Nekrolog 1908

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This is a list of famous people who died in 1908 . 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 Chester Bidwell Darrall American politician 65
January 1st Karl Adolph Paalzow German physicist 84
January 1st Curt von Raab German general in the service of the King of Saxony and historian 73
January 2nd Theodor Fischer German painter, drawing teacher and photographer 83
January 2nd Georges Manolescu Romanian hotel thief, marriage fraud and impostor 36
January 3rd Ottfried von Bendeleben American-German surveyor and gold prospector 71
January 3rd Friedrich Heinrich Otto Jensen German lawyer and politician, MdR 88
January 3rd Gustav von Schönberg German economist 68
January 3rd Charles Augustus Young American astronomer 73
January 4th Willy Hesch Austrian actor and singer 47
January 4th Anthony Winkler Prins Founder of the Dutch encyclopedia "Winkler Prins" 90
January 4th Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz Bishop of Vilnius and Sandomierz 65
January 5th Josef von Mering German medic 58
6th January Albert S. Berry American politician 71
6th January George Dixon Canadian bantam and featherweight boxer 37
January 7th Carl Ludwig Max Behrens Prussian artilleryman, major general 57
January 7th Alfred Abraham Gerngroß German-Austrian merchant and owner of a department store 63
January 7th Ludwig von Kramer German painter, illustrator and restorer 67
January 7th Karl Schmidt German brewery owner and politician, MdR 61
January 8th Alwine Wuthenow Low German poet 87
January 9th Wilhelm Busch German poet and draftsman 75
January 9th Abraham gold thread Yiddish writer 67
January 9th Madam furs Norwegian restaurateur
January 9th Peter Heinrich Thielen German organist and composer 68
11th January Josef Kühschelm Austrian priest, member of the Reichsrat and member of the state parliament 52
January 12th Bernhard Felsenthal American rabbi of German origin 86
January 12th Ernst Hasse German university professor and politician (NLP), MdR 61
13th January Johann Heinrich Theodor Claussen Bremen businessman and politician 82
13th January George Anthony Walkem Canadian politician 73
January 14th William Livingston Alden American journalist, writer and theosophist 70
January 14th Paul Christ Swiss reformed pastor and theologian 71
January 14th Holger Drachmann Danish poet 61
January 14th Robert Ellery English astronomer 80
January 14th Julius Theodor Melchers German-American sculptor and art teacher
15. January Jakob Gschiel Austrian sculptor and wood carver 86
15. January James Ryder Randall American poet and journalist 69
15. January Heinrich Johann Sinkel Dutch painter 73
January 16 Eduard Bacher Austrian journalist 61
January 16 Lydia Moss Bradley American woman, first woman on a bank's board of directors, founder of the Bradley Polytechnic Institute 91
January 16 Julius von Helldorff German manor owner, district administrator and politician, MdR 80
January 16 Edzard zu Innhausen and Knyphausen German nobleman and politician (DHP), MdR 80
January 16 Friedrich August Koernicke German agricultural botanist 79
January 17th Ferdinand IV. Grand Duke of Tuscany 72
January 18th Robert HM Davidson American politician 75
January 18th Charles Pelham American lawyer, judge, officer, and politician 72
January 18th Gustav Polensky German civil engineering contractor 61
January 18th Charles H. Sawyer American politician 67
January 18th Herman Snellen Dutch ophthalmologist 73
January 18th Felix Stoerk Austrian-German lawyer and international law expert 56
January 18th Otto Uhden German head of office and politician, MdR 80
January 18th Heinrich Wigger German Catholic priest 80
January 19th Charles Emory Smith American politician 65
January 20th Julius von Eckardt Hamburg Senate Secretary, German diplomat, journalist and historian 71
January 20th Heinrich Huebschmann German orientalist 59
January 20th Massey Lopes British Conservative Politician 89
21th January Joseph Cytronowski German clergyman and politician (center), MdR 68
22nd of January George E. Bowden American politician 55
22nd of January Eugen Edmund Erbe German lawyer and politician 60
22nd of January Morris Ketchum Jesup American banker and philanthropist 77
22nd of January Albert Thierfelder German physician, pathologist and university professor 65
22nd of January August Wilhelmj German violinist 62
January 23 Hashimoto Gahō Japanese painter 72
January 23 Edward MacDowell American composer and pianist 47
January 25th Ouida British writer 69
January 25th Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin Russian chess player 57
January 25th António Sebastião Valente Portuguese Archbishop of Goa 62
January 26th Alexander Mann Scottish late impressionism painter 55
January 26th Paul Emile Réveillère French admiral and later pacifist 78
January 27th Louis Jaccard Swiss politician 59
January 27th Paul Scholz German manor owners and parliamentarians 85
January 28th Ernst Basch German magician and entrepreneur 69
January 28th John Coburn American politician 82
January 28th Josef Freinademetz Catholic religious, missionary to China, saint 55
January 28th Ragnhild Jølsen Norwegian writer 32
January 28th Sidney Paget British illustrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories 47
January 28th François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne French cardinal, Archbishop of Paris 88
January 29th Benjamin R. Cowen American editor, officer and politician 76
January 29th Gustav Ernst zu Erbach-Schönberg German nobleman 67
January 29th Johannes Haas German Imperial Judge 56
January 30th Franz Goerlich German bookseller and publisher
31 January Carl von Voit German physiologist 76
31 January Johann Heinrich Witte German philologist and educator 61
January Nicolas Eugène Simoutre French violin maker 73

February

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
February 1st Milovan Glišić Serbian writer, translator and journalist 61
February 1st Rafael Guastavino Spanish architect 65
February 1st Charles I. King of Portugal 44
February 1st Ludwig Philip of Portugal Crown Prince of Portugal from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 20th
February 1st Joseph von Zoltowski Polish manor owner and politician, MdR 60
February 2nd Louis Brisson Catholic priest and founder of the Order of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales 90
February 2nd Mykola Daschkewytsch Ukrainian historian, literary critic and folklorist 55
February 2nd Johannes Ibach German Catholic priest, cathedral capitular and author, historian 82
February 2nd Hans von der Malsburg German manor owner and politician 76
3 February Johan Hendrik Gallée Dutch specialist in German, English and Dutch 60
3 February Ferdinand Meldahl Danish architect of historicism 80
February 4th Herrmann Bachstein German entrepreneur and initiator of many railway lines in Germany 73
February 4th Franz Held German anarchist poet, playwright and prose writer 45
February 4th Eli Shortridge American politician 77
February 5th John Cornelius Booth German arborist, entrepreneur and urban developer 71
February 5th John H. McCarthy American lawyer and politician 57
February 6th Alexis Heck Luxembourg hotel owner and tourism pioneer
February 6th Justus Köberle German Protestant theologian and university professor 36
February 6th Camillo von Maliszewski Prussian major general 71
February 6th Ernst Wilhelm Middendorf German doctor, linguist and archaeologist in Peru 77
February 6th Carl Little Russian painter of German descent 77
February 7th Ernst I. Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 81
February 7th Carl Nebe German opera singer (bass-baritone) 50
February 7th Richard von Schlieben Saxon minister of education and governor 59
February 7th Johannes Zehngraf Danish miniature painter 50
February 10th George A. Jenks American lawyer and politician 71
February 11th Joseph Abbott American politician 68
February 11th Elard Hugo Meyer German Indo-Europeanist and folklorist 70
February 12th Karl Kloß German trade unionists and politicians (SPD), MdR 60
February 12th Friedrich Krastel German-Austrian actor 68
February 12th George Uglow Pope English missionary 87
13th February Newton Edmunds American politician, governor of the Dakota Territory 88
13th February David Hesser American swimmer and water polo player
14th of February Gustav Dürr German entrepreneur and inventor of the Dürr boiler 54
14th of February David Syme Scottish-Australian newspaper owner 80
February 16 Ernest Cady American politician 65
February 16 Andrej Kmeť Slovak pastor and botanist 66
February 16 Elias Mellus Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church 76
February 16 Theres Strigl Austrian painter 83
February 17th Carl Friedrich Haug German government architect 69
February 17th Rudolf Hegenscheidt German iron industrialist 48
February 17th Ignaz von Plener Austrian politician and Prime Minister 97
19th of February Johann Peter Theodor Janssen German painter 63
19th of February Hermann Laurent French mathematician 66
19th of February Carl Most German trade unionist, businessman and politician (SPD), MdR 51
19th of February Paul Thumann German painter 73
19th of February Gustav Ziegler German architect 60
20. February Guillaume-Charles Brun French painter 82
20. February Asbury Latimer American politician 56
20. February Simo Matavulj Serbian writer 55
20. February Ludwig von Schwabe German philologist and archaeologist; Rector in Tübingen 72
21st of February Harriet Hosmer American sculptress 77
February 23 Svatopluk Čech Czech journalist, writer and poet 62
February 23 Friedrich von Esmarch German doctor and founder of the civil Samaritan system in Germany 85
February 23 Karl Ewald Danish writer 51
February 23 Adolf Fischer Austrian painter and writer 51
February 23 Leo Heinrichs German Catholic clergyman and martyr 40
February 23 George Helm Yeaman American politician 78
February 24th Jechiel Michel Epstein orthodox rabbi 79
February 24th Alexander Ivanovich Chuprov Russian economist and statistician 66
February 25 Cecilia Arand German writer 70
February 25 Samuel S. Carr American genre painter 70
February 25 Leberecht Hartwig German builder and politician (DKP), MdR, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony) 68
February 25 James Munro 15th Prime Minister of the State of Victoria, Australia 76
February 25 Marco Aurelio Soto President of Honduras 61
February 25 Karl Stocker German farmer and politician (NLP), MdR 62
February 26th August Philipp Ottokar Meyer German doctor 72
February 26th August Ritter German engineer and astrophysicist, university lecturer for mechanics 81
February 26th Edmund von Steiger Swiss politician 71
27th of February Ernst Hottenroth German sculptor 35
27th of February Adolf Kirchhoff German philologist and archaeologist 82
27th of February Axel Kulle Swedish painter 61
27th of February Leon Pohle German painter 66
February 28 Vilhelm Bille Danish marine painter 43
February 28 Pat Garrett American Sheriff in Lincoln County, New Mexico 57
February 28 Pauline Lucca Austrian opera singer 66
February 28 Oswald von Rittberg German manor owner, Landra, MdR 75
February 29th John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow British politician and Governor General of Australia 47
February 29th Carl Heinrich Wolpmann German military 57
February William Callow English landscape painter, engraver and watercolorist 95

March

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
1st March Heinrich Maschke German mathematician 54
1st March Oskar Ferdinand von Walcke-Schuldt German landowner, Lauenburg landscape councilor 80
2nd March Ludwig Stemmer German doctor and priest 79
2nd March Ludwig von Tiedemann German architect and Prussian building officer 66
3 March Jakob Geis Bavarian folk singer and singspiel director 67
3 March Lorenz Lindelof Finnish mathematician 80
3 March Stephen L. Mayham American lawyer and politician 81
4th of March Michael Deuringer German farmer and politician, mayor and MdR 79
4th of March Redfield Proctor American politician 76
5. March Hans Glauning German officer 40
5. March Friedrich Hedde German lawyer and politician 89
6th March Lewis C. Carpenter American politician 72
6th March Georg von Cölln German businessman and entrepreneur 70
7th March Anton von Braunmühl German mathematician 54
7th March Bernhard Howaldt engineer 57
7th March Alfred Howitt Geologist, anthropologist and explorer 77
8th of March Adolph Meyer American politician 65
9th March Henry Clifton Sorby English naturalist 81
March 10th Allan C. Durborow American politician 50
March 10th Otto von Helldorff Prussian landowner and politician, MdR 74
March 11 Edmondo De Amicis Italian writer 61
March 11 Josef Hlávka Czech builder, architect and patron 77
March 11 Richard von Kaufmann German economist, art collector and patron 58
March 11 Giuseppe Picciati Italian mathematician 39
March 12th Werner von Gustedt-Lablacken German manor owner and politician, MdR 65
March 12th Clara Novello English soprano 89
March 13th Raoul Arnauld de la Perière German actor 33
March 13th Gustav von Steinheil German general and Württemberg war minister (1883-1892) 76
the 14th of March Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg kk general of the cavalry, commanding general in the Banat and fortress commander of Timisoara 76
the 14th of March Wilhelm von Heydebrand and the Lasa German district president and politician, MdR 58
the 14th of March Gustav von Hüfner German chemist 67
the 14th of March Aurel Krause German ethnologist 59
the 14th of March Julius Lessing German art historian and first director of the Berlin Museum of Applied Arts 64
the 14th of March Lester Pelton American inventor 78
March, 15 Wilhelm Zit Austrian military and professional musician 33
March 16 Jean Jacques David Swiss African explorer, zoologist, mountaineer, publicist 36
March 16 Friedrich von Erckert German officer of the guard 38
March 16 Johannes Fastenrath writer 68
March 16 Gustav Salomon Oppert German Indologist and Orientalist 71
17. March Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago Italian clergyman, cardinal during the pontificate of Leo XIII. 70
17. March Diedrich Ehmck German historian and politician 72
17. March William Pinkney Whyte American politician 83
March 18th Friedrich Wilhelm Konow German entomologist and pastor 65
March 18th Julius Scarlet Hamburg lawyer and German colonial entrepreneur 66
March 18th Mortimer von Tschirschky German majorate and parliamentarian 63
19th March Franz Kielhorn German Indologist 67
19th March Fritz Kintzlé Luxembourgish ironworker and manager of the German steel industry 56
19th March Emilie Mediz-Pelikan Austrian painter 46
19th March Eduard Zeller German theologian and philosopher 94
March 21st Volodymyr Antonovych Ukrainian historian, archaeologist, ethnographer, professor and political activist 74
March 21st Joshua Steinberg Russian-Jewish scholar
March 22 William James Bryan American lawyer and politician 31
March 23 Luis Felipe Arias Guatemalan pianist and composer 31
March 23 Gustav von Hagenow German administrative officer, manor owner and parliamentarian 67
March 24th Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire British statesman and politician 74
March 24th Eduard von Pestel Prussian lieutenant general, honorary citizen of Saarbrücken 86
26th of March Louis Chauvin American ragtime pianist and composer 27
26th of March Magdalena Morano Italian Don Bosco sister and teacher 60
27th of March Ephraim R. Eckley American politician 96
27th of March Franz Krombach German painter 54
27th of March Johann Georg Mönckeberg German politician, MdHB, First Mayor 68
28th March Hermann Clemenz Baltic chess player and journalist 62
28th March Marie Gey-Heinze German painter and graphic artist 26th
March 29 Julius Enderle Austrian geologist 33
March 29 Grigory Andreevich Gershuni Russian politician and terrorist 37
March 30 Heinrich Bade German lawyer, mayor of Schwerin 85
March 30 Otto Beck German politician 61
March 30 Rudolph Reichmann German-American newspaper publisher 87
March 30 Gustav Adolf Fricke Evangelical Lutheran theologian, pastor and philosopher 85
March 31 Charles Barbier de Meynard French orientalist, historian and translator 82
March 31 Jimmy Crabtree English soccer player 36
March 31 William Theobald British zoologist (malacology, herpetology) and paleontologist

April

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
April 1st Friedrich Eduard Neubarth German politician, landowner, MdR 74
2nd of April Hermann Beckh German lawyer and politician, MdR 75
3rd of April Heinrich Helmers German writer 60
4. April Charles Busson French painter 85
4. April Josef Herold Czech lawyer and politician 57
4. April Arthur of Lattré Prussian general of the infantry 75
4. April Joseph Seeker Austrian composer and conductor 64
April 5th James E. Cantrill American politician 68
April 5th Friedrich von Halfern German cloth manufacturer, bank director and city councilor of Burtscheid 59
April 5th Philipp Sarlay Austrian director of the telegraph office 81
April 5th Joseph Sengstbradl Lower Austrian politician 71
April 5th Gertrud Villiger-Keller Swiss leader of the women's movement 64
April 6th Gustav Borgmann German local politician, mayor of Köpenick and Templin 70
April 6th Drury Curzon Drury-Lowe British Lieutenant General 78
6th of June Eugenie Fiocre french dancer 62
April 6th Julius Zumbusch German sculptor 75
7th of April Abraham L. Brick American politician 47
7th of April Carl Mengewein German composer 55
7th of April Ludwig Karl Schmarda Austrian zoologist and explorer 88
April 8th Wilhelm Scheibner German mathematician 82
9th April Eugène Lefébure French Egyptologist 69
10th of April Henri Boncquet Belgian sculptor 40
11 April Hermann Baumann Württemberg painter and lithographer in Tübingen 73
11 April Henry Edward Bird English chess player 77
11 April Arnold Dodel Port Swiss botanist 64
11 April Arthur Levysohn German journalist 67
11 April Adolph Mayer German mathematician and university professor 69
11 April Ernst Wahner German philologist, high school professor and officer 86
12. April Byron M. Cutcheon American politician 71
12. April Hartwig Derenbourg French orientalist 63
12. April Andrzej Potocki Polish nobleman, governor of Galicia 46
April 13th Victor André Cornil French pathologist and histologist 70
April 13th Emil Gött German writer 43
April 13th Aasta Hansteen Norwegian painter, writer and feminist 83
April 13th Franz von Leydig German zoologist and comparative anatomist 86
April 13th Frédéric Monier French politician 65
April 13th Martin Rico y Ortega Spanish impressionist painter 74
April 14th Konrad Furrer Swiss Protestant clergyman and Palestine researcher 69
April 15th Antoine Béchamp French medic, biologist and pharmacologist 91
April 15th Wilhelm Carl Johann Wedding German entrepreneur 77
April 15th Max Zindler German landowners and politicians (DkP), MdR 55
April 16 Jane Elizabeth Manning James early black Mormon convert 85
April 16 Fritz Werner German painter and engraver 80
17th April Albert Niethammer German paper entrepreneur and national liberal politician, MdR, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony) 74
17th April John Winebrenner Rife American politician 61
April 19th Simon B. Conover American politician 67
April 19th Charles Hallgarten German-American banker, philanthropist and social reformer 69
April 19th Peter Küchly Franco-German clergyman and politician, MdR 72
April 19th James Turner Morehead American entrepreneur and politician 67
April 19th Robert Raschka Architect and architectural painter 60
20th of April Adolphe-Philippe Caron Canadian politician 64
20th of April Henry Chadwick British sports journalist and historian 83
20th of April Paul Andreevich Shuvalov Russian military and diplomat 77
April 21 Carlos Pezoa Véliz Chilean poet 28
April 21 Theodor von Sickel German-Austrian historian 81
April 22 Henry Campbell-Bannerman British Liberal Politician and Prime Minister 71
April 22 Ellison Capers Confederate General in the American Civil War 70
April 22 William of Douglas German landowner and politician, MdR 59
April 22 Émile Gebhart French writer, Romanist and cultural historian 68
April 22 Leopold Schrötter from Kristelli Austrian medic 71
April 23 Nikolai Petrovich Linewitsch Russian officer, general of the infantry 69
April 24th Valtazar Bogišić jurist 73
April 24th Ernst von Holleben Prussian lawyer and chancellor in the Kingdom of Prussia 93
April 24th Poul la Cour Danish meteorologist 62
April 25 Johnson N. Camden American politician 80
April 25 Auguste from the ceiling German writer 80
April 25 Emil Neide German painter 64
April 25 Gennaro Portanova Catholic theologian and cardinal 62
26th of April Gawriil Gawriilowitsch Gustawson Russian chemist 65
26th of April Karl August Möbius German zoologist and ecologist 83
April 27 Myron McCord American politician 67
April 27 Pauline Sels German founder, founded the Clemens Sels Museum with a foundation in Neuss
April 28 Joseph Bittner German organ builder 85
April 28 Belle Gunness Norwegian-American serial killer 48
April 28 Nehale lyaMpingana King of Ondonga
April 29 Auguste Gotze German actress, singer, singing teacher and writer 68
April 29 Jean-Baptiste Moens Belgian stamp dealer 74
April, 30th Julius Frank German history painter 82
April, 30th Emil von Schoenaich-Carolath German squire, poet and novelist 56
April, 30th Karl Turk Austrian doctor and politician
April Edward Bartlett British naturalist

May

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
2.May Charles Chamberland French microbiologist 57
2.May Joseph W. Clift American politician 70
2.May Adolf Thiem German hydraulic engineer and hydrologist 72
May 3rd Franz Bücheler German classical philologist 70
May 3rd Robert Stieler German painter 60
May 3rd István Türr Hungarian patriot 82
May 4th Albert de Lapparent French geologist 68
5th of May Julius Caesar of Nayhauß-Cormons German manor owner and politician (center), MdR 86
5th of May Carl Schäfer German architect and university professor 64
5th of May Kurt Detloff from Schwerin German administrative lawyer, politician and manor owner 55
May 6th Albrecht Dieterich German classical philologist and religious scholar 42
May 6th Martin L. Smyser American politician (Republican Party) 57
May 7th Eduard Glaser Austrian explorer, orientalist and archaeologist 53
May 7th Ludovic Halévy French playwright 74
8th of May August Josef Bělohoubek Czech pharmaceutical chemist 61
May 9 Eulalia Merx German writer 96
10th of May Oscar Langendorff German physician and physiologist 55
May 11th John A. Quackenbush American politician 79
May 11th John's rib German architect and politician, Member of the Bundestag
12th of May Arthur Koppel German industrialist 57
12th of May Melesio Morales Mexican composer 69
May 13th Wilhelm Schaefer German-Swiss writer 73
May 14th Horatio C. Burchard American politician 82
May 14th Jeremias Christensen German-Danish sculptor 49
May 14th Vach Lewis American mafioso
May 14th Daniel Lindsay Russell American politician 62
May 14th Max Zwerbach American mobster 24
May 15 Robert Benckiser German lawyer and politician 62
May 15 Jonathan H. Rowell American politician 75
May 15 Charles Frederic Ulrich American-German painter 49
17th of May Carl Koldewey German polar explorer 70
May 18 Gustavus A. Finkelnburg American lawyer and politician of German origin 71
May 19th Mykola Pylchykow Ukrainian physicist, university professor and inventor 50
May 20th Gustav Pflugradt German landscape and architecture painter 79
May 20th August Sartori German theologian and educator 80
May 20th August Schlueter German lawyer and local politician
May 21 Georg Lichtenberg national liberal politician 56
May 21 Ludwig von Mussinan Bavarian officer, most recently lieutenant general 82
May 22 John Sparks American cattle farmer and governor of Nevada 64
23. May François Coppée French poet 66
May 24th Gustav Adolf Papendick German pianist, music teacher and composer
May 24th Old Tom Morris Scottish golfer, club builder, golf architect and greenkeeper 86
May 24th Ludwig von Wäcker-Gotter German diplomat 74
25. May Adolph L'Arronge German playwright, theater director, theater critic and conductor 70
25. May Emil Stephan German physician and research traveler 36
May 26 Manfred Bial German doctor 38
May 26 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat (religious community) 73
May 26 Franz Joseph Müller German mayor and politician, MdR 78
May 27th Moses L. Broocks American politician 43
May 27th Carl Bruno Trondlin German politician (NLP), MdR, MdL, Lord Mayor of Leipzig 73
28th of May Stephen Dill Lee Confederate politician and general in the Civil War 74
28th of May Alfred Bustards German mechanical engineer 79
May 29th William Arnold Anthony American physicist 72
May 29th Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg German cantor, organist and composer 81
30th May Hermann Eberhard German entrepreneur in Patagonia 56
31. May John Evans English archaeologist and geologist 84
31. May Louis-Honoré Fréchette Canadian poet, politician, playwright, and author 68
31. May Anna Haverland German actress and writer 54
31. May Anton Lux Austrian artillery lieutenant and traveler to Africa 60
May Josef Tschan Austrian lawyer and member of parliament 63

June

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
June 1st James Kimbrough Jones American politician 68
June 1st Paul French singer of the easy subject 63
June 1st Otto Steche German entrepreneur 73
2th of June John DeWitt Clinton Atkins American politician 82
2th of June Redvers Buller British military, general and commander in chief of British forces in the first phase of the Boer War 68
2th of June Bernhard Presting German religious educator 76
3rd of June Franz Deckers German architect 82
3rd of June Viggo Fausböll Danish Pali researcher 86
June 4th Mirzā Jahāngir Chān Iranian journalist and editor
June 4th Otto Hermann Fritzsche German aviation pioneer 26th
June 4th Hermann von der Hude German architect 78
June 5th Luca Fumagalli Italian pianist, composer and music teacher 71
June 5th Josef Wagner Austrian military bandmaster and composer 52
June 5th Donald Wedekind German-Swiss writer 36
June 5th Franz Josef Werner German newspaper editor and newspaper director 61
6th of June Rudolf Credner German geographer 57
6th of June Wilhelm Jung German institutional psychiatrist
June 7th Benedikt Sauter German abbot of the Emaus monastery in Prague 72
8th June Frans Hedberg Swedish poet, playwright and librettist 80
8th June Conrad von Saldern German diplomat 61
June 9th Adolf Emil Büchner German composer, conductor and Kapellmeister 81
June 9th José Trindade Coelho Portuguese author and lawyer 46
June 10th Oliver Belmont American politician 49
June 10th Gaston Boissier French ancient historian and classical philologist 84
June 10th John F. Finerty American politician 61
June 10th William St. John Forman American politician 61
June 10th Jan Kvíčala Czech classical philologist 74
June 11th Felicie Bernstein Collector of French impressionist painting and salonière 55
June 11th Bruno von Lepel-Gnitz German theater director 64
June 11th Carl Müllerhartung Thuringian cantor, music teacher and composer 74
June 11th John Vines Wright American politician 79
June 12 Kaspar Friedrich Brieden German Catholic priest 63
June 12 Charles T. Dunwell American lawyer and politician 56
June 12 Louisa Sophia Goldsmid British feminist 88
June 12 Bernhard Schroeder German lawyer and politician (NLP), MdR 75
June 13th Antonio Aguilar Correa Governor of Spain 83
June 13th Marie Eder Austrian opera singer (soprano) 84
June 13th Tom Wiggins blind American musician and composer 59
14th June Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby British Governor General of Canada 67
15th June Hermann von Graba German civil servant 74
15th June Vojtěch Hřímalý Czech composer, conductor and violinist 65
June 16 Ulrich von Winterfeldt German politician (DkP), MdR and Prussian district administrator 85
17th of June Ariosto A. Wiley American lawyer, judge, and politician 59
18th of June Bertha von Brukenthal Austrian composer 62
18th of June Paula Reinhard Catholic patroness and founder of the monastery 58
June 19th Adolf Frantz German lawyer and university professor 56
20th June Fritz Noll German botanist and professor at the University of Bonn 49
June 21st Benedict Friedlaender German sexologist 41
June 21st Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov Russian composer 64
June 22 Theodore of Flondor Austrian and Romanian composer, conductor, lawyer, politician and economist 45
June 22 Bartolomeo Ortolani Bishop of Ascoli Piceno in Italy 68
23rd June Wilhelm Erath Württemberg businessman and politician 88
23rd June Kunikida Doppo Japanese writer 36
June 24th Grover Cleveland American politician, 22nd and 24th President of the USA (1885–1889 / 1893–1897) 71
June 24th Gustav Adolph Kietz German sculptor 84
June 24th William Whiteway Canadian politician and Prime Minister of the Crown Colony of Newfoundland 80
25th June Fridolin Dietsche German sculptor 46
25th June Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick American politician 39
25th June Arthur Havelock British governor 64
25th June Julius Ludwig August Koch German psychiatrist 66
25th June Diedrich Willers American politician 74
June 26th William H. Parker American politician 61
June 27th Alexander Meyer German journalist, liberal, free trader and politician (DFP), MdR 76
June 27th Hans Schnopfhagen Austrian composer and local poet 63
June 28th Karl Kořínek Czech socialist and union leader 49
June 28th Franz Treller German actor and writer 68
June 29th Edward Malet British diplomat 70
June 29th Joseph Niedhammer German church music composer 57
June 30th Karl von Offermann Austrian lawyer and textile entrepreneur 58
June Ernesto Tornquist Argentinian industrialist 65

July

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
2nd July Johannes Doebel German politician and insurance specialist 72
2nd July Wilhelm Grube German sinologist 52
2nd July Oskar Liebreich German physician and pharmacologist 69
3rd of July Joel Chandler Harris American writer 59
3rd of July Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatiev Russian general and diplomat 76
July 4th Antonie Brehmer-Gaffron German writer 75
July 4th Edwin R. Reynolds American politician 92
July 4th Eberhard Schrader German Old Testament scholar and ancient orientalist who founded Assyriology in Germany 72
July 4th Bernhard Stoewer German mechanic and entrepreneur (Stettin) 74
5th July Jonas Lie Norwegian storyteller and playwright 74
5th July Misag Medzarents West Armenian poet 22nd
5th July Károly Than Hungarian chemist 73
5th July Walery Antoni Wróblewski Polish revolutionary and general of the Paris Commune 71
July 6th Felipe G. Calderon Filipino attorney, author 40
July 6th Walter of Loë Prussian officer, most recently Field Marshal General and Adjutant General of the Kaiser 79
July 6th Gregor Münst German administrative officer 67
July 6th Sidney S. Warner American politician 79
July 6th Joseph Wolny German clergyman and politician (center), MdR 64
7th of July Adolf Wiebe German civil engineer 82
7th of July Friedrich Willmer Mill and wagon builders as well as brickyard owners 85
10th of July Elisabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duchess of Saxony and Duchess of Mecklenburg 54
10th of July Hermann Karsten German botanist 90
July 11th Alfred Allen Curtis American clergyman, Bishop of Wilmington 77
July 11th Eberhard von Oertzen German naturalist 52
July 11th Friedrich Adolf Traun German Olympic champion in men's tennis doubles in 1896 32
July 12 Constantin Dausch German sculptor 66
July 13th Henri de Merode-Westerloo Belgian politician, long-time Foreign Minister and Senate President 49
July 14th William Mason American pianist, composer and music teacher 79
July 14th Gustav Mayr Austrian entomologist 77
July 14th Washington H. Timmerman American politician 76
July 14th Clementine von Wallmenich German nurse and superior general of the sororities of the German Red Cross 59
16th of July Marie Meyer German actress 67
16th of July René Panhard French automobile pioneer 67
17th July Fritz von Kaufmann German manor owner and politician (NLP), MdR 54
17th July Andreas Thiel Bishop of Warmia (1886–1908) 81
July 18th Otto Pfleiderer German Protestant theologian 68
July 18th Heinrich Otto Reddersen German educator and social worker 81
July 18th Wilhelm Vigier Swiss politician 69
July 19 Gustav von Golz Prussian general of the infantry 74
20th of July Federico Chueca Spanish pianist and composer 62
20th of July Franz Josef Ehrhart German politician (SPD), MdR 55
20th of July Friedrich von Loesewitz German manor owner and politician, MdR 89
20th of July Eduard Spiegler Austrian dermatologist 47
20th of July Dimitrios Vikelas Greek sports official and the first President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 73
20th of July Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz German geophysicist and seismologist 26th
21 July Camille Chabaneau French Romanist and Provençalist 77
22nd of July William Randal Cremer British politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner 80
22nd of July Richard Crowley American politician 71
22nd of July Carlo Nocella Italian Catholic theologian and cardinal 81
July 23 Grete Beier German murderess 22nd
July 23 Wernher von Quistorp Landowner and Prussian politician 51
July 23 Josef Waßler Picture carver and cabinet maker 67
24th July Rudolf Denhardt German speech therapist 63
24th July Walter Leistikow German painter and graphic artist 42
24th July Vilhelm Lilljeborg Swedish zoologist 91
July 25th Heinrich interpreting German architect 62
July 26th Georg Ellendt German historian and grammar school director 68
July 26th Jane de la Vaudère French writer of naturalism, a representative of the fin de siècle (decadence poetry) 51
July 27th Friedrich von Barnekow German administrative officer 60
July 27th Ulrich Dürrenmatt Swiss conservative journalist and politician 59
July 27th José Ferenczy Austrian opera singer and theater director 56
July 27th Paul Homeyer German organist 54
July 28th Ludwig Friedrich von Böltz Württemberg Oberamtmann 89
July 28th Ludwig Kotelmann German theologian, teacher, ophthalmologist and medical historian 68
July 28th Llewellyn Powers American politician 71
29th of July Paul Grohmann Austrian alpinist 70
29th of July Heinrich Halmhuber German painter and architect 56
29th of July Samuel WT Lanham American politician and governor of the state of Texas (1903–1907) 62
29th of July Wilhelm Schüch Austrian scientist and the most important engineer of the Second Brazilian Empire 84
29th of July Cuno from Uechtritz-Steinkirch German sculptor 52
30th July James Budd 19th Governor of California 57
30th July Johannes Anton Larraß Saxon officer, most recently lieutenant general 75

August

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
August 1st Michael Lauerer German politician, member of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies 87
August 2nd Fredrik Franson Swedish-American evangelist 56
August 2nd Carl Werckshagen German theologian, pastor, writer and editor 44
3rd August Edward W. Greenman American politician 68
3rd August Hermann of Lucanus Prussian State Councilor and Head of the Secret Civil Cabinet 77
4th of August William B. Allison American politician (Republican Party) 79
4th of August Giuseppe Chiarini Italian Romanist, Italianist and literary critic 74
5th of August Gustav Adolf Vodel German lawyer and conservative politician, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony) 77
6th of August Johannes Hubertus Leonardus de Haas Dutch landscape and animal painter 76
6th of August Léon Bazile Perrault French painter 76
6th of August Antonio Starabba di Rudinì Italian politician 69
August 7th Heinrich Siegmund Blanckertz German entrepreneur 85
August 7th Moritz Lindeman German stenographer and journalist 85
August 7th Ludwig Emil Puttrich Saxon lawyer and parliamentarian 84
8th August Alfred Mathieu Giard French biologist 62
8th August Joseph Maria Olbrich Austrian architect 40
8th August Christian Schneller Austrian philologist, poet, epic poet and folklorist 76
August 9 August Thurnher Austrian civil servant and politician 71
August 10 Ignaz Hirsch Prussian medic and Royal Prussian secret medical council 73
August 10 John Q. Tufts American politician 68
August 11th Alexis Hansky Russian astronomer 38
August 11th Hermann Settegast German agricultural scientist 89
August 11th Heinrich von Siebold Austrian archaeologist 56
August 11th Ainsworth Rand Spofford Head of the Library of Congress 82
13 August Ira D. Sankey Singer and musical director at evangelism events, composer of spiritual songs in the White Gospel style 67
August 14th Anton Giulio Barrili Italian poet 71
August 14th Friedrich Paulsen German educator and philosopher 62
15th of August Johann Georg Schaefer German art historian, educator and teacher 85
15th of August Porter Sheldon American politician 76
15th of August Louis Sussmann-Hellborn German sculptor, painter, art collector and entrepreneur 80
August 16 Alfred Boyd Canadian politician
August 19th Lambert Bumiller German manor owner and politician (center), MdR 55
August 19th William G. Laidlaw American politician 68
20th of August Louisa Bassano British opera singer 90
20th of August Gustav Ipavec Slovenian composer 77
20th of August Louis Varney French composer 64
20th of August Albert Cornelis Vreede Dutch indologist 68
August 21 Mwezi IV. Gisabo King of Burundi
August 22nd Oakes Murphy American politician 58
August 23 Hermann Speck von Sternburg German diplomat and art collector 56
August 24th Bai Bureh Sierra Leonean chief and warrior 68
August 24th Sigmund Hirsch German entrepreneur 63
August 24th Karl Borwin of Mecklenburg Member of the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 19th
August 24th Eduard Lotichius German entrepreneurs and politicians (National Liberal) 60
August 24th Eleuthère Mascart French physicist 71
August 24th Ludwig Stahl Austrian officer, theater actor, director and director 52
August 25 Henri Becquerel French physicist and discoverer of radioactivity 55
August 25 Gottfried Schmitt German lawyer 80
26th of August Christian Hagans German engineer and founder of the Hagans-Werke 78
26th of August Wilhelm Meves German actor 60
August 27 Thorvald Bindesbøll Danish architect and craftsman 62
August 27 Kilian Keller German farmer, mayor and politician (NLP), MdR 68
August 27 William Freeman Vilas American politician 68
August 28th Alexander Wassiljewitsch Poehl Russian chemist and pharmacist 58
August 28th Eugene Semple American politician 68
29th August Johan Gustaf Hjalmar Kinberg Swedish zoologist 88
29th August Horace Krasnopolski Austrian lawyer 65
29th August Karl Rudolf son German painter 63
August 30th Giovanni Fattori Italian painter 82
August 30th Robert von Gaupp Württemberg State Councilor and Member of the State Parliament 72
August 30th Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse Irish nobleman and astronomer 67
August 30th Edmund von Schumacher Swiss politician 49
August 30th Josef Schwarzer German pacemaker 27
August 31 Leslie Green British architect

September

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
September 1 Alexander Nikolayevich Korkin Russian mathematician 71
September 1 Antonie Milberg German school founder and director 53
September 2nd Theodor Peters German engineer and chairman and director of the VDI 66
September 3 Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk Dutch lawyer and statesman 61
September 4th Rūdolf's blue anise Latvian writer 45
September 4th Eduard Müller German Imperial Judge 53
5th September Carl von Hänisch Prussian officer, most recently general of the cavalry 79
5th September Edwin Mackinnon Liebert British-German painter 50
September 6th Max Klein German sculptor 61
September 6th Friedrich Veith German inventor and entrepreneur 48
September 8th Paul Knapp German high school teacher, archaeologist and classical philologist 56
the 9th of September Franz Obert Transylvanian-Saxon Protestant theologian, writer, school reformer and politician 79
September 10 Maximilian Falk Hungarian publicist and politician 79
September 11 Ludwig Seitz Italian painter of German descent 64
12th September Julius Ludowieg Mayor of Harburg, now part of Hamburg 78
12th September Emil Naglo German electrical engineer and industrialist 63
12th September Ike Weir British boxer and normal boom 41
13.september Edmund Kretschmer German organist and composer 78
13.september Placidus Wolter German religious and Benedictine abbot 80
September 15th Friedrich Adler German architect, construction clerk and building researcher 80
September 15th Georg Adler German economist 45
September 15th Alexander Hilbck German mine director and politician (NLP), MdR 66
September 15th Samuel Hirszenberg Polish-Jewish painter 43
17th of September Thomas E. Selfridge American aviation pioneer 26th
September 18 Alexander Wilder American medic, journalist, author, Rosicrucian, and theosophist 85
September 20th Salomon Neumann Berlin doctor for the poor and statistician 88
September 20th Rudolf Ringger Swiss painter, teacher and engraver 67
September 20th Viktor Rintelen German lawyer and politician (center), MdR 82
September 20th Jacob crack German miller and politician (center), MdR 70
September 20th Nicolás Salmerón Spanish politician and university lecturer 70
September 20th Pablo de Sarasate Spanish violinist and composer 64
21st September Ernest Francisco Fenollosa American philosopher and economist from Tokyo University 55
September 23rd Mark L. De Motte American politician 75
September 23rd Arnold Güldenpfennig German architect 77
September 23rd Jadwiga Łuszczewska Polish writer and romantic poet 74
September 23rd James Moser German-Austrian physicist 56
September 24th Emanuel Loew Politician of the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft 74
September 24th William C. Lyon American politician 67
September 24th Henry Redpath English Anglican theologian and Septuagint researcher 60
25th of September Carlo Caputo Italian diocesan bishop, apostolic nuncio in Bavaria 64
September 26th Samuel Duvall American archer 72
September 26th Karl Freytag German zoo technician and agricultural scientist 77
September 27th Anna Grobecker German operetta singer 79
September 27th Friedrich Reindel German executioner 84
September 27th Johanna Willborn German educator and writer 70
September 29th Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis Brazilian author 69
September 29th Abraham Lissauer German doctor and archaeologist 76
September 29th Wilhelm Reiss German explorer and volcanologist 70
30. September Alfred Thompson Bricher American landscape painter from the Hudson River School 71
30. September Karol Estreicher Polish scientist, bibliographer and translator 80
30. September Arthur Osann senior German lawyer and politician (NLP), MdR 78

October

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
October 1 John W. Causey American politician 67
October 2nd Fausto Barreto Brazilian Romanist, Lusitanist, Brazilianist and politician 55
October 2nd Karl von Hertling German forest officer on Java 65
October 2nd Gustav Adolf Scheidt German entrepreneur
October 3 Franz Tutzauer German trade unionists and politicians (SPD), MdR 56
4th of October Wilhelm Wickop German trade teacher and architect 85
4th of October Carl Gustav Otto Christian Wrangel Swedish hippologist 69
5th October Friedrich Bezold German physician in the field of ear, nose and throat medicine 66
October 6th Jules Roguin Swiss politician 85
October 6th Adolf Wüllner German physicist 73
October 7th Hans Otto von Gersdorff German manor owner and politician, MdR 44
9th October Benjamin Franklin Junkin American politician 85
October 11th Eppa Hunton American politician 86
October 11th Henry Drummond Wolff British ambassador
October 12th Joseph A. Scranton American politician 70
October 12th Hermann von Sperber German manor owners and parliamentarians 68
October 13th Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg Princess of Saxony-Altenburg, by marriage Duchess of Anhalt 70
October 13th Daniel Coit Gilman American journalist and university director 77
October 13th Ernst Christian Johannes Schön Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck 65
October 13th Thomas Jefferson Wood American politician 64
October 14th Paul Christoph Hennings German botanist and mycologist 66
October 14th Eduard Teutsch German glass manufacturer and politician, MdR 75
15th October Jakob Hermann Bockenheimer German doctor and surgeon 70
15th October Julius Roßhirt German hydraulic engineer 54
October, 16th Jean-Baptiste Berthier French founder of the order 68
October 17th William Harris Ashmead American entomologist 53
October 17th Adolf Fuchs German administrative officer and judge 75
October 17th John J. Reynolds American politician 95
October 18 Nozu Michitsura Japanese general 67
October 19th Heinrich Pollak Austrian journalist and writer 74
the 20th of October Friedrich Althoff Prussian cultural politician 69
the 20th of October Cuthbert Collingwood British naturalist 81
the 20th of October Adolf Jost Austrian psychologist 34
October 21 Friedrich Wilke German hat fracbikant 79
October 22nd Artur Azevedo Brazilian journalist and writer 53
October 22nd Max Ittenbach German public prosecutor and politician 77
October 22nd Oltmann Jaburg German painter 78
October 22nd Arthur Jephson British explorer and adventurer 49
October 22nd Victor Leydet French politician 63
October 22nd Johann Georg Waibel Austrian politician; Member of the state parliament and mayor 80
October 25 Lorenz Frølich Danish painter 88
October 26th Enomoto Takeaki Japanese Admiral of the Navy of the Tokugawa Shogunate 72
October 26th Sergei Alexejewitsch Korovin Russian painter and illustrator 50
October 26th François-Désiré Mathieu French cardinal to the curia, historian and writer 69
October 26th Allan Langdon McDermott American politician 54
October 26th John Miller American politician 64
October 27 Salvador Casañas i Pagès Archbishop of Barcelona 74
28th of October Thomas S. Flood American politician 64
October 29th Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević Croatian writer 43
October 29th Paul Reber Swiss architect 72
30th of October Thomas Greenway Canadian politician 70
30th of October Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Grand Dame of New York and Newport Society 78
October 31 James Kerr American politician 57
October 31 Richard Wachsmuth German classical philologist and teacher 68

November

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
November 1st Edward Caird Scottish philosopher 73
November 1st Ludwig Carl Christian Koch German entomologist and arachnologist 82
November 2 Armand von Dumreicher Austrian politician and school reformer 63
November 2 Josef Mayburger Austrian painter, teacher and local politician 94
November 3rd Harro Magnussen German sculptor 47
November 4th Tomás Estrada Palma first Cuban President
November 4th Richard Gerstl Austrian portrait and landscape painter 25th
November 4th William P. Price American politician 73
November 4th Rudolf Wilke German draftsman and caricaturist 35
November 5th Maximilian Gereon Count of Galen German theologian, auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Münster 76
November 5th Andrew Graham Irish astronomer 93
November 5th Ernest Hébert French painter 91
November 5th Philipp von Pfeiffer German Catholic priest, cathedral capitular, cathedral provost, vicar general 78
November 6th Wilhelm Nordlinger German engineer 87
November 7th Alfred Ditte French chemist 65
November 7th Hermann Franz German hiking instructor for agriculture and association secretary in Thuringia 67
November 7th Daniel Myers Van Auken American politician 82
November 7th Karl Little German civil engineer and Prussian railway official 63
November 7th Alfred von Werthern Prussian major general and chronicler of the von Werthern family 66
November 8th William Edward Ayrton British physicist 61
November 8th Edward W. Carmack American politician (Democratic Party) 50
November 8th Victorien Sardou French playwright 77
November 8th Friedrich Schmidt Russian-Baltic geologist 76
November 8th Eduard Wölfflin Swiss classical philologist 77
November 9th Joseph Joel Duveen British art dealer 65
November 9th Jacques Kehrer Swiss architect 54
November 9th Arnold Künzli Swiss politician 76
November 9th Otto von Strubberg Prussian general of the infantry 87
November 10th Gustav Droysen German historian 70
November 11th Ludwig Wachler German judge and public prosecutor 72
November 12th Gustav panel Mayor of Cincinnati, attorney and officer in the American Civil War 78
14th November Ernest Favenc British explorer 63
14th November Guangxu Emperor of China 37
14th November Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler Prussian general of the infantry 56
14th November Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov Russian Grand Duke, son of Tsar Alexander II. 58
15th of November Julius Victor Carstens German painter 58
15th of November Cixi Chinese concubine of the Manchu emperor Xianfeng and empress mother 72
15th of November Edward D. Hayden American politician 74
15th of November Christoph Heinrich Hirzel Book author, inventor, university professor and entrepreneur 80
15th of November Katharina Lanner Austro-British dancer 79
15th of November Johann Heinrich Nickel German businessman and politician (DFP), MdR 79
15th of November Hermann von Schelling German lawyer and politician 84
November 16 Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Canadian politician 78
November 16 Robert Burns Smith American politician, governor of Montana 53
November 17th William S. McKinnon American businessman and politician 55
November 17th Lydia Thompson British dancer 70
November 18 Anton Brenek Austrian sculptor 60
November 18 Erich Wolf Degner German educator 50
November 18 Ernest Hamy French anthropologist and ethnologist 66
November 19th Robert Glassby English sculptor
November 19th Darwin R. James American politician 74
November 19th Georges de Laire French chemist 72
November 19th Richard Rühlmann German mathematician, educator and politician 62
20th November Albert Dietrich German composer 79
20th November Karl Haberl Austrian politician, mayor of Wiener Neustadt, deputy land marshal of Lower Austria 75
20th November Friedrich Count of Rhena German diplomat 31
20th November Georgi Feodosjewitsch Voronoi Russian mathematician 40
21st November Hermione Claar-Delia Austrian theater actress 60
22nd of November Paul Taffanel French flautist and composer 64
November 24th Charles Balten French nursery owner and pomologist 78
25. November Max Josef Beer Austrian composer 57
November 26th Silas Hare American politician 81
November 27th Knud Bergslien Norwegian painter 81
November 27th Lothar von den Brincken Prussian administrative officer and manor owner 72
November 27th Jean Albert Gaudry French geologist and paleontologist 81
November 28th John L. Gibbs American politician 70
November 28th Theodor Inama from Sternegg German-Austrian political scientist, statistician and economic historian 65
November 28th Louis Ody Swiss politician and State Councilor for the Canton of Friborg 39
November 29th Paul Fliche French paleobotanist and botanist 72

December

Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
December 1 Léon Hanolet Belgian officer and executive of the Congo Free State 49
December 1 Leonidas of Popp Austrian officer (general of the infantry), teacher, adjutant general and head of the military academy 77
2. December Franz Maria Doppelbauer Bishop of Linz, rector of the Collegio Teutonico di Santa Maria dell'Anima 63
2. December Use Frapan German writer 59
2. December Celestine Recla Master builder from Merano 66
2. December John Taylor American sprinter 26th
December 4th Max Arnhold German banker 63
December 4th William G. Donnan American politician 74
December 5th Charles Edward Beevor English anatomist 54
December 5th Sebastian Geist German watchmaker 92
December 5th George Henry Kinahan Irish geologist 78
December 5th Leopold Schrödl Austrian sculptor 67
6th of December Edward of Beef German pathologist 71
December 8th Edward Carrington Venable American politician 55
December 8th Josef Zemp Swiss politician 74
9th of December Oliver Wolcott Gibbs American chemist 86
10th of December Julius Dammann German clergyman and writer 68
10th of December Edmund Hill Austrian politician 67
10th of December Wilhelm Johann Krafft Transylvanian publisher 75
10th of December Emil von Schelhorn Bavarian officer 80
12th of December René von Boch-Galhau German entrepreneur; Partner of Villeroy & Boch 65
12th of December Hermann Jahnke German teacher and author 63
13th December Charles Landelle French painter 87
13th December Augustus Le Plongeon British photographer and amateur archaeologist 83
December 14th Emilio Brusa Italian lawyer and senator 65
15th December Lowes Cato Dickinson British portrait painter 89
15th December Rudolf of Liechtenstein Austrian general, imperial chief steward and composer 70
December 16 American Horse II Chief of the Oglala Lakota
December 17th Louis Krause German entrepreneur 64
December 18th Johann von Medinger Austrian industrialist 62
19. December Hermann Eilsberger German Protestant theologian 71
19. December Georg Kruse German actor and writer 78
19. December Victor Lécot French cardinal 77
19. December Eugene F. Loud American politician 61
19. December Hermann Wildpret Swiss gardener and botanist 74
20th of December Francis P. Fleming American politician 67
20th of December George Gore English lecturer in chemistry and experimental physics 82
20th of December Benjamin Ipavec Slovenian composer and medic 78
21st December Philipp Keller German farmer and politician, MdR 50
December 22 Georg Christian von Lobkowitz Bohemian nobleman and politician 73
December 22 John Stephen Michaud American clergyman, Bishop of Burlington 65
December 22 Cyrus Reed Teed American doctor and re-evangelist 69
23rd of December Joseph Echteler German sculptor 55
23rd of December Dedo from Krosigk Prussian major general 60
23rd of December Perceval de Loriol Swiss paleontologist 80
23rd of December Theodor Tecklenburg Hessian miner and member of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 69
23rd of December Karl Zulkowsky Chemist 75
24th of December François-Auguste Gevaert Belgian composer and music writer 80
24th of December Anton Pieper German church historian 54
24th of December Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland American journalist and writer 53
25 December Charles Baud Swiss politician 83
25 December Anton Semjonowitsch Budilowitsch Russian Slavist and politician 62
December 26th Robert C. Davey American politician 55
December 26th Richard Pischel German Indologist 59
December 26th Nicola Racke German wine merchant and politician (center), MdR 61
December 26th Claus Spreckels American sugar manufacturer 80
December 27th Arnold Hesse German judge at the Reichsgericht 70
December 27th Louis Homilius Russian-German organist, cellist and conductor 63
December 27th Charles E. Phelps American politician 75
December 28th Charles Marley Anderson American politician 63
December 28th Ludwig Euler German city architect in Worms 78
December 28th Otto Henning German print shop owner and politician, MdR 75
December 29th Friedrich Grub German farmer and politician (DP), MdR 75
December 29th Christian Havestadt German civil engineer 56
December 29th Gustav Kelterborn Swiss architect 67
30th of December Alfred Baldamus German educator and historian 52
30th of December August Klönne German engineer and entrepreneur 59
December 31 Heinrich Albert German chemist and industrialist 73
December 31 Emil Egli Swiss Reformed theologian and church historian 60
December 31 Charles W. Gillet American politician 68
December 31 Franz Preuschen von Liebenstein German gynecologist 63

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Day Surname Profession known as Age receipt
Richard Albrecht German administrative officer
Qāsim Amīn Egyptian lawyer
Otto Armknecht German Protestant pastor for the poor and benefactor
Elise Blenker German revolutionary
Gottlieb Biermann German portrait, genre and history painter
Antonie Boubong German portrait, genre and landscape painter
Hans Broge Danish entrepreneur
Frank Calvert English amateur archaeologist
William D. Coleman Liberian President (1896-1900)
Jacob Davis American Tailor (Reno (Nevada))
Franz Deutschinger Austrian theater actor and director
Leopold Eidlitz Austrian-American architect
Albert Forster Austrian-Silesian stonemason entrepreneur
Ciro Gojorani Italian writer
Karl Gustav Haase German medic
Johann Heinrich Hartmann Swiss carpenter
Hermann Jacobi German theater actor and theater director
Jules Louis Lewal French general and military writer
James Buckner Luckie American doctor
Johann Josef Makloth Austrian painter
Georges Marty French composer and conductor
William Lewis Montague American Romance Studies
Wilhelm Mill Landscape architect, rose grower
August Neumann German wood engraver and owner of a xylographic studio in Leipzig
Jakob Neureuter Catholic clergyman who was the village pastor of the Saarland village of Marpingen during the apparitions of Mary in Marpingen in 1876/1877
Samuel O'Reilly Irish-American inventor and tattoo artist
Wilhelm Pabst German paleontologist
Therese Paulmann German theater actress
Eugène Pereire French banker
Albert Plate German administrative officer
August Pleschner from Eichstett Austrian author
Wilhelm Pohl German sculptor
Richard Reiff German physicist and mathematician
Aloys Rosenlehner German printer and politician (SPD)
Ira Washington ruble American inventor
Gregor Schmitt German medic
Franz Schöberl Austro-German architect of historicism
Otto Stielow German administrative officer
August Stotz German blacksmith
Alma Théon Occultist and medium
Lorenzo Tio senior American jazz clarinetist
Dersu Usala Nanaians; Hunters and rangers
Cyprian Vignes Farmer and charismatic healer from the Cevennes village of Vialas
Horace Walker British alpinist
Carl August Weber German singer (tenor)