Jan 4 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77 Jan 9 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, Austrian composer, dies at 73 Jan 16 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51 Jan 16 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise), dies at 81 Jan 18 Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819) Jan 26 David Rice Atchison, American politician (not President of the United States for a day on March 4, 1849), dies at 78 [1] Dec 1885 Famous Deaths by Year Feb 1886 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning
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Car Crash
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Plane Crash
Poisoning