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1888

January 26, 2023

This article is about the year 1888. For the album by Death In June and Current 93, see 1888 (album). For the EP by The Defiled, see 1888 (EP). For "1-888", a common North American phone number prefix, see Toll-free telephone number.

1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1888th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 888th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1888, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1888 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1888
MDCCCLXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita2641
Armenian calendar1337
ԹՎ ՌՅԼԷ
Assyrian calendar6638
Baháʼí calendar44–45
Balinese saka calendar1809–1810
Bengali calendar1295
Berber calendar2838
British Regnal year51 Vict. 1 – 52 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar2432
Burmese calendar1250
Byzantine calendar7396–7397
Chinese calendar丁亥年 (Fire Pig)
4584 or 4524
    — to —
戊子年 (Earth Rat)
4585 or 4525
Coptic calendar1604–1605
Discordian calendar3054
Ethiopian calendar1880–1881
Hebrew calendar5648–5649
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1944–1945
 - Shaka Samvat1809–1810
 - Kali Yuga4988–4989
Holocene calendar11888
Igbo calendar888–889
Iranian calendar1266–1267
Islamic calendar1305–1306
Japanese calendarMeiji 21
(明治２１年)
Javanese calendar1817–1818
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4221
Minguo calendar24 before ROC
民前24年
Nanakshahi calendar420
Thai solar calendar2430–2431
Tibetan calendar阴火猪年
(female Fire-Pig)
2014 or 1633 or 861
    — to —
阳土鼠年
(male Earth-Rat)
2015 or 1634 or 862
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1888.

In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late as 2888, which has 14 digits.

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

 
August 31: Victim found from Jack the Ripper?

October–December

Date unknown

Births

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

September–October

November–December

Date unknown

Deaths

January–June

July–December

Date unknown

References

  1. ^ Coumbe, Albert Thompson (1924). Petroleum in Japan. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 10.
  2. ^ "The Diary of a Nobody". Punch, or the London Charivari. 94: 241. May 26, 1888.
  3. ^ Morton, Peter (Spring 2005). ""The Funniest Book in the World": Waugh and The Diary of a Nobody". The Evelyn Waugh Newsletter and Studies. Leicester: University of Leicester. 36 (1).
  4. ^ Newton, John A. (2004). "King, Edward (1829–1910)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34319. Retrieved October 12, 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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  6. ^ 佐藤（2005b）; 北原（1995a）pp.162-165、米地（2006）pp.122-123.
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  8. ^ "Wells College Destroyed" (PDF). The New York Times. August 10, 1888. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.
  9. ^ . Daimler. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  10. ^ Guzmán, Yuyú (March 3, 2007). "Rincón gaucho. Un arreo que extendió la frontera ganadera". La Nación. Retrieved January 20, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  15. ^ Ranade 1974, p. 61.
  16. ^ Muscat, Mark Geoffrey (2016). Maltese Architecture 1900–1970: Progress and Innovations. Valletta: Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti. p. 72. ISBN 9789990932065.
  17. ^ "Privy Council Appeal No. 90 of 1922, from Bengal Appeal No. 27 of 1919", Case Mine, December 5, 1994, Karimunnessa Khatun and others v. Mahomed Fazlul Karim and others
  18. ^ "Louisa May Alcott | Biography, Childhood, Family, Books, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  19. ^ Cárdenas Álvarez, Renato (January 17, 2005). "La historia del pirata chilote Pedro Ñancúpel" (in Spanish). El Llanquihue. Retrieved January 10, 2019. Cuando es capturado en Melinka ya era una leyenda porque había evadido la persecución.

Bibliography

Further reading and year books

  • 1888 Annual Cyclopedia (1889) highly detailed coverage of "Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry" for year 1888; massive compilation of facts and primary documents; worldwide coverage; 831 pp

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This article is about the year 1888 For the album by Death In June and Current 93 see 1888 album For the EP by The Defiled see 1888 EP For 1 888 a common North American phone number prefix see Toll free telephone number 1888 MDCCCLXXXVIII was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar the 1888th year of the Common Era CE and Anno Domini AD designations the 888th year of the 2nd millennium the 88th year of the 19th century and the 9th year of the 1880s decade As of the start of 1888 the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar which remained in localized use until 1923 Millennium 2nd millenniumCenturies 18th century 19th century 20th centuryDecades 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900sYears 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 18911888 in various calendarsGregorian calendar1888MDCCCLXXXVIIIAb urbe condita2641Armenian calendar1337ԹՎ ՌՅԼԷAssyrian calendar6638Bahaʼi calendar44 45Balinese saka calendar1809 1810Bengali calendar1295Berber calendar2838British Regnal year51 Vict 1 52 Vict 1Buddhist calendar2432Burmese calendar1250Byzantine calendar7396 7397Chinese calendar丁亥年 Fire Pig 4584 or 4524 to 戊子年 Earth Rat 4585 or 4525Coptic calendar1604 1605Discordian calendar3054Ethiopian calendar1880 1881Hebrew calendar5648 5649Hindu calendars Vikram Samvat1944 1945 Shaka Samvat1809 1810 Kali Yuga4988 4989Holocene calendar11888Igbo calendar888 889Iranian calendar1266 1267Islamic calendar1305 1306Japanese calendarMeiji 21 明治２１年 Javanese calendar1817 1818Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 daysKorean calendar4221Minguo calendar24 before ROC民前24年Nanakshahi calendar420Thai solar calendar2430 2431Tibetan calendar阴火猪年 female Fire Pig 2014 or 1633 or 861 to 阳土鼠年 male Earth Rat 2015 or 1634 or 862Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1888 In Germany 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors Currently it is the year that when written in Roman numerals has the most digits 13 The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388 The record will be surpassed as late as 2888 which has 14 digits Contents 1 Events 1 1 January March 1 2 April June 1 3 July September 1 4 October December 1 5 Date unknown 2 Births 2 1 January February 2 2 March April 2 3 May June 2 4 July August 2 5 September October 2 6 November December 2 7 Date unknown 3 Deaths 3 1 January June 3 2 July December 3 3 Date unknown 4 References 4 1 Bibliography 5 Further reading and year booksEvents EditJanuary March Edit March 11 Great Blizzard of 1888 January 3 The 91 centimeter telescope at Lick Observatory in California is first used January 12 The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory the states of Montana Minnesota Nebraska Kansas and Texas leaving 235 dead many of them children on their way home from school January 13 The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington D C January 21 The Amateur Athletic Union is founded by William Buckingham Curtis in the United States January 26 The Lawn Tennis Association is founded in England February 6 Gillis Bildt becomes Prime Minister of Sweden 1888 1889 February 27 In West Orange New Jersey Thomas Edison meets with Eadweard Muybridge who proposes a scheme for sound film March 8 The Agriculture College of Utah later Utah State University is founded in Logan Utah March 9 Wilhelm I dies Frederick III becomes German Emperor and King of Prussia March 11 The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 March 13 De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd is founded in Kimberley March 15 The Sikkim Expedition a British military expedition to expel the Tibetans from northern Sikkim begins March 16 The foundation stone for a new National Library of Greece is laid in Athens March 20 The first Romani language operetta premieres in Moscow Russia March 23 A meeting called by William McGregor to discuss establishment of The Football League is held in London March 25 Opening of an international Congress for Women s Rights organized by Susan B Anthony in Washington D C leading to formation of the International Council of Women a key event in the international women s movement April June Edit April 3 London prostitute Emma Elizabeth Smith is brutally attacked by two or three men dying of her injuries the following day first of the Whitechapel murders but probably not a victim of Jack the Ripper The Brighton Beach Hotel in Coney Island New York is moved 520 ft 160 m using six steam locomotives by civil engineer B C Miller to save it from ocean storms April 6 The first New Year s Day is observed of the solar calendar adopted by Siamese King Chulalongkorn with the 106th anniversary of Bangkok s founding in 1782 as its epoch reference date April 11 The Concertgebouw orchestra in Amsterdam is inaugurated April 16 The German Empire annexes the island of Nauru April 18 Westminster School is founded in Simsbury Connecticut April 21 The Texas State Capitol building completed at a cost of 3 million opens to the public in Austin May 1 Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is established by the United States Congress May 8 The International Exhibition of Science Art and Industry in Kelvingrove Park Glasgow opens continues to November May 10 Nippon Oil Corporation predecessor of Eneos a petroleum and gas energy brand in Japan is founded in Niigata Prefecture 1 May 12 The North Borneo Chartered Company s territories including Sabah become the British protectorate of North Borneo May 13 In Brazil the Lei Aurea abolishes the last remnants of slavery May 26 The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith begins serialization in Punch London 2 3 May 28 In Glasgow Scotland Celtic F C plays its first official match winning 5 2 against Rangers F C May 30 Hong Kong s Peak Tram begins operation June 2 Edward King bishop of Lincoln in England is called to account for using ritualistic practices in Anglican worship 4 June 3 The Kingdom of Sedang is formed in modern day Vietnam American writer Ernest Thayer s baseball poem Casey at the Bat is first published under the pen name Phin as the last of his humorous contributions to The San Francisco Examiner June 14 The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak June 15 Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor and King of Prussia 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors June 19 In Chicago the Republican Convention opens at the Auditorium Building Benjamin Harrison and Levi P Morton win the nominations for President and Vice President of the United States respectively June 29 Handel s Israel in Egypt is recorded onto wax cylinder at The Crystal Palace in London the earliest known recording of classical music June 30 The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom opens its laboratory on Plymouth Hoe July September Edit August 31 Victim found from Jack the Ripper July 2 27 London matchgirls strike of 1888 About 200 workers mainly teenaged girls strike following the dismissal of three colleagues from the Bryant and May match factory precipitated by an article on their working conditions published on June 23 by campaigning journalist Annie Besant and the workers unionise on July 27 5 July 15 According to Japanese government official confirmed report A large scale eruption and ash smoke hit around Mount Bandai area Fukushima Prefecture Japan more than 477 people were killed 6 July 25 Frank Edward McGurrin a court stenographer from Salt Lake City Utah purportedly the only person using touch typing at this time wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati Ohio This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used in modern times August 1 Carl Benz is issued with the world s first driving licence by the Grand Duchy of Baden August 5 Bertha Benz arrives in Pforzheim having driven 40 miles 64 km from Mannheim in a car manufactured by her husband Karl Benz thus completing the first long distance drive in the history of the automobile August 7 Whitechapel murders The body of London prostitute Martha Tabram is found a possible victim of Jack the Ripper 7 August 9 A fire destroys the Main Building the heart of Wells College in Aurora New York causing a loss of 130 000 8 The Oaths Act permits the oath of allegiance taken to the Sovereign by Members of Parliament MPs to be affirmed rather than sworn to God thus confirming the ability of atheists to sit in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom August 10 Dr Friedrich Hermann Wolfert s motorised airship successfully completes the world s first engine driven flight from Cannstatt to Kornwestheim in Germany 9 August 13 The Local Government Act effective from 1889 establishes county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales redraws some county boundaries and gives women the vote in local elections It also declares that bicycles tricycles velocipedes and other similar machines be carriages within the meaning of the Highway Acts which remains the case and requires that they give audible warning when overtaking any cart or carriage or any horse mule or other beast of burden or any foot passenger a rule abolished in 1930 August 20 A mutiny at Dufile Equatoria results in the imprisonment of the Emin Pasha August 22 Earliest evidence of a death and injury by a meteorite in Sulaymaniyah Iraq August 24 The first trams in Tallinn Reval horsecars begin operation August 28 The longest date in Roman numerals XXVIII VIII MDCCCLXXXVIII occurs August 31 Whitechapel murders The mutilated body of London prostitute Mary Ann Nichols is found she is considered the first victim of Jack the Ripper September 4 In the United States George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film Mohandas Gandhi embarks on the S S Clyde from Bombay for London September 6 Charles Turner becomes the first bowler in cricket to take 250 wickets in an English season a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson twice J T Hearne Wilfred Rhodes twice and Tich Freeman six times September 8 The Great Herding Spanish El Gran Arreo begins with thousands of sheep beeng herded from the Argentine outpost of Fortin Conesa to Santa Cruz near the Strait of Magellan 10 Whitechapel murders The mutilated body of London prostitute Annie Chapman is found considered to be the second victim of Jack the Ripper In England the first six Football League matches are played 7 In a letter accepting renomination as President of the United States Grover Cleveland declares the Chinese impossible of assimilation with our people and dangerous to our peace and welfare September 17 Las Cruces College later New Mexico State University is founded in Las Cruces New Mexico September 27 Whitechapel murders The Dear Boss letter signed Jack the Ripper the first time the name is used is received by London s Central News Agency 7 Stanley Park is officially opened by Vancouver B C mayor David Oppenheimer September 30 Whitechapel murders The bodies of London prostitutes Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes the latter mutilated are found They are generally considered Jack the Ripper s third and fourth victims respectively October December Edit October 1 Sofia University officially opens becoming the first university in liberated Bulgaria October 2 The Whitehall Mystery Dismembered remains of a woman s body are discovered at three central London locations one being the construction site of the police headquarters at New Scotland Yard October 9 The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public in Washington D C October 9 Washington Monument opens October 14 Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture Roundhay Garden Scene in Roundhay Leeds West Yorkshire England two seconds and 18 frames in length followed by his movie Leeds Bridge Battle of Gute Dili Seeking to extend Mahdist control over what is now southwestern Ethiopia governor Khalil al Khuzani is routed by an alliance of Shewan forces under Ras Gobana Dacche and Moroda Bekere ruler of Leqa Naqamte Only a handful including Khalil barely manage to flee the battlefield October 25 St Cuthbert s Society at the University of Durham in England is founded after a general meeting chaired by the Reverend Hastings Rashdall October 30 The Rudd Concession a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland Mashonaland and adjoining territories is granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson who are acting on behalf of South African based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes providing a basis for white settlement of Rhodesia November 6 1888 United States presidential election Democratic Party incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the popular vote but loses the Electoral College vote to Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison therefore losing the election November 8 Joseph Assheton Fincher files a patent in the United Kingdom for the parlour game which he calls Tiddledy Winks November 9 Whitechapel murders The mutilated body of London prostitute Mary Jane Kelly is found She is considered to be the fifth and last of Jack the Ripper s victims A number of similar murders in England follow but the police attribute them to copy cat killers November 16 First signs of famine in Ethiopia caused by drought combined with early spread of the 1890s African rinderpest epizootic November 20 The first St V parade by students is held in Brussels November 27 International sorority Delta Delta Delta is founded at Boston University in the United States November 29 The celebration of Thanksgiving United States and the first day of Hanukkah coincide December 7 John Boyd Dunlop patents the pneumatic bicycle tyre in the United Kingdom December 17 The Lyric Theatre London opens December 18 Richard Wetherill and his brother in law discover the Indian ruins of Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado December 23 During a bout of mental illness and having quarreled with his friend Paul Gauguin Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh infamously cuts off the lower part of his own left ear taking it to a brothel and is removed to the local hospital in Arles Date unknown Edit The dolphin Pelorus Jack is first sighted in Cook Strait New Zealand The Camborne School of Mines is founded in Cornwall England John Robert Gregg first publishes Gregg shorthand in the United States Rudyard Kipling s short story collection Plain Tales from the Hills is published in Calcutta India The Finnish epic Kalevala is published for the first time in the English language by American linguist John Martin Crawford The Baldwin School is founded in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania as Miss Florence Baldwin s School for Girls Preparatory for Bryn Mawr College Chin Gee Hee starts the Quong Tuck Company to supply construction workers to North American railroads Global pharmaceutical and health care brands are founded in the United States G D Searle by Gideon Daniel Searle in Omaha Nebraska 11 Abbott Laboratories as Abbott Alkaloidal by Dr Wallace C Abbott in Illinois 12 Katz s Delicatessen is founded in the Lower East Side of Manhattan First British rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand Births EditJanuary February Edit Carlos Quintanilla Otto Stern January 1 Victor Goldschmidt Swiss geochemist d 1947 January 8 Matt Moore Irish born actor d 1960 January 16 Robert Henry English American admiral d 1943 January 18 Thomas Sopwith English aviation pioneer yachtsman d 1989 January 19 Millard Harmon American general d 1945 c January 20 Huddie William Ledbetter Lead Belly American folk blues singer d 1949 January 22 Carlos Quintanilla 37th President of Bolivia d 1964 January 23 Aritomo Gotō Japanese admiral d 1942 January 24 Vicki Baum Austrian writer d 1960 Ernst Heinkel German aircraft designer d 1958 January 29 Wellington Koo Chinese statesman d 1985 February 2 Frederick Lane Australian swimmer d 1969 February 5 Bruce Fraser British admiral d 1981 February 8 Edith Evans British actress d 1976 February 11 John Warren Davis American educator college administrator and civil rights leader d 1980 13 14 February 13 Georgios Papandreou Prime Minister of Greece d 1968 February 14 Chandrashekhar Agashe Indian industrialist d 1956 15 February 17 Otto Stern German physicist Nobel Prize laureate d 1969 February 19 Adelina Domingues World s oldest person American supercentenarian last surviving person born in 1888 d 2002 Tom Phillips British admiral d 1941 Aurora Quezon First Lady of the Philippines d 1949 Jose Eustasio Rivera Colombian writer d 1928 February 20 Georges Bernanos French writer d 1948 February 25 John Foster Dulles United States Secretary of State d 1959 February 27 Lotte Lehmann German singer d 1976 Arthur Schlesinger Sr American historian d 1965 March April Edit March 1 Ewart Astill English cricketer Leicestershire d 1948 March 4 Knute Rockne American football player coach d 1931 March 7 William L Laurence American journalist d 1977 Claude Roger Marx French writer d 1977 March 10 Barry Fitzgerald Irish actor d 1961 March 16 Anton Kollisch German chemist noted for synthesising MDMA d 1916 March 17 Paul Ramadier Prime Minister of France d 1961 March 26 Elsa Brandstrom Swedish nurse d 1948 March 28 Leon Noel French diplomat politician and historian d 1987 March 29 Enea Bossi Sr Italian born American aerospace engineer aviation pioneer d 1963 James E Casey American founder of the United Parcel Service d 1983 March 30 Anna Q Nilsson Swedish American silent film star d 1974 April 1 Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr American general d 1969 April 2 Sir Neville Cardus British cricket music writer d 1975 April 3 Thomas C Kinkaid American admiral d 1972 April 4 Tris Speaker American professional baseball player member of the Baseball Hall of Fame d 1958 Zdzislaw Zygulski Sr Polish literary historian d 1975 April 6 Hans Richter German filmmaker d 1976 Gerhard Ritter German historian d 1967 April 12 Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola 28th president of Ecuador d 1952 April 18 Duffy Lewis American Major League Baseball player d 1979 April 26 Anita Loos American writer d 1981 April 27 Florence La Badie Canadian actress d 1917 May June Edit David Dougal Williams artist May 8 Maurice Boyau French World War I fighter ace d 1918 May 9 Francesco Baracca Italian World War I fighter ace d 1918 May 10 Max Steiner Austrian American composer d 1971 May 11 Irving Berlin American composer d 1989 Willis Augustus Lee American admiral d 1945 May 13 Inge Lehmann Danish seismologist geophysicist d 1993 May 17 Tich Freeman English cricketer d 1965 May 18 William Hood Simpson American general d 1980 May 23 Zack Wheat American Baseball Hall of Famer d 1972 May 24 Stanley Sylvester Alexander Watkins English talking pictures pioneer May 25 Harukichi Hyakutake Japanese general d 1947 Miles Malleson English actor d 1969 May 27 Louis Durey French composer d 1979 May 28 Kaarel Eenpalu Prime Minister of Estonia d 1942 May 31 Jack Holt American actor d 1951 June David Dougal Williams English born painter and art teacher working in Scotland d 1944 June 3 Tom Brown American jazz musician d 1958 June 5 Armand Annet French colonial official d 1973 June 6 Pete Wendling American composer pianist and piano roll recording artist d 1974 June 9 Ida Rentoul Outhwaite Australian illustrator d 1960 June 13 Fernando Pessoa Portuguese writer d 1935 June 16 Peter Stoner American mathematician astronomer and Christian apologist d 1980 June 17 Heinz Guderian German general d 1954 June 21 Cecil King New Zealand rugby league footballer d 1975 June 22 Milton Allen Governor of Saint Christopher Nevis Anguilla d 1981 Harold Hitz Burton American politician Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States d 1964 June 23 F Ryan Duffy American judge and politician d 1979 June 24 Boshirō Hosogaya Japanese admiral d 1964 Gerrit Rietveld Dutch architect d 1964 June 27 Antoinette Perry New York stage director for whom the Tony Award is named d 1946 June 29 Joseph Squizzy Taylor Australian underworld figure d 1927 July August Edit Herbert Spencer Gasser Frits Zernike July 1 Ioan Glogojeanu Romanian general d 1941 July 5 Herbert Spencer Gasser American physiologist Nobel Prize laureate d 1963 July 8 John R Sinnock 8th Chief Engraver of the United States Mint d 1947 July 9 Wang Yun wu Chinese scholar of history and political science d 1979 July 10 Giorgio de Chirico Italian painter d 1978 July 16 Percy Kilbride American actor d 1964 Frits Zernike Dutch physicist Nobel Prize laureate d 1966 July 17 Shmuel Yosef Agnon Israeli writer Nobel Prize laureate d 1970 July 20 Geneve L A Shaffer American realtor lecturer and author d 1976 July 22 Kirk Bryan American geologist d 1950 Selman Waksman Ukrainian born biochemist recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine d 1973 July 23 Raymond Chandler American born novelist d 1959 July 25 Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig German Waffen SS general d 1939 August 4 Syedna Taher Saifuddin Indian Bohra spiritual leader d 1965 August 6 Stephen Galatti American Field Service director d 1964 Heinrich Schlusnus German baritone d 1952 August 8 Shōjirō Iida Japanese general d 1980 Harold Page Australian military officer d 1942 Cesar Vezzani French opera singer d 1951 August 9 Eduard Ritter von Schleich German fighter ace air force general d 1947 August 13 John Logie Baird Scottish inventor d 1946 Gleb W Derujinsky Russian American sculptor d 1975 August 16 Armand J Piron American jazz musician d 1943 T E Lawrence Lawrence of Arabia British liaison officer during the Arab Revolt writer and academic d 1935 August 17 Monty Woolley American actor d 1963 August 20 Ton Đức Thắng 2nd president of Vietnam d 1980 August 25 Allama Mashriqi Pakistani scholar politician d 1963 August 26 Gustavo R Vincenti Maltese architect and developer d 1974 16 August 28 Evadne Price Australian British writer actress and astrologer d 1985 August 29 Gunichi Mikawa Japanese admiral d 1981 Dina Romano Italian stage and film actress d 1957 September October Edit Joseph P Kennedy Sr Maurice Chevalier T S Eliot September 4 Margaret Henley J M Barrie s inspiration for the name Wendy in Peter Pan d 1894 September 5 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Indian philosopher politician and 2nd President of India d 1975 September 6 Joseph P Kennedy Sr American politician d 1969 Zeng Junchen Chinese drug baron d 1964 September 12 Maurice Chevalier French singer and actor d 1972 September 14 Thakur Anukulchandra Indian social reformer and philanthropist d 1969 September 16 Frans Eemil Sillanpaa Finnish writer Nobel Prize laureate d 1964 W O Bentley English engineer entrepreneur d 1971 September 17 Michiyo Tsujimura Japanese agricultural scientist d 1969 September 18 Grey Owl British impostor writer d 1938 September 20 John Painter American supercentenarian world s oldest man between 1999 and 2001 d 2001 September 26 J Frank Dobie American folklorist journalist d 1964 T S Eliot British American born poet Nobel Prize laureate d 1965 September 28 Sean Lester Irish diplomat d 1959 October 3 Claud Allister English actor d 1970 October 4 Lucy Tayiah Eads Kaw tribal chief d 1961 Friedrich Olbricht German general d 1944 October 6 Roland Garros French pilot killed in action 1918 October 8 Ernst Kretschmer German psychiatrist d 1964 October 9 Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin Russian Bolshevik and Soviet politician d 1938 October 14 Katherine Mansfield New Zealand fiction writer d 1923 October 16 Radu Băldescu Romanian general d 1953 Eugene O Neill American playwright Nobel Prize laureate d 1953 Paul Popenoe American eugenicist d 1979 Mikhail Kaganovich Soviet politician d 1941 October 17 Paul Bernays Swiss mathematician d 1977 October 19 Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai Indian freedom fighter and Tamil poet d 1972 October 20 Emanoil Barzotescu Romanian general d 1968 Sadayoshi Tanabe Japanese academic bibliographer d 2000 October 24 Carlo Bergamini Italian admiral d 1943 October 25 Lester Cuneo American actor d 1925 October 28 Dumitru Carlaonț Romanian general d 1970 October 30 Alan Goodrich Kirk American admiral d 1963 October 31 Hubert Wilkins Australian explorer of the Arctic d 1958 November December Edit Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Harpo Marx Oswald Rayner Gladys Cooper F W Murnau November 1 George Kenner German artist made 110 paintings and drawings during World War I while interned as a prisoner of war d 1971 Michal Sopocko Polish Lithuanian saint the Apostle of Divine Mercy d 1975 Viliami Tungi Mailefihi 7th Premier of Tonga d 1941 November 7 Nestor Makhno Ukrainian anarcho communist revolutionary d 1934 Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Indian physicist Nobel Prize laureate d 1970 November 9 Jean Monnet French political economist diplomat and a founding father of the European Union d 1979 November 13 Philip Francis Nowlan American science fiction writer creator of the Buck Rogers character d 1940 November 14 Andreas Malandrinos Greek actor d 1970 November 15 Jose Raul Capablanca Cuban World chess champion 1921 1927 d 1942 Harald Sverdrup Norwegian scientist d 1957 November 16 Luis Cluzeau Mortet Uruguayan composer and musician d 1957 November 23 Harpo Marx American comedian d 1964 November 26 Francisco Canaro Uruguayan born violinist composer d 1964 November 24 Dale Carnegie American writer lecturer d 1955 Cathleen Nesbitt British actress d 1982 November 28 Edgar Church American comic book collector d 1978 November 29 Oswald Rayner British MI6 agent d 1961 November 30 Ralph Hartley American electronics researcher inventor d 1970 December 3 Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog Polish born Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel d 1959 December 4 King Alexander of Yugoslavia d 1934 Donald B Beary American admiral d 1966 December 6 Will Hay British actor comedian d 1949 December 7 Joyce Cary Northern Irish author d 1957 Jinichi Kusaka Japanese admiral d 1972 December 16 Alphonse Juin French general Marshal of France d 1967 December 18 Dame Gladys Cooper English actress d 1971 Robert Moses American civil engineer public works director highway and bridge builder d 1981 December 19 Fritz Reiner Hungarian conductor d 1963 December 20 Yitzhak Baer German born Israeli historian d 1980 December 22 Theodore Stark Wilkinson American admiral d 1946 December 26 Marius Canard French orientalist d 1982 December 28 F W Murnau German film director d 1931 Date unknown Edit Mariano Andreu Spanish painter d 1976 Tudorancea Ciurea Romanian general d 1971 Traian Cocorăscu Romanian general d 1970 Nicolae Costescu Romanian general d 1963 Ibrahim Hashem 3 time prime minister of Jordan d 1958 Virginia Pereira Alvarez first Venezuelan woman to study medicine in Venezuela d 1947 Deaths EditJanuary June Edit Wilhelm I Frederick Miller Ascanio Sobrero Frederick III January 7 Golam Ali Chowdhury Bengali landlord and philanthropist b 1824 17 January 19 Anton de Bary German biologist b 1831 January 20 William Pitt Ballinger Texas lawyer southern statesman b 1825 January 29 Edward Lear British artist writer b 1812 January 31 John Bosco Italian priest youth worker educator and founder of the Salesian Society b 1815 February 3 Sir Henry Maine British jurist b 1822 February 5 Anton Mauve Dutch painter b 1838 February 22 Anna Kingsford British women s rights activist b 1846 February 24 Seth Kinman American hunter settler b 1815 March 6 Louisa May Alcott American novelist b 1832 18 Josif Pancic Serbian botanist b 1814 March 9 William I German Emperor King of Prussia b 1797 March 12 Henry Bergh founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals b 1813 March 16 Hippolyte Carnot French statesman b 1801 March 23 Morrison Waite Chief Justice of the United States b 1816 March 27 Francesco Faa di Bruno Italian mathematician b 1825 March 29 Charles Valentin Alkan French composer pianist b 1813 April 4 Emma Elizabeth Smith Whitechapel Murders victim b 1843 April 14 Emil Czyrnianski Polish chemist b 1824 April 15 Matthew Arnold English poet b 1822 April 17 Ephraim George Squier American archaeologist newspaper editor b 1821 April 19 Thomas Russell Crampton English engineer b 1816 May 11 Frederick Miller German born American brewer and businessman b 1824 May 15 Edwin Hamilton Davis American archaeologist physician b 1811 May 19 Julius Rockwell United States politician b 1805 May 26 Ascanio Sobrero Italian chemist b 1812 June 7 Edmond Le Bœuf French general Marshal of France b 1809 June 8 Sir Duncan Cameron British army general b 1808 June 15 Frederick III German Emperor King of Prussia b 1831 June 23 Edmund Gurney British psychologist b 1847 July December Edit Paul Langerhans John Pemberton Carl Zeiss July 1 Maiden of Ludmir Jewish religious leader b 1805 July 4 Theodor Storm German writer b 1817 July 9 Jan Brand 4th president of the Orange Free State b 1823 July 20 Paul Langerhans German pathologist biologist b 1847 August 5 Philip Sheridan American general b 1831 August 7 Martha Tabram possible first victim of Jack the Ripper b 1849 August 9 Charles Cros French poet b 1842 August 16 John Pemberton American pharmacist founder of Coca Cola b 1831 August 20 Henry Richard Welsh peace campaigner b 1812 August 23 Philip Henry Gosse British scientist b 1810 August 24 Rudolf Clausius German physicist contributor to thermodynamics b 1822 August 31 Mary Ann Nichols first confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper b 1845 September 6 John Lester Wallack American theater impresario b 1820 September 8 Annie Chapman victim of Jack the Ripper b 1841 September 11 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Argentine politician writer and father of education b 1811 September 23 Francois Achille Bazaine French general b 1811 September 24 Karl von Prantl German philosopher b 1820 September 30 Catherine Eddowes victim of Jack the Ripper b 1842 Elizabeth Stride victim of Jack the Ripper b 1843 October 16 Horatio Spafford American author of the hymn It Is Well With My Soul b 1828 John Wentworth Mayor of Chicago b 1815 October 26 William Thomas Hamilton American politician b 1820 November 1 Nikolay Przhevalsky Russian explorer b 1839 November 9 Mary Jane Kelly fifth and final confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper b 1863 November 10 George Bingham 3rd Earl of Lucan British army officer and aristocrat b 1800 November 11 Pedro Nancupel Chilean pirate active in the fjords and channels of Patagonia He was executed 19 November 17 Dora d Istria Romanian Albanian writer and nationalist b 1828 November 24 Cicero Price American commodore b 1805 December 2 Namik Kemal Turkish patriotic poet social reformer b 1840 December 3 Carl Zeiss German optician founder of Carl Zeiss AG b 1816 December 10 William E Le Roy American admiral b 1818 December 20 Rose Mylett Whitechapel murders victim b 1859 December 24 Mikhail Loris Melikov Russian statesman general b 1826 December 31 Samson Raphael Hirsch German rabbi b 1808 John Westcott American surveyor and politician b 1807 Date unknown Edit Caroline Howard Gilman Caroline Howard Gilman American author b 1794 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