- Jan 12 Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (work on relativity - Minkowski spacetime), dies of appendicitis at 44
- Jan 14 Zinovy Rozhestvensky, Russian Imperial Navy Vice-Admiral (Battle of Tsushima - loss to Japan devastates fleet, ends Russo-Japanese War), dies of a heart attack at 60
- Jan 15 Arnold Janssen missionary (b. 1837)
- Jan 15 Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85
- Jan 15 Ernst von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Das Edle Blut), dies at 63
- Jan 17 Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819
- Jan 22 Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist (Erlenmeyer flask), dies at 83
- Jan 27 Benoît-Constant Coquelin, French actor, dies at 68
- Jan 30 Martha Finley, American children's book author (Elsie Dinsmore series), dies at 80
- Feb 2 Adolf Stoecker, German conservative politician, and reformer who founded the German Christian Social Party, dies at 73
- Feb 3 Johann Georg Herzog, German composer and organist, dies at 86
- Feb 4 John Clarkson, American Baseball HOF pitcher (Triple Crown 1889; no-hitter 1885; 3 × NL wins leader; 3 × NL strikeout leader; Chicago White Stockings, Boston Beaneaters), dies of mental illness & pneumonia at 47
- Feb 8 Catulle Mendès, French poet, dies at 67
- Feb 8 Edouard Silas, Dutch composer, dies at 80
- Feb 8 Mieczysław Karłowicz, Polish composer and conductor (Rebirth Symphony, Op. 7), dies in an avalanche while on a skiing excursion at 32
Geronimo (1829-1909)
Feb 17 Apache leader and resistance fighter, dies at 79
- Mar 12 Joe Petrosino, NYPD lieutenant (b. 1860)
- Mar 16 George Thorndike Angell, American lawyer and advocate for the humane treatment of animals (ASPCA), dies at 85
- Mar 22 Gyula Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel, dies at 66
- Mar 24 John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist and poet (Riders to the Sea), dies at 37
- Mar 25 Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer, dies at 57
- Mar 26 Nikolai Arkas, Ukrainian composer, dies at 56
- Apr 3 Benjamin Johnson Lang, American conductor and composer, dies at 71
- Apr 9 Charles Conder, artist, dies
- Apr 9 F. Marion Crawford, American author (Mr. Isaacs), dies at 54
- Apr 9 Helena Modrzejewska, Polish-American actress, dies from Bright's disease at 68
- Apr 10 Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (Atalanta in Calydon), dies at 72 [1]
- Apr 12 Hermann Kotzschmar, German-American composer, dies at 79
- Apr 13 Whitley Stokes, British lawyer, dies at 79
- May 5 Pauline Staegeman, German feminist, dies
- May 6 (Francesca) "Fanny" Cerrito, Italian ballerina and choreographer (Rosida), dies at 91
- May 8 Friedrich von Holstein, German civil servant (head of the political department of the German Foreign Office), dies at 72
- May 10 Johannes de Koo, Dutch journalist and playwright, dies at 67
- May 12 Bertha Townsend, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1888-89), dies at 40
- May 18 George Meredith, English poet and writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81
- May 18 Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (Suite española; Tango in D), dies from nephritis at 48
- May 20 Ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (b. 1859)
- Jun 1 Giuseppe Martucci, composer, dies at 53
- Jun 10 Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and author (Man without a Country), dies at 87
- Jun 18 Learmont Drysdale, Scottish composer, dies at 42
- Jun 22 Detlev von Liliencron, German writer (Rides of the Adjutant and Other Poems), dies at 65
- Jun 22 Edward John Gregory, British painter and engraver, dies at 59
- Jun 24 Sarah Orne Jewett, American author (Country of the Pointed Firs), dies at 59
- Jun 28 Israel Durham, Phillies president dies
- Jul 5 Emil Bohn, German organist, choral director, composer, and musicologist, dies at 70
- Jul 5 Frank Selee, American Baseball HOF manager (5 x NL C'ship Boston Beaneaters; Chicago Orphans/Cubs), dies of tuberculosis at 49
- Jul 8 Gaston, Marquis de Gallifet, French general and Minister of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
- Jul 9 Kasimir Felix Badeni, Premier of Polish/Austria (1895-97), dies at 62
- Jul 10 Flooi Du Toit, South African cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies at 40
- Jul 11 Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American scientist, mathematician and astronomer (calculated extremely accurate tables for the solar system), dies at 74
- Jul 22 D v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65
- Jul 23 Ernest F. Cambier, Belgian colonial official (built railway in the Congo), dies at 65
- Jul 23 Zygmunt Noskowski, Polish composer, conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 63
- Aug 8 William Miller, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 89
- Aug 15 Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866)
- Aug 17 Richard Hoffman, English-American composer, dies at 78
- Aug 19 Rembt Tobias Hugo Pieter Liebrecht Alexander of Boneval Faure, Dutch lawyer and Member of parliament, dies at 83
- Aug 29 Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies at 67
Clyde Fitch (1865-1909)
Sep 4 American playwright (Nathan Hale, The Girl with the Green Eyes), dies of blood poisoning after an appendectomy at 44 [1]
- Sep 7 Eugene Lefebvre, French aviator pioneer (1st stunt pilot and 1st pilot to die flying a plane), dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft at 30
- Sep 8 Frank Crawford Armstrong, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 73
- Sep 9 Edward Henry Harriman, American leading railroad builder (Union Pacific Railroad Company), dies at 61
- Oct 6 Dudley Buck, American organist, composer, and music writer, dies at 70
- Oct 13 Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist and teacher, executed by firing squad at 50
- Oct 14 Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, Danish composer, dies at 76
- Oct 16 Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer, dies at 53
- Oct 17 Nicola Spinelli, Italian composer, dies at 44
- Oct 18 Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy), dies at 57
- Oct 19 Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and criminologist, dies at 73
Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909)
Oct 26 Japanese samurai, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (4 terms between 1885 and 1901) and Resident-General of Korea (1905-09), assassinated by a Korean nationalist at 68
- Nov 2 Wilhelm Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81
- Nov 8 Charles Bordes, French composer, dies at 46
- Nov 8 Eduard de Hartog, Dutch composer, dies at 80
- Nov 10 George Essex Evans, Australian poet (b. 1863)
- Nov 10 Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator, dies at 61 [1] [2]
- Nov 13 Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70
- Nov 14 Joshua Slocum, Canadian-American seaman and adventurer (first man to sail around the world alone), departs from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, sailing south for the winter, and is lost at sea, at 65
- Nov 16 Francis Thome, French composer, dies at 59
- Nov 18 Renee Vivien, British-born poet, wrote in French, dies at 32
- Nov 30 Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet and translator, dies at 53 [NS=Dec 13]
- Dec 4 Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter and graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60
- Dec 7 Whitcomb Judson, American inventor (zipper), dies at 63
- Dec 10 Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies
- Dec 13 Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet, critic and interpreter, dies of a heart attack at 54
- Dec 15 Francisco Tárrega, Spanish composer, dies at 57
Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909)
Dec 17 King of the Belgians (1865-1909), sole owner of the Congo Free State (1885-1908), dies at 74 after a reign of exactly 44 years
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