Famous People Who Died in 1889

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858-1889)

Jan 30 Crown Prince of Austria and heir apparent to the Imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, dies at 30 in a suicide pact with his mistress, Mary Freiin von Vetsera, at the Mayerling hunting lodge

Feb 1 Joseph Gungl, Austro-Hungarian bandmaster and composer of dances and marches, dies at 78
Feb 3 Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], American outlaw (wild west), murdered at 40
Feb 12 Andrew Greenwood, English cricket batsman (2 Tests, HS 49; Yorkshire CCC), dies from tuberculosis at 41
Feb 13 João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (b. 1885)
Feb 26 Karl Davydov, Russian virtuoso cellist, dies at 51
Mar 3 (Edward) Sydney Smith, British pianist and composer, dies at 49

John Ericsson (1803-1889)

Mar 8 Swedish-American inventor (screw propeller, rotating turret), dies at 85

Mar 10 Yohannes IV [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle
Mar 12 John Archibald Campbell, American jurist and Supreme Court justice (1853–61), dies at 77
Mar 15 Melville Reuben Bissell, American inventor of the carpet sweeper, dies of pneumonia at 45
Mar 17 Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch poet (Dietsche Warande), dies at 68
Mar 18 William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66
Mar 21 August von Pettenkofen, Austrian outdoor painter, dies at 66
Mar 27 John Bright, English reform politician and anti0war advocate, dies at 77
Mar 27 Moritz Fürstenau, German composer, dies at 64
Mar 28 Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler
Apr 4 Thomas Theodoor Hendrikus Jorissen, Dutch historian, dies at 56
Apr 6 Frederick Ouseley, British organist, composer (The Martyrdom of St Polycarp), musicologist, and Anglican priest, dies at 63
Apr 8 Harry Jupp, English cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for England in 1877), dies at 47
Apr 9 Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist (b. 1786)
Apr 15 Father Damien [Joseph de Veuster], Belgian priest and missionary who helped lepers in Hawaii, dies of leprosy at 49
Apr 19 Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
Apr 23 Jules-Amédée Barbey d’Aurevilly, French writer and critic, dies at 80
Apr 30 Carl Rosa, German-born violinist and composer (founder of the Rosa opera company that toured UK and US), dies at 47
May 9 William S. Harney, American general, dies at 88
May 10 Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826)
May 14 Volney E. Howard, American politician, dies at 79
May 15 Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies
May 17 Marie of Prussia, Queen consort of Bavaria (1848-64), dies at 63
May 17 William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies
May 18 Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress, dies at 65
Jun 8 Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (Windhover), dies at 54
Jun 15 Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39
Jun 27 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies at 48
Jun 27 Whitney Eugene Thayer, American composer, dies at 50
Jun 28 Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70
Jun 30 Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer and music director (Teatro Apollo; La Scala), dies at 64
Jul 4 Auguste Mermet, French opera composer, dies at 79
Jul 7 Giovanni Bottesini, Italian Romantic composer, conductor and a double bass virtuoso, dies at 67
Jul 10 Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of President John Tyler (1841-45), dies at 69
Jul 11 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet, dies at 34
Jul 13 Carli Zoeller, German composer, dies at 49
Jul 13 Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (b. 1830)
Jul 16 Michele Amari, Sicilian patriot, Italian revolutionary and historian, dies at 83
Jul 21 Nelson Dewey, American politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
Jul 30 Charles Absolom, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies in an accident
Aug 2 Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (Juan Moreira), dies at 38
Aug 4 Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, German composer, dies at 75
Aug 5 Willem Ruys, Dutch ship owner, dies at 80
Aug 17 Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor, dies at 42
Aug 18 Jacques Damala [Aristides Damalas], Greek military officer and actor, dies from an overdose at 34
Aug 19 Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (Contes cruels), dies at 60
Aug 22 John Sanger, British circus entrepreneur, dies (b. 1816)
Aug 24 Jan Matzeliger, Surinamese-Dutch-American inventor (shoe lasting machine), dies of tuberculosis at 36
Aug 29 Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815)
Sep 12 Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, French historian and sociologist, dies at 59
Sep 23 [William] Wilkie Collins, English writer (The Moonstone), dies at 65
Sep 24 Daniel Harvey Hill, Confederate General (American Civil War), dies at 68
Sep 29 Louis Faidherbe, French general and colonel administrator in Senegal, dies at 71
Oct 3 Karel Miry, Belgian composer (De Vlaamse Leeuw), dies at 66
Oct 10 Adolf von Henselt, German composer, dies at 75
Oct 11 James Prescott Joule, English physicist (the law of conservation of energy), dies at 70
Oct 15 Edward Aylesworth Perry, American soldier and politician (General under Lee for Confederate Army, 14th Governor of Florida 1885-89), dies of a stroke at 58
Oct 17 N.G. [Nikolay Gavrilovich] Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (What Is to Be Done?), dies at 61
Oct 18 Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (invented a telephone-like device), dies at 81
Oct 19 Luís I, King of Portugal (1861-89), dies at 50
Oct 22 Olivier Métra, French composer of balletss, light opera, and popular waltzes (Esperance!), and conductor, dies at 59
Oct 24 Loisa Puget, French composer, dies at 79
Oct 30 Alfred E. Jackson "Mudwall", American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 82
Nov 15 Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat, dies at 88
Nov 18 William Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68
Nov 20 August Ahlqvist, Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi), dies at 63
Dec 3 Baltasar Saldoni, Spanish composer and musicologist, dies at 82

Jefferson Davis (1808-1889)

Dec 6 President of the Confederate States of America (1861-65), dies at 81

Dec 6 Jozef Neuhuys [Joseph Hendrikus Neuhuys], Dutch painter, dies at 48
Dec 10 Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, dies at 50

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Dec 12 English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77

Dec 12 Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1804)
Dec 21 Friedrich August Quenstedt, German geologist and paleontologist, dies at 80
Dec 21 J. B. Lightfoot, English theologist and bishop of Durham, dies at 61
Dec 24 Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819)
Dec 31 Ion Creanga, Moldavian-born Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie) author, dies at 52