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January–March

* January 11
Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur (, ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, the latter of which was named afte ...
's anti- rabies treatment is defended in the
Académie Nationale de Médecine Situated at 16 Rue Bonaparte in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the Académie nationale de médecine (National Academy of Medicine) was created in 1820 by King Louis XVIII at the urging of baron Antoine Portal. At its inception, the instituti ...
, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship '' Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. *
February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
– The first
Groundhog Day Groundhog Day ( pdc, Grund'sau dåk, , , ; Nova Scotia: Daks Day) is a popular North American tradition observed in the United States and Canada on February 2. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from ...
is observed in
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Punxsutawney (; Unami language, Lenape: ' ) is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in southern Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Punxsutawney is known globally for its annual Groundhog Day celebration held each February 2, during which thousands of ...
. *
February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– The
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopoly, monopolistic practices. The Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did no ...
, passed by the
49th United States Congress The 49th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1885, ...
, is signed into law by President Grover Cleveland. *
February 5 Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
– The
Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
opera ''
Otello ''Otello'' () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play ''Othello''. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887. Th ...
'' premieres at
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, Milan. * February 8 – The Dawes Act, or the General Allotment Act, is enacted in the United States. *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...
– The
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is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000 along the coast of the Mediterranean. *
February 26 Events Pre-1600 *747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
– At the
Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is used for Test cricket, Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, as well as, Australian rules football and occasionally for rugby league, rugby union and as ...
, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets, in a Test innings. * March 3
Anne Sullivan Anne Sullivan Macy (born as Johanna Mansfield Sullivan; April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936) was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller.Herrmann, Dorothy. ''Helen Keller: A Life'', Alfred ...
begins teaching Helen Keller. *
March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...
North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...
is established, as North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. * March 13
Chester Greenwood Chester Greenwood (4 December 1858 – 5 July 1937) was an American engineer and inventor, known for inventing the earmuffs in 1873. He reportedly came up with the idea while ice skating and he asked his grandmother to sew tufts of fur between lo ...
patents earmuffs in the United States.


April–June

* April 1 – The final of the first All-Ireland
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Championship is held. *
April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...
Argonia, Kansas Argonia is a city in Sumner County, Kansas, Sumner County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 456. History Argonia was founded in 1881. It was named for the ship ''Argo'' in ...
, elects
Susanna M. Salter Susanna Madora Salter (; March 2, 1860 – March 17, 1961) was an American politician and activist. She served as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, becoming the first woman elected to serve as mayor in the United States and one of the first women to ...
as the first female mayor in the United States. * April 10 (Easter Sunday) – The
Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U.S. ...
is founded in Washington, D.C. * April 20
Occidental College Occidental College (informally Oxy) is a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1887 as a coeducational college by clergy and members of the Presbyterian Church, it became non-sectarian in 1910. It is one of the oldes ...
is founded in Los Angeles, California. *
April 21 Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
Schnaebele incident: A French/German border incident nearly leads to war between the two countries. * May 3 – An earthquake hits
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, Mexico. * May 9 – ''
Buffalo Bill William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846January 10, 1917), known as "Buffalo Bill", was an American soldier, Bison hunting, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa, Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but ...
's Wild West Show'' opens in London. * May 14 – The cornerstone of the new
Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
, in northern California, is laid (the college opens in
1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
). * May 25 – The Hells Canyon massacre begins: 34 Chinese gold miners are ambushed and murdered in
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, Oregon, United States. * June 8Herman Hollerith receives a U.S. patent for his punched card
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. * June 18 – The Reinsurance Treaty is closed between Germany and Russia. *
June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...
**The British Empire celebrates Queen Victoria's
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, marking the 50th year of her reign. ** Zululand becomes a British colony. *
June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
– The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first
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,
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. *
June 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. * 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. * 1461 – ...
Minot, North Dakota is incorporated as a city. * June 29 – The United Retail Federation is established in Brisbane, Australia.


July–September

* JulyJames Blyth operates the first working wind turbine at Marykirk, Scotland. *
July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
– Construction of the iron structure of the Eiffel Tower starts in Paris, France. * July 6 – King Kalākaua of Hawai'i is forced by anti-monarchists to sign the ' Bayonet Constitution', stripping the
Hawaiian monarchy The Hawaiian Kingdom, or Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina''), was a sovereign state located in the Hawaiian Islands. The country was formed in 1795, when the warrior chief Kamehameha the Great, of the ...
of much of its authority, as well as
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most
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, all
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and the poor. * July 12Odense Boldklub, the Danish football team, is founded as the Odense Cricket Club. * July 19
Dorr Eugene Felt Dorr Eugene Felt (March 18, 1862 – August 7, 1930) was an American inventor and industrialist who was known for having invented the Comptometer, an early computing device, and the Comptograph, the first printing adding machine. The ''Felt & Tar ...
receives the first U.S. patent for his comptometer. * July 26 **
L. L. Zamenhof L. L. Zamenhof (15 December 185914 April 1917) was an ophthalmologist who lived for most of his life in Warsaw. He is best known as the creator of Esperanto, the most widely used constructed international auxiliary language. Zamenhof first dev ...
publishes "'' Unua Libro''" (''Dr. Esperanto's International Language''), the first description of
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, the constructed
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. **
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is created in England, U.K. * August – The earliest constituent of the U.S. National Institutes of Health is established at the Marine Hospital,
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, as the Laboratory of Hygiene. * August 8Antonio Guzmán Blanco ends his term as President of Venezuela. * August 13Hibernian F.C. of Scotland defeats Preston North End F.C. of England to win the 'Championship of the World', after the two teams win the Association football Cup competitions in their respective countries. * September 5 – The Theatre Royal, Exeter, England, burns down, killing 186 people. *
September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...
– The
1887 Yellow River flood The 1887 Yellow River flood in Qing China began in September 1887 and killed at least 930,000 people.


October–December

* October 1 – The British Empire takes over Balochistan. * October 3Florida A&M University opens its doors in Tallahassee, Florida. * October 12Yamaha Corporation, the global
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and audiovisual brand, is founded as Yamaha Organ Manufacturing in Hamamatsu, Japan. *
November November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. No ...
** Results of the Michelson–Morley experiment are published, indicating that the speed of light is independent of motion. **
Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...
's detective character
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makes his first appearance, in the novel '' A Study in Scarlet'', published in '' Beeton's Christmas Annual''. * November 3 – The Coimbra Academic Association, the
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of the University of Coimbra in Portugal, is founded. * November 6 – The Association football club Celtic F.C. is formed in Glasgow, Scotland, by Irish Marist Brother Walfrid, to help alleviate poverty in the city's East End by raising money for his charity, the 'Poor Children's Dinner Table'. * November 8Emile Berliner is granted a U.S. patent for the Berliner Gramophone. * November 10
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, sentenced to be hanged for his alleged role in the Haymarket affair (a bombing in Chicago on May 4,
1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...
), kills himself by
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. * November 11
August Spies August Vincent Theodore Spies (, ; December 10, 1855November 11, 1887) was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor. Spies is remembered as one of the anarchists in Chicago who were found guilty of conspiracy to commi ...
, Albert Parsons,
Adolph Fischer Adolph Fischer (1858 – November 11, 1887) was an anarchist and labor union activist tried and executed after the Haymarket Riot. Early life Adolph Fischer immigrated to the United States in 1873 at the age of 15. He became an apprentic ...
and George Engel are hanged for inciting riot and murder in the Haymarket affair. * November 13Bloody Sunday: Police in London clash with radical and Irish nationalist protesters. * December 5 – The International Bureau of Intellectual Property is established. * December 25Glenfiddich single malt Scotch whisky is first produced.


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*
Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
and Cambodia are added to French Indochina. * Heinrich Hertz discovers the photoelectric effect on the production and reception of electromagnetic (EM) waves (radio); this is an important step towards the understanding of the quantum nature of light. * Franz König publishes "Über freie Körper in den Gelenken" in the medical journal ''Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie'', describing (and naming) the disease Osteochondritis dissecans for the first time. * Teachers College, later part of Columbia University, is founded. * The first English-language edition of Friedrich Engels' 1844 study of '' The Condition of the Working Class in England'', translated by Florence Kelley, is published in New York City. * Publication in Barcelona of
Enrique Gaspar Enrique Lucio Eugenio Gaspar y Rimbau (2 March 1842 in Madrid – 7 September 1902 in Oloron) was a Spanish diplomat and writer, who wrote many plays (''zarzuelas''), and one of the first novels involving time travel with a time machine, ...
's ''El anacronópete'', the first work of fiction to feature a time machine. * Publication begins of Futabatei Shimei's ''
The Drifting Cloud is an 1887 Japanese novel by Shimei Futabatei. Published in three parts (with the last one in serialised form) between June 1887 and August 1889, it is usually being referred to as the first modern Japanese novel. Plot ;Part One The reader is ...
(Ukigumo)'', the first modern novel in Japan. * The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is founded. * Nagase Shoten (長瀬商店), predecessor of
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ese cosmetics and toiletry brand Kao Corporation, is founded in
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, Tokyo, Japan. * Tokyo Fire Insurance, predecessor of Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, is founded. * Global construction and real estate development company Skanska is founded in Malmö,
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. * American financial services company
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is founded by General Albert Gallatin Edwards in St. Louis, Missouri. * Heyl & Patterson Inc., a pioneer in coal unloading equipment, is founded by Edmund W. Heyl and William J. Patterson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. * The first battery rail car is used on the
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.


Births


January–February

* January 1 ** Wilhelm Canaris, head of German military intelligence in World War II (d.
1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...
) ** Max Ritter von Müller, German World War I fighter ace (d.
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
) *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
August Macke August Robert Ludwig Macke (3 January 1887 – 26 September 1914) was a German Expressionist painter. He was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly act ...
, German painter (d.
1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
) *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
Robinson Jeffers, American poet (d.
1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
) *
January 13 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. * 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
Jorge Chávez, pioneer Peruvian aviator (d.
1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
) * January 17Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst, philologist (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
) * January 19Alexander Woollcott, American intellectual (d.
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...
) * January 21Maude Davis, oldest person in the world (d.
2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
) *
January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...
Elmer Fowler Stone Elmer "Archie" Fowler Stone (January 22, 1887 – May 20, 1936) was a United States naval aviator and a commander in the United States Coast Guard. Biography Stone was born in Livonia, New York and grew up in Norfolk, Virginia. He joined the U.S. ...
, American aviator, first United States Coast Guard aviator (d.
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
) * January 23 **
Miklós Kállay Dr. Miklós Kállay de Nagykálló (23 January 1887, in Nyíregyháza – 14 January 1967, in New York City) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary during World War II, from 9 March 1942 to 22 March 1944. By early 1 ...
, 34th prime minister of Hungary (d.
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
) ** Dorothy Payne Whitney, American-born philanthropist, social activist (d.
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
) * January 28
Arthur Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein ( pl, Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 188720 December 1982) was a Polish Americans, Polish-American pianist.
, Polish-born pianist and conductor (d.
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
) *
February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...
Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d.
1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
) *
February 5 Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
Corneliu Dragalina Corneliu Dragalina (5 February 1887 – 11 July 1949) was a Romanian lieutenant general during World War II. Biography Early life and World War I He was born in the city of Karánsebes, Austria-Hungary, in what is now Caransebeș, Caraș-Severi ...
, Romanian general (d.
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...
) *
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
Josef Frings, Archbishop of Cologne (d.
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
) * February 10John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
) *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
Ernst Hanfstaengl, German-born pianist, U.S. politician (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
) * February 12Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Argentine general, 28th
President of Argentina The president of Argentina ( es, Presidente de Argentina), officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation ( es, Presidente de la Nación Argentina), is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under Constitution of Ar ...
(d.
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
) *
February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...
** Joseph Bech, Luxembourgish politician, 2-time prime minister of Luxembourg (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
) ** Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (d.
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
) *
February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. *1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...
Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada (d.
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
) * February 21 – Korechika Anami, Japanese general (d.
1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...
)


March–April

* March 4 – Violet MacMillan, American Broadway theatre actress (d. 1953) * March 5 **Harry Turner (American football), Harry Turner, American professional football player (d.
1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
) **Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (d. 1959) * March 11 – Raoul Walsh, American film director (d.
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
) * March 13 – Alexander Vandegrift, American general (d. 1973) * March 14 **Sylvia Beach, American publisher in Paris (d. 1952) **Charles Reisner, American silent actor, film director (d.
1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
) * March 18 – Aurel Aldea, Romanian general and politician (d.
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...
) * March 21 – Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (d. 1908) * March 22 – Chico Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1961) * March 23 ** Juan Gris, Spanish-born painter, graphic artist (d. 1927) ** Prince Felix Yusupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (d.
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
) * March 24 – Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter (d. 1933) * March 25 – Chūichi Nagumo, Japanese admiral (d. 1944) * March 25 – Padre Pio, Italian Franciscan Capuchin, mystic and Catholic saint (d.
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
) * April 2 – Louise Schroeder, German politician (d. 1957) * April 3 – Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (d. 1966) * April 10 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) * April 12 – Harold Lockwood, American film actor (d.
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
) * April 15 ** Mike Brady (golfer), Mike Brady, American golfer (d. 1972) ** Felix Pipes, Austrian tennis player (d. 1983) * April 22 – Harald Bohr, Danish mathematician and footballer (d. 1951) * April 26 – Kojo Tovalou Houénou, prominent African critic of the French colonial empire in Africa (d.
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
)


May– June

* May 2 ** Vernon Castle, British dancer (d.
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
) ** Eddie Collins, American baseball player (d. 1951) * May 5 – Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1972) * May 11 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (d. 1951) * May 15 – John H. Hoover, American admiral (d. 1970) * May 22 – Jim Thorpe, American athlete (d. 1953) * May 23 – C. R. M. F. Cruttwell, English historian (d. 1941) * May 25 – Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian saint (d.
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
) * May 26 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1971) * May 31 – Saint-John Perse, French diplomat, writer and Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
) * June 3 – Carlo Michelstaedter, Italian philosopher (d.
1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
) * June 4 – Tom Longboat, Canadian distance runner (d.
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...
) * June 5 – Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist (d. 1948) * June 9 – Emilio Mola, Spanish Nationalist commander (d. 1937) * June 13 – André François-Poncet, French politician, diplomat (d.
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
) * June 22 ** Julian Huxley, British biologist (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
) ** Santiago Amat, Spanish sailor (d.
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
) * June 26 – Ganna Walska, Polish opera singer (d. 1984)


July– August

*
July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
** Maria Isidia da Conceição, Brazilian supercentenarian ** Morton Deyo, American admiral (d. 1973) * July 3 – Elith Pio, Danish actor (d. 1983) * July 6 – Annette Kellermann, Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, writer and business owner (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
) * July 7 – Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (d.
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
) * July 9 – Samuel Eliot Morison, American historian (d. 1976) * July 11 – Nicolae Păiș, Romanian admiral (d. 1952) * July 14 – Curtis Shake, American jurist (d.
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
) * July 16 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1951) * July 18 – Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian politician, traitor (d.
1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...
) * July 21 – Luis A. Eguiguren, Peruvian historian and politician (d.
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
) * July 22 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
) * July 28 – Marcel Duchamp, French-born artist (d.
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
) * July 29 **Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1951) **Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese diplomat and politician (d. 1957) * July 31 – Mitsuru Ushijima, Japanese general (d.
1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...
) * August 3 ** Rupert Brooke, British war poet (d. 1915) ** August Wesley, Finnish journalist, trade unionist, and revolutionary (d. ?) * August 4 – Peter Bocage, American jazz musician (d.
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
) * August 6 – Oliver Wallace, English-born film composer (d. 1963) * August 12 – Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961) * August 13 – Julius Freed, American inventor, banker (d. 1952) * August 17 ** Emperor Charles I of Austria (d. 1922) ** Marcus Garvey, African American publisher, entrepreneur and Pan Africanist (d. 1940) * August 22 – Walter Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine, British trade unionist (d. 1983) * August 24 – Harry Hooper, American baseball player (d. 1974) * August 27 – Julia Sanderson, American actress (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
)


September–October

* September 1 – Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (d. 1961) * September 3 – Frank Christian (trumpeter), Frank Christian, American jazz musician (d. 1973) * September 5 – Irene Fenwick, American actress (d.
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
) * September 8 – Jacob L. Devers, American general (d. 1979) * September 9 – Alf Landon, American Republican politician, presidential candidate (d. 1987) * September 10 – Giovanni Gronchi, 3rd president of Italy (d.
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
) * September 12 – Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, Azerbaijani statesman, writer and claimed "core author" of novel ''Ali and Nino'' (d. in Gulag
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...
) * September 13 ** Lancelot Holland, British admiral (d. 1941) ** Leopold Ružička, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976) ** Frank Gray (researcher), Physicist and researcher, known for the Gray code (d. 1969) * September 16 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (d. 1979) * September 26 – William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse, British aviator, first airman to receive the Victoria Cross (d. 1915) *
September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...
– Avery Brundage, American sports official (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
) * October 2 – Violet Jessop, Argentine-born British RMS Titanic, RMS ''Titanic'' survivor (d. 1971) * October 4 – Charles Alan Pownall, American admiral, 3rd Military Governor of Guam (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
) * October 5 – René Cassin, French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1976) * October 6 – Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965) * October 8 – Huntley Gordon, Canadian-born actor (d. 1956) * October 13 – Jozef Tiso, Prime Minister of Slovakia (d.
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
) * October 14 – Ernest Pingoud, Finnish composer (d. 1942) * October 18 – Takashi Sakai, Japanese general (d. 1946) * October 20 – Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Japanese prince (d. 1981) * October 22 – John Reed (journalist), John Reed, American journalist (d. 1920) * October 23 – Lothar Rendulic, Austrian-born German general (d. 1971) * October 24 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen Consort of Spain (d. 1969) * October 28 – Herb Byrne, Australian rules footballer (d. 1959) * October 31 – Chiang Kai-shek, 1st president of the Republic of China (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
)


November - December

* November 1 – L. S. Lowry, English painter (d. 1976) * November 6 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1946) * November 10 – Arnold Zweig, German writer (d.
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
) * November 11 **Walther Wever (general), Walther Wever, German general, pre-World War II ''Luftwaffe'' commander (d.
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
) **Roland Young, English actor (d. 1953) * November 14 – Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Portuguese painter (d.
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
) * November 15 – Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (d. 1986) * November 17 – Bernard Montgomery, British World War II commander (d. 1976) * November 19 – James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955) * November 23 **Boris Karloff, British horror film actor (d. 1969) **Henry Moseley, English physicist (d. 1915) * November 24 – Erich von Manstein, German field marshal (d. 1973) * November 25 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian and Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist (d.
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...
) * November 27 – Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (d. 1946) * November 28 **Jacobo Palm, Curaçao-born composer (d.
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
) **Ernst Röhm, German Nazi SA leader (d. 1934) * November 30 – Beatrice Kerr, Australian swimmer, diver, and aquatic performer (d. 1971) * December 3 – Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, former prime minister of Japan (d. 1990) * December 6 – Lynn Fontanne, British-born actress (d. 1983) * December 12 – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (d. 1974) * December 13 – Alvin Cullum York, American World War I hero (d. 1964) * December 16 – Adone Zoli, Italian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1960) * December 22 – Srinivasa Aaiyangar Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920) * December 25 – Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (d. 1979) * December 26 – Arthur Percival, British general (d. 1966)


Deaths


January–June

* January 12 – Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, British politician (b. 1818) * February 19 – Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (b. 1820) *
February 26 Events Pre-1600 *747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
– Anandi Gopal Joshi, first Indian woman doctor (b. 1865) * February 27 – Alexander Borodin, Russian composer (b. 1833) * March 4 – Catherine Huggins, British actor, singer, director and manager (b. 1821) * March 8 – Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman, reformer (b. 1813) * March 24 ** Jean-Joseph Farre, French general and statesman (b. 1816) ** Justin Holland, American musician, civil rights activist (b. 1819) ** Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter (b. 1837) * March 28 – Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Danish politician (b. 1811) * April 10 – John T. Raymond, American actor (b. 1836) * April 19 – Henry Hotze, Swiss-American Confederate propagandist (b. 1833) * April 23 – John Ceiriog Hughes, Welsh poet (b. 1832) * May 7 – C. F. W. Walther, German-American theologian (b. 1811) * May 8 – Aleksandr Ulyanov, Russian revolutionary, brother of V. I. Lenin (b. 1866) * May 14 – Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and abolitionist (b. 1808) * June 4 – William A. Wheeler, List of Vice Presidents of the United States, 19th Vice President of the United States (b. 1819) * June 10 – Richard Lindon, British inventor of the rugby ball, the India-rubber inflatable bladder and the brass hand pump for the same (b. 1816)


July–December

* July 8 – John Wright Oakes, English landscape painter (b. 1820) * July 17 – Dorothea Dix, American social activist (b. 1802) * July 25 – John Taylor (Mormon), John Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808) * August 8 – Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer, soldier (b. 1808) * August 16 ** Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837) ** Julius von Haast, Sir Julius von Haast, German-born New Zealand geologist (b. 1822) * August 19 ** Alvan Clark, American telescope manufacturer (b. 1804) ** Spencer Fullerton Baird, American naturalist and museum curator (b. 1823) * August 20 – Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860) * September 12 – August von Werder, Prussian general (b. 1808) * October 12 – Dinah Craik, English novelist and poet (b. 1826) * October 17 – Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (b. 1824) * October 21 – Bernard Jauréguiberry, French admiral, statesman (b. 1815) * October 26 – Hugo von Kirchbach, Prussian general (d. 1809) * October 31 – George Alexander Macfarren, Sir George Macfarren, British composer and musicologist (b. 1813) * November 2 **Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (b. 1820) **Alfred Domett, 4th Premier of New Zealand (b. 1811) * November 8 – Doc Holliday, American gambler, gunfighter (b. 1851) * November 19 – Emma Lazarus, American poet (b. 1859) * November 28 – Gustav Fechner, German experimental psychologist (b. 1801) * December 5 – Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, British diplomat (b. 1817) * December 14 – William Garrow Lettsom, British diplomat, mineralogist and spectroscopist (b. 1805) * December 23 – Adolphus Frederick Alexander Woodford, British parson (b. 1821)


Date unknown

* Antoinette Nording, Swedish perfume entrepreneur (b. 1814)


References

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