1891 deaths

French poet (1854-1891)

American writer and poet (1819–1891)

American showman and politician (1810–1891)

19th-century Russian mathematician

Russian novelist and official (1812–1891)

2nd and final Emperor of Brazil (r. 1831–89)

French painter (1859-1891)

Russian occult writer (1831-1891)

German physicist (1804–1891)

German Field Marshal (1800–1891)

United States Army general (1820–1891)

German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)

Czech poet, theater reviewer, publicist, journalist and writer (1834-1891)

German inventor (1832–1891)

1st prime minister of Canada from 1867 to 1873 and 1878 to 1891

French statesman and lawyer (1807–1891)

French official and politician (1809-1891)

Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809–1891)

French composer (1836–1891)

French writer (1823-1891)

American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)

nineteenth-century Spanish novelist

French general (1837-1891)

Kalākaua (David Laʻamea Kamanakapuʻu Māhinulani Nālaʻiaʻehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua; November 16, 1836 – January 20, 1891), was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, reigning from February 12, 1874, until his death in 1891. Succeeding Lunalilo, he was elected to the vacant throne of Hawaiʻi against Queen Emma. Kalākaua was known as the Merrie Monarch for his convivial personality – he enjoyed entertaining guests with his singing and ukulele playing. At his coronation and his birthday jubilee, the hula, which had hitherto been banned in public in the kingdom, b

Dutch art dealer (1857–1891)

French physicist (1820-1891)

Austrian member of Empire parliament (Austria empire), lawyer and university educator (1813-1891)

First Lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849

Irish politician (1846-1891)

French painter and sculptor (1815-1891)

Chilean politician and President (1840-1891)

Third King of Württemberg (1864–1891)

Romanian statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist (1817–1891)

American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Freemason (1809–1891)

French mathematician (1842–1891)

Philosopher, academic, writer, translator, entrepreneur, social reformer and philanthropist (1820-1891)

Swiss botanist (1817–1891)

American historian, statesman, founder of United States Naval Academy (1800-1891)

Confederate general (1807-1891)

daughter of George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia; wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia

Napoleon's nephew (1822–1891)

British freethinker and politician (1833–1891)

Portuguese poet (1842–1891)

son of Nicholas I of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna

British astronomer (1829–1891)

Danish architect (1813–1891)

British educationalist, artist, feminist and activist for women's rights (1827-1891)

Romanian politician (1821–1891)

Japanese politician (1837-1891)

Russian grand duchess (1839-1891); youngest daughter of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and Princess Sophie of Sweden

German composer resided in Finland (1809-1891)

French philologist and politician (1813-1891)

Russian philosopher (1831-1891)

British Viceroy of India, diplomat and author (1831–1891)

Slovak physicist, mathematician and inventor (1807-1891)

physician, Zionist pioneer and activist (1821-1891)

Dutch painter and printmaker regarded as a forerunner of Impressionism (1819-1891)

President of Mexico (1823-1891)

Danish mathematician and physicist (1829-1891)

(1814–1891) Hungarian architect