1883 deaths

French professor

Scottish civil engineer and physicist (1811–1883)

American neurologist (1839-1883)

author, abolitionist, and minister; born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830

American chemist, mineralogist, and student of meteorites (1818-1883)

Swiss botanist (1800-1883)

President of El Salvador (1803-1883)

Polish historian (1792–1883)

American politician (1825-1883)

German opera singer (1793–1883)

Argentine Roman Catholic franciscan friar, bishop anche blessed

German philosopher and theologian (1811–1883)

British orientalist, diplomat and MP (1814-1883)

English midwife and physician (1846-1883)

French painter, watercolorist and draftsperson

Italian historian and politician

Blessed Ecuadorian missionary (1828–1883)

French astronomer and mathematician

German anatomist, physiologist and entomologist (1808-1883)

American politician (1805-1883)

Roman Catholic archbishop (1800-1883)

Italian architect (1807-1883)

Haitian princess

German painter (1828-1883)

Australian entomologist (1800-1883)

Italian botanist, naturalist and anthropologist (1812-1883)

English recipient of the Victoria Cross (1826-1883)

American politician (1820–1883)

Austrian artist (1825-1883)

explorer and chief engineer of the Suez Canal (1798-1883)

Dutch philosopher, university professor and author (1818–1883)

author and journalist

Swiss politician (1805-1883)

American politician (1820-1883)

Austrian artist (c.1830-1883)

Dutch painter and illustrator (1813-1883)

German mycologist (1834-1883)

French writer (1800–1883)

French writer

German musician and musicologist (1807–1883)

Belgian politician (1799–1883)

British naturalist (1805-1883)

Prime Minister of Hyderabad (1829-1883)

President of El Salvador (1807-1883)

Ruth Ke‘elikōlani, or sometimes written as Luka Ke‘elikōlani, also known as Ruth Ke‘elikōlani Keanolani Kanāhoahoa or Ruth Keanolani Kanāhoahoa Ke‘elikōlani (June 17, 1826 – May 24, 1883), was a member of the House of Kamehameha who served as Governor of the Island of Hawaiʻi and for a period, was the largest and wealthiest landowner in the Hawaiian Islands. Keʻelikōlani's genealogy is controversial. Her mother's identity is not disputed, while her grandfather Pauli Kaōleiokū's relationship to Kamehameha I is. While her father was legally identified as early as 1864, disputes to that lineage c

French photographer and lithographer (1812-1883)

British writer (1813-1883)

German mineralogist (1802–1883)

American politician (1801-1883)

Baltic German historian (1812–1883)

German surgeon (1812–1883)

Spanish actor (1818-1883)

French surgeon (1790-1883)

Italian politician and journalist (1825–1883)

French Navy officer and samurai (1847–1883)

geologist and engineer (1809-1883)

poet, writer (1835-1883)

French military personnel (1808–1883)

Belgian mystic

German Catholic theology professor, writer and educationalist (1808–1883)