Dec 1 Jeremy Francis Gilmer, American general and engineer (Chief Engineer for Confederate War Dept, planned the defense of Atlanta), dies at 65 Dec 13 Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812) Dec 25 Marek Konrad Sokolowski, Polish guitarist and composer, dies at 65 Nov 1883 Famous Deaths by Year Jan 1884 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide