1886 deaths

American poet (1830-1886)

Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield. Assuming the presidency after Garfield's assassination, Arthur's administration saw the largest expansion of the U.S. Navy, the end of the so-called "spoils system", and the implementation of harsher restrictions for migrants entering from abroad.

Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)

Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), also called Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (; ; ), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhyay (his childhood nickname was Gadadhar), was an Indian Hindu mystic. He was a devotee of the goddess Kali, but adhered to various religious practices from the Hindu traditions of Vaishnavism, Tantric Shaktism, and Advaita Vedanta, as well as Christianity and Sufi Islam. His parable-based teachings advocated the essential unity of religions and proclaimed that world religions are "so many paths to reach one and the same goal". He is regarded by his followers as an avatar (di

German historian and founder of modern source-based history (1795-1886)

King of Bavaria (1845–1886)

Russian playwright (1823-1886)

Estonian poet (1843-1886)

Italian composer (1834-1886)

Russian chemist (1828-1886)

Argentine writer (1834-1886)

German-Russian mineralogist and geologist (1806-1886)

Italian politician (1818–1886)

American blacksmith and manufacturer (1804–1886)

American politician, Governor of New York from 1875 to 1876, and 1876 Democratic nominee for President (1814-1886)

Russian teacher, father of Vladimir Lenin (1831-1886)

United States Army officer (1824–1886)

American painter and engraver (1796-1886)

French physicist (1818-1886)

French editor and publisher (1814–1889)

Russian writer and slavophile (1823-1886)

German painter (1826-1886)

French mathematician (*1797 – †1886)

American historical editor, politician and diplomat from Massachusetts (1807–1886)

German poet and novelist (1826-1886)

Austrian astronomer and mathematician (1841-1886)

First Lady of Paraguay

German politician (1809-1886)

French felibre (1829–1886)

Argentine politician and military officer (1796–1886)

Founder of German Southwest Africa (1834-1886)

mathematician from France

French chemist and mineralogist (1820-1886)

American politician (1810–1886)

French painter (1803-1886)

Ugandan catechist and martyr (1865–1886)

United States Senator from Missouri (1807-1886)

French zoologist, physiologist and politician (1833-1886)

Polish poet (1802–1886)

British artist and illustrator (1846-1886)

Austro-Modenese Imperial and Royal

French painter (1824-1886)

American architect (1838–1886)

Uruguayan politician (1805–1886)

German zoologist (1823–1886)

German Reform Rabbi (1794-1886)

German historian for history of law and medieval studies (1813-1886)

British artist (1817-1886)

Russian revolutionary (1844–1886)

German aristocrat and writer (1835-1886)

Austrian linguist and literature historian (1841–1886)

Belgian politician (1810-1886)

German explorer and naturalist (1848-1886)

Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

British physicist

German novelist and literary critic (1817–1886)

Dutch writer, editor (1812-1886)

French painter (1828-1886)

Prime Minister of Greece (1800-1886)

Austrian botanist, photographer and gardener (1815-1886)