Famous People Who Died in 1896

Feb 12 Isaac Murphy, American jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
Feb 13 Carl Martin Reinthaler, German composer, dies at 73
Feb 15 E J Nicholson, writer, dies
Feb 26 Arsène Houssaye, French novelist and poet, dies at 80
Mar 1 Giuseppe Arimondi, Italian general who fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War, dies in the Battle of Adwa at 49
Mar 1 Vittorio Dabormida, Italian general who fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War, dies in the Battle of Adwa at 53
Mar 15 Isaac Shadd, American-Canadian newspaper publisher (The Provincial Freeman), and politician (Mississippi House of Representatives, 1871-76), dies at 66 or 67
Mar 22 Thomas Hughes, English politician and author (Tom Brown's School days), dies at 73
Mar 28 E Rundle Charles, writer, dies
Mar 30 Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek politician (Prime Minister of Greece for 7 times from 1875-1895), dies at 63
Apr 5 John Rogers Thomas, Welsh-American baritone and composer of popular, classical, and sacred music, dies at 66
Apr 12 Alexander Ritter, German composer, dies at 62
Apr 22 Thomas Meik, Scottish civil engineer, dies at 84
Apr 27 Henry Parkes, Australian politician (longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales), dies at 80
Apr 28 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian & political writer, dies at 61
Apr 30 Antonio Cagnoni, Italian opera composer, dies at 68
May 1 Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65
May 5 Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)

H. H. Holmes (1861-1896)

May 7 American serial killer associated with 27 deaths, executed by hanging at 34

May 12 Juan Morel Campos, Puerto Rican composer (Danza), dies at 38
May 13 Nora Perry, American poet, journalist and children's writer, dies (b. 1831)
May 17 Sophus Tromholt, Norwegian astrophysicist and photographer (photographed Sami people), dies at 45 [1]

Clara Schumann (1819-1896)

May 20 German pianist and composer of the Romantic era, dies of a stroke at 76

May 23 Jose Asunción Silva, Colombian poet (Nocturno III), dies at 30
May 27 Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. 1839)
May 27 Allard Pierson, Dutch theologist, philosopher and art historian, dies at 65
May 29 Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist, dies at 81
Jun 2 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer and ambassador in Abyssinia, dies at 65
Jun 7 Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (Isabella d'Aspeno), dies at 67
Jun 7 Wyatt Eaton, Canadian-American artist, dies from tuberculosis at 47
Jun 10 Amelia Dyer, English murderer of 300 infants, hanged at Newgate Prison, London (b. 1829)
Jun 11 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German organist and composer, dies at 72
Jun 25 Emile A.H. Seipgens, Dutch beer brewer and man of letters, dies at 58
Jun 25 Lyman Trumbull, U.S. Senator from Illinois (1855-73), dies at 82
Jun 26 Prince Louis, French Duke of Nemours, dies at 81

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)

Jul 1 American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85

Jul 6 Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, Russian composer, dies at 54
Jul 11 Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist and historian (Olympia), dies at 81
Jul 13 August Kekule von Stradonitz, German chemist who discovered structure of benzene ring, dies at 66
Jul 16 Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74
Jul 16 William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies
Jul 19 Abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859)
Aug 1 William Robert Grove, Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell, dies at 85
Aug 9 Otto Lilenthal, German aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48
Aug 10 Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer (explored winged flight through gliders), dies falling to his death from his glider at 48
Aug 12 Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg
Aug 13 John Everett Millais, English painter (Order of Release), dies at 67
Aug 17 Bridget Driscoll, 1st person in Great Britain to die in an auto-accident
Aug 18 Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88
Aug 18 Richard Avenarius, German philosopher (founded the epistemological theory of knowledge known as empirical criticism), dies at 52
Aug 19 Josiah Dwight Whitney, American Geologist who led the California Geological Survey (Mount Whitney and Whitney Glacier are named for him), dies at 76
Aug 30 Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824)
Sep 1 Johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62
Sep 2 Nat Thomson, Australian cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1st batsman dismissed in first Test match 1877), dies at 57
Sep 11 Francis James Child, American ballad collector (b. 1825)
Sep 16 Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian opera composer, first from outside of Europe have a successful career in Italy, dies at 60
Sep 18 Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, French physicist, dies at 75
Sep 20 Gottfried Conradi, Norwegian composer, dies at 76
Sep 23 Gilbert Duprez, French composer, dies at 89
Sep 23 Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83
Sep 24 Louis Gerhard De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (1876-80), dies at 78
Sep 24 Percy McDonnell, Australian cricket batsman (19 Tests, 3 x 100s; Victoria CA, NSW CA, Queensland CA), dies of cardiac failure at 35
Oct 3 William Morris, English artist, writer and socialist associated with Arts and Crafts movement who championed handmade production, dies at 62 [1]

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Oct 11 Austrian composer (Te Deum; Wagner Symphony), Wagner disciple and "monumental bore", dies at 72

Oct 11 Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1829)
Oct 12 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (Council President of Denmark 1865-70), dies at 78
Oct 20 Félix Tisserand, French Astronomer, dies at 51
Oct 21 James Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844)
Oct 26 Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)
Nov 12 Spyridon Xyndas, Greek composer, dies at 84
Nov 13 Antonio Peña y Goñi, Spanish composer, dies at 50
Nov 22 George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer and inventor (Ferris Wheel), dies of typhoid fever at 37
Nov 22 Leon Leopold Lewandoski, Polish composer, dies at 65
Nov 22 Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican Liberal politician, military leader and writer (Governor of the State of Mexico), dies at 64
Nov 26 Coventry Patmore, English poet and critic (The Angel in the House), dies at 73
Dec 8 Ernst Engel, German statistician and economist (Law of Engel), dies at 75

Alfred Nobel (1833-1896)

Dec 10 Swedish chemist who invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63

Dec 15 John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologian and church historian, dies at 67
Dec 26 Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physiologist, co-discoverer of nerve action potential and founder of modern electrophysiology, dies at 78
Dec 27 John Brown, British manufacturer (b. 1816)