt Swiss-French adventurer, travel writer and journalist 27
October 21 Yevhenia Yaroschynska Ukrainian writer, translator, folklorist and ethnographer 34
October 22nd Samuel Warren Abbott American doctor and statistician 67
October 22nd Carl Josef Bayer Austrian chemist 57
23rd October Emilia Dilke British feminist, art historian and trade unionist 64
October 24th Christoph Wilhelm Otto Hubbe Entrepreneur and Royal Secret Commerce Council 62
October 24th Ludwig von Lossow German nobleman and officer 68
October 24th Hermann Planck von Planckburg Austrian landowner and member of the state parliament 64
October 24th Ormsby B. Thomas American politician 72
October 25 Theodor Fleitmann German chemist and entrepreneur 76
October 25 Teresa Milanollo Italian violinist and composer 77
October 26th Wilhelm Beyer German opera singer and theater actor 39
October 26th Anton Mollinary from Monte Pastello Feldzeugmeister of the Austro-Hungarian Army
October 26th Henry Norman British Field Marshal and Governor 77
28th of October Karl Heydemann German lawyer and politician (NLP), MdR, mayor 59
28th of October Arnould Locard French malacologist, geologist, engineer and historian of science 62
28th of October George K. Nash American politician 62
October 29th Benjamin Harrison Eaton American politician 70
30th of October Nathaniel H. Odell American politician 76
October 31 Ernst shower weather German translator, editor and author 41
October 31 Germano Wanderley German architect and representative of historicism 59

November

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
November 2 Giuseppe Ottolenghi Italian general 65
November 2 Albrecht von Rehdiger German majorate owners and parliamentarians 72
November 2 Eduard Schuster German architect and author 73
November 3rd Willy bamboo German representative of the Chowewe Zion 42
November 3rd Walter Calé German poet 22nd
November 3rd Carl Daniel Ekman Swedish chemical engineer 59
November 3rd Rudolf Gallati Swiss lawyer and politician 59
November 4th Alexander Nikititsch Panschin Russian figure skater 41
November 4th August Pezzey the Younger Austrian painter 29
November 4th Alexander Scharf Austrian journalist 70
November 4th Gaston Serpette French composer 58
November 4th Boers Sherman Governor of Iowa 68
November 5th Heinrich Bertram German educator, Berlin school reformer 78
November 5th Theodor Hultzsch German Chamber of Commerce President and politician, MdR, member of the Saxon State Parliament 72
November 6th Jesse Johnson Finley American politician, judge, senator and Confederate general in the Civil War 91
November 6th Salomon Kohn Austrian writer 79
November 7th Edmund Burke Fairfield American politician 83
November 7th Julius Römheld German ironworks technician and entrepreneur 81
November 7th Heinrich Wedrich Bohemian industrialist, art collector, museum founder and patron of the city of Leipa 69
November 8th Clemens zu Pappenheim royal Bavarian government official 81
November 9th Joseph C. Hendrix American politician 51
November 9th Oliver Aiken Howland Canadian lawyer, politician and 31st Mayor of Toronto 57
November 9th Albert Milde Austrian civil engineer 65
November 10th Augustus Brandegee American politician 76
November 10th Michael Heine French banker and entrepreneur 85
November 10th Moritz Alphons Stübel German naturalist, geologist, geographer, ethnologist 69
November 12th Gustav Dau German and politician (DFP), MdR, farmer 51
November 12th Rudolf Ribarz Austrian landscape painter 56
November 13th Karl von Bredow-Buchow-Carpzow Prussian politician 72
November 13th Karl Friedrich Matthes German politician, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony) 74
November 13th Henri Wallon French historian and statesman 91
14th November Mario Mocenni Italian clergyman, cardinal and nuncio 81
14th November Eduard Rochlitz German engineer, Prussian building officer and university professor 75
15th of November Fanny Kelly American pioneer woman and author 59
15th of November Mary of the Passion French Roman Catholic founder and missionary (beatified) 65
15th of November Anna Sachse-Hofmeister Austrian-German opera singer (soprano)
November 16 James Cooney American politician 56
November 16 Peter von Lehmann German general and numismatist 89
November 16 Edward F. Wright British Colonial Police Chief and cricketer 46
November 17th Hermann Ameler Protestant clergyman and Prussian parliamentarian 92
November 17th Leonhard Romeis German architect of historicism 50
November 18 William Campbell Preston Breckinridge American politician 67
November 18 Wilhelm Conradi German composer, organist and teacher 88
November 18 Eugenio Geiringer Austrian architect and engineer 60
November 18 Luigi Palma di Cesnola American soldier, consul, excavator, antique collector, and first director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 72
November 19th Hans von Hopfen German writer 69
November 19th Friedrich August Lesske German teacher, cantor and local researcher 63
20th November Ivan Nikolayevich Goroshankin Russian botanist 56
20th November Hugh Smith Thompson Governor of south carolina 68
21st November Wheeler H. Bristol American engineer, railroad manager, and politician 86
21st November Jimmy Michael British cyclist 27
21st November Carl Stellwag from Carion Austrian ophthalmologist 81
22nd of November Robert Langerhans German pathologist 45
22nd of November Heinrich Alphons Plessing Lübeck lawyer, notary and senator 74
22nd of November John Perkins Ralls American doctor and politician 82
November 23 Franz von Niesewand Prussian major general 72
November 23 Pasquale Penta Italian psychiatrist and criminal anthropologist 45
November 23 Samuel Washington Woodhouse American doctor and naturalist 83
November 24th Lucie Bacmeister German writer and painter 61
November 24th Christopher Dresser British designer 70
25. November Eduard von Ungern-Sternberg German writer and politician, MdR 68
November 26th Peter Heinrich Brincker German missionary in German South West Africa 68
November 26th José Francisco Chaves American politician 71
November 26th Julius Stadler Swiss architect, watercolorist and university lecturer 76
November 27th Paul Tannery French historian of mathematics and science 60
November 27th Hermann Wilfarth German agricultural chemist 51
November 28th Rudolf von Gasser Bavarian diplomat and court official 75
November 28th Hermann de Pourtales Swiss sailor 57
November 28th Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley British Conservative Party politician, House of Commons member and peer 62
November 29th Fanny Janauschek actress 75
November 29th Karl Schwenzer Württemberg court medalist 61
30th of November Marguerite Charpentier French art collector and salonnière 56
30th of November Josef Schumacher German public prosecutor and parliamentarian 63

December

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
December 1 Hector Giacomelli French draftsman and illustrator 82
2. December Chauncey Forward Black American politician 65
2. December Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Prince of Hohenzollern 61
2. December Karl Koester German pathologist and university professor 61
2. December Ernst Richard von Tschirschky and Bögendorff German colonel 82
3rd of December James Soloman Biery American politician 65
3rd of December David Bratton American swimmer and water polo player 35
December 5th Elisabeth Denkhausen German singer (mezzo-soprano) and stage actress 56
December 5th James Noble Tyner American politician 78
6th of December George of Brandis German manor owner, administrative and court official 57
6th of December Franz Kahn German lawyer and university professor 43
6th of December Maria Zanders German entrepreneur and founder of culture 65
December 7th Adolf Waldinger Slavonian painter 61
9th of December Alexander Nikolayevich Pypin Russian literary historian and ethnographer 71
9th of December Karl Tücking German pedagogue, historian and philologist 78
11th December August Evelt German judges and politicians (LRP, NLP), MdR 76
11th December Friedrich Hammacher German lawyer and politician (DHP), MdR and business leader 80
11th December Heinrich Ludwig Kayser German printer and publisher 71
12th of December Jacob Caro German historian 69
12th of December Hugo von Goldegg Tyrolean politician and heraldist 75
12th of December Heinrich Schabbel Lübeck master baker, confectioner and inventor of the Hanseatic League 43
12th of December Emanuel Schiffers Russian chess player 54
13th December Oswald von Coburg Austrian major general 82
13th December Theodor Pyl German historian 78
December 14th Emil Szanto Austrian ancient historian and epigraphist 47
15th December Paulus Quirinus Brondgeest Dutch medic 69
December 16 Karl Raimund Kristinus Austrian composer 61
December 16 Daniel W. Mills American politician 66
December 16 Anton von Radziwill Prussian officer, most recently General of the Artillery and Adjutant General Wilhelm I. 71
December 16 Friedrich Rassow German lawyer and politician, MdR 78
December 16 Georg Sauerwein German publicist, linguist and humanist 73
December 17th Alfred Gotthold Meyer German university professor, professor of the history of the arts and crafts 40
December 17th Edgar Weeks American politician 65
19. December James Philip Eagle American politician, governor of Arkansas 67
19. December Ernst Hallier German botanist and philosopher 73
20th of December Alexandrine of Baden Baden nobles 84
20th of December Isaac Lowthian Bell British steel industrialist and liberal politician 88
21st December Friedrich Lüders German-American naturalist 91
21st December George Laird Shoup American politician 68
21st December Sebastian Weidner Hessian politician 54
December 22 Carl Friedrich Alexander Bosch German entrepreneur 61
23rd of December Hermann Berthold German entrepreneur and inventor 73
24th of December Gustav Bauernfeind German painter 56
24th of December Julien Dillens Belgian sculptor 55
25 December Guido Bodländer German chemist 49
25 December Pieter Lodewijk Muller Dutch historian 62
25 December Hugh H. Price American politician 45
December 26th Franz Schönthaler Austrian sculptor 83
December 27th Hugo Holstein German philologist and grammar school teacher, literary historian and regional historian 70
December 27th William F. Mahoney American politician 48
December 28th Otto Intze German engineer and university professor, professor of hydraulic engineering, building construction and building materials theory at RWTH Aachen University 61
December 29th August von Boenninghausen German administrative lawyer and district administrator 73
December 29th Friedrich Moritz Brauer Austrian entomologist 72
December 29th Henri Léopold Lévy French painter 64
December 29th August Salfeld German agricultural scientist 69
30th of December Ernst Ewald German painter 68
30th of December Otto Giese German politician 49
December 31 Peter V. Deuster American politician and publisher 73
December 31 Beauchamp Tower English inventor and engineer 59

Date unknown

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
Bertha Akermann-Hasslacher German writer
Camille Andrès French organist and composer
Robert Bartholow American doctor
Friedrich Bellingrodt German pharmacist
Gerolamo Boccardo Italian economist
Karl Breitbach German landscape, genre, portrait and watercolor painter
Albert Butz Swiss-American inventor and businessman
Ludwig Crelinger German theater actor, director, editor and writer
Matthias Day American inventor, newspaper publisher and founder of the city of Daytona Beach
Félix Delta Tour French literary scholar, teacher and civil servant
Emmanuel Drake del Castillo Spanish botanist
George Drysdale British sexologist
Ivannow Wladislaus von Dziarski-Orloff Sideshow actor, "transparent" man
Düdjom Lingpa Tibetan lama and lineage holder of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism
Dagobert Friedlaender banker
Heinrich Gaedertz Lübeck businessman and politician
Carl von Gersdorff Majorate and Prussian Chamberlain
Miltiadis Gouskos Greek athlete
Anton Guffanti German landowner, art collector and donor
Robert Alexander Hillingford British painter of the Düsseldorf School
Rudolf Huebner German bookseller
Alexander Vissarionowitsch Komarow General of the Russian Army
Little wolf American chief of the Himoweyuhkis (Crooked Lances or Elk Horn Scrapers), a warrior society of the Cheyenne Indians
Gustave Macé French criminalist
Eduard von Martens German zoologist, especially malacologist
Alexis Martin French author
Heinrich Maurach German administrative officer
Thomas McCall Scottish inventor
Jan Monchablon French painter
Sava Paşa Ottoman statesman and doctor of Greek origin and Christian faith
Peter Patterson American politician and businessman
William Petrie English inventor
Eduard Pochmann German theater actor and director
Assa Riarua Subchief of the Herero
Johann Georg Riegel German architect and draftsman
William Gillet Ritch American politician, Acting Governor of the New Mexico Territory
Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget French physiologist and histologist
Otto Rudiger German historian, teacher and writer
Leo von Rybinski Polish-German manor owner and politician, MdR
Achilles Schlöth Swiss sculptor
Gustav Schmoll called Eyssenwerth German architect in Saarbrücken
Martin Schneider German lawyer and politician, MdR
Alfred Schultz German administrative lawyer
Moritz Schulz German sculptor
Johannes Karl Schuth German entrepreneur and publisher
Ernst Arthur Seemann German publisher
Iván from Simonyi Hungarian politician and writer
Loudovikos Spinellis Greek composer
Al Swearengen American western hero
Louis Tolhausen German Romanist and lexicographer
Umbarra Elder (elder) of the Djirringanj Aboriginal tribe
George Lennox Watson British yacht designer and boat builder
William James Webbe English book illustrator and painter
Julius Weiler German chemist and industrialist
Adolf Werner German painter
Calonymos Wissotzky Russian agronomist, philanthropist and Zionist
Moritz Wolff Rabbi, philologist and author