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Famous People Who Died in March 1900

  • Mar 6 Carl Bechstein, German piano maker, dies at 73

Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900)

Mar 6 German engineer and inventor, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65

  • Mar 10 Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, Danish composer, dies at 94
  • Mar 11 Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies
  • Mar 16 Frederic William Burton, Irish painter, dies at 83
  • Mar 18 Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (Só), dies at 32
  • Mar 19 Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer and piano pedagogue (The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises), dies at 80
  • Mar 19 John Bingham, American politician and lawyer, dies at 85
  • Mar 26 Isaac Mayer Wise, American rabbi and founder (American Hebrew Congregations), dies at 80
  • Mar 27 Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69
  • Mar 31 Frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v South Africa 1898-99), dies