Explore notable deaths.

Charles Cotesworth Beaman

1840–1900

lawyer

Official cause

heart disease

Edmond Tarbé des Sablons

1838–1900

journalist, playwright, novelist

Official cause

carbon monoxide poisoning

John Filip Nordlund

1875–1900

Official cause

decapitation

Wiktor Godlewski

1833–1900

zoologist, botanist, ornithologist

Official cause

typhus

Sándor Erkel

1846–1900

composer, chapelmaster, opera director

Official cause

stroke

Adolphe Gérard

1844–1900

domestic worker cook

Official cause

pneumonia

Jesse William Lazear

1866–1900

physician

Official cause

yellow fever

Eduard Albert

1841–1900

writer, translator, physician

Official cause

stroke

William Marsh Rice

1816–1900

founder, merchant

Official cause

poison

Hunter McGuire

1835–1900

military physician, physician, teacher

Official cause

pneumonia

Prince Albert of Saxony

1875–1900

military officer

Official cause

traffic collision

Abraham Kuhn

1838–1900

otolaryngologist, university teacher

Official cause

appendicitis

Walter Griffiths

1867–1900

politician, businessperson

Official cause

typhoid fever

Samuel Tomkinson

1816–1900

politician, banker

Official cause

kidney disease

Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1844–1900

philatelist, politician, aristocrat

Official cause

esophageal cancer

Umberto I of Italy

1844–1900

monarch, sovereign

Official cause

gunshot wound

Sigbjørn Obstfelder

1866–1900

poet, writer

Official cause

tuberculosis

Fred Zahner

1870–1900

baseball player

Official cause

drowning

Anna Wang

1886–1900

Official cause

decapitation

Karl Eggers

1826–1900

writer, art writer, poet

Official cause

stroke

Anne-Françoise Moreau

1866–1900

nun, missionary

Official cause

decapitation

Amandina of Schakkebroek

1872–1900

missionary, nun

Official cause

decapitation

Francesco Fogolla

1839–1900

Catholic priest, missionary, Catholic bishop

Official cause

decapitation

Jeanne-Marie Guerguin

1864–1900

nun, missionary

Official cause

decapitation