Jan 4 Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy, French general (b. 1823) Jan 4 Nicolás Ledesma, Spanish organist and composer, dies at 91 Jan 5 Charles Tompson, first Australian published poet (b. 1806) Jan 10 Samuel Mudd, American physician (imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth), dies of pneumonia at 49 Jan 21 Jacopo Tomadini, Italian composer, dies at 62 Jan 23 Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832) Jan 24 Friedrich von Flotow, German composer, dies at 70 Dec 1882 Famous Deaths by Year Feb 1883 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning
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Plane Crash
Poisoning