Deaths Date 1892 | History by KabAstro

Feb 5 Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807)
Feb 9 Alfred Moore Scales, American politician (45th Governor of North Carolina), dies at 64
Feb 11 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, Danish organist and composer, dies at 63
Feb 16 Henry Walter Bates, English naturalist and explorer in South America (described mimicry in animals), dies at 67
Feb 19 Monty Bowden, English cricket wicketkeeper and captain (2 Tests; youngest England captain at 23 years, 144 days), dies of epilepsy at 26
Feb 20 Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74
Feb 22 Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (b. 1828)
Feb 27 Anne Clough, English suffragette, promoted higher education for women, first principal of New College, dies at 72

Louis Vuitton (1821-1892)

Feb 27 French founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH, dies at 70

Mar 1 Archibald Scott Couper, Scottish chemist (advances in chemical theory including bonding of carbon atoms), dies of diabetes at 60
Mar 10 Otto von Rees, Dutch Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1884-88), dies at 69
Mar 16 Samuel F. Miller, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 64
Mar 20 Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer, dies at 41
Mar 26 Anton Wallerstein, German composer, dies at 78

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Mar 26 American poet (Leaves of Grass) and volunteer nurse during the Civil War, dies of pneumonia at 72

Mar 29 William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75
Mar 31 Adolf Rzepko, Polish composer, dies at 66
Apr 2 Willem Jan d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dutch baron and genealogist, dies at 79
Apr 15 Amelia Edwards, English author (The Phantom Coach) and Egyptologist, dies at 60

Alexander Mackenzie (1822-1892)

Apr 17 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (Liberal: 1873-78), dies of a stroke at 70

Apr 19 Fr. Thomas Dale SSC, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (b. 1821)
Apr 22 Édouard Lalo, French composer (Symphonie Espagnole; Le roi d'Ys), dies at 69
Apr 25 Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
Apr 26 Provo Wallis, British Royal Navy officer, dies at 100
May 1 Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer, dies at 89
May 2 Wilhelm Rust, German musicologist and composer, dies at 69
May 5 August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (b. 1818)
May 5 Jan Nepomuk Škroup, Czech composer, dies at 80
May 6 Ernest Guiraud, French opera composer (Piccolino; Sylvie), arranger (Bizet), and teacher, dies at 54
May 15 Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered at 44
May 16 John Banvard, American artist who painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies at 75
May 16 Théodore-Joseph Canneel, Flemish painter, dies at 74
May 17 Gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72
May 29 Baha'u'llah [Mirza HA Noeri], Persian founder (Baha'i), dies at 74
Jun 9 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, German musician and composer, dies at 59
Jun 9 Taiso Yoshitoshi, Japanese woodblock artist and painter, dies at 53
Jun 9 William Grant Stairs, Canadian-British explorer and adventurer with leading role controversial African expeditions, dies of malaria at 28
Jun 16 Victor Tesch, Belgian industrialist and Minister of Justice, dies at 80
Jun 22 Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819)
Jun 28 Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (b. 1810)

Alexander Cartwright (1820-1892)

Jul 12 American Baseball HOF pioneer (recognised as inventor of modern baseball, "father of baseball"), dies at 72

Jul 12 Cyrus West Field, American financier noted for success of 1st transatlantic cable, dies at 72
Jul 18 Thomas Cook, British founder and CEO of Thomas Cook & Son travel agency (Cook Travel Bureau), dies at 83
Jul 21 Henry Gardner, 23rd Governor of Massachusetts (1855-58), dies at 73
Aug 1 George Baird Hodge, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 64
Aug 9 Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist (spelling), dies at 71
Aug 11 Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
Aug 19 František Zdeněk Skuherský, Czech composer, dies at 62
Aug 23 Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian military officer and the 1st President of Brazil (1889-91), dies at 65
Sep 7 John Greenleaf Whittier, American Quaker poet and advocate for the abolition of slavery, dies at 84
Sep 11 Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, French composer (Les trois couleurs), dies at 84
Sep 12 Carl Faust, Prussian military musician and composer (Marsch Glück auf - Lucky March), and conductor, dies at 62
Sep 17 Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle, Austrian poet, dies at 67
Sep 24 Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname (1873-82), dies at 69
Sep 24 Patrick Gilmore, Irish-born American bandmaster and composer ("When Johnny Comes Marching Home"), dies at 62
Oct 2 Ernest Renan, French philosopher, historian and scholar of religion, dies at 69
Oct 4 Guillaume Van Kerckhoven, Belgian captain, dies at 39
Oct 5 Bill Powers, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang), killed in failed bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville, Kansas
Oct 5 Bob Dalton, American outlaw of the Old West (leader of the Dalton Gang), killed in failed bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville, Kansas at 23
Oct 5 Dick Broadwell, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang), killed in failed bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville, Kansas at 30
Oct 5 Grat Dalton, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang), killed in failed bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville, Kansas at 31

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

Oct 6 British Poet Laureate of Great Britain (The Charge of the Light Brigade), dies at 83

Oct 23 Emin Pasha, German explorer and governor (Equatoria), murdered at 52
Oct 25 Caroline Harrison, 1st lady of the U.S. (1889-1892), wife of Benjamin Harrison, dies at 60
Oct 29 William Harnett, Irish-American painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies at 44
Nov 15 Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (Lambeth poisoner), is executed at 42
Nov 26 Charles Lavigerie, French Catholic cardinal, dies at 67
Dec 1 Joseph Lippens, Belgian official in Congo, murdered at 37 during the Congo Arab war
Dec 1 Lucius E. Polk, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 59
Dec 2 Jay Gould, American railroad developer and speculator, dies at 56
Dec 3 Afanasy Fet, Russian poet, dies at 71
Dec 3 William Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien, dies

Werner von Siemens (1816-1892)

Dec 6 German inventor (siemens electrical conductance unit) and industrialist (Siemens corporation), dies at 75

Dec 11 William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821)
Dec 15 Charles Balmer, German composer, dies at 75
Dec 17 George Brayton, American engineer who developed the Brayton Cycle combustion engine, dies at 62
Dec 18 Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosauria), dies at 88