1897 deaths

German composer (1833–1897)

French novelist, playwright, and poet (1840–1897)

French Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church (1873–1897)

German mathematician (1815–1897)

American political economist and journalist (1839–1897)

Swiss historian (1818–1897)

Political activist and Islamic ideologist (1838–1897)

English mathematician (1814-1897)

American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)

Filipino nationalist and revolutionary hero (1863–1897)

Finnish writer, editor

Spanish politician and Bourbon Restoration architect (1828–1897)

German astronomer (1828–1897)

Russian artist (1830–1897)

Indian social reformer (1831-1897)

Russian poet and translator (1821–1897)

Irish-born French explorer, geographer, ethnologist, linguist and astronomer (1810-1897)

Polish poet and dramatist (1838–1897)

Swedish engineer, balloon pioneer and explorer (1854–1897)

British Royal (1833–1897), mother of Mary of Teck

Ukrainian writer, historian, ethnographer, and translator (1819–1897)

Azerbaijani poet

American slave, writer, and abolitionist (1815-1897)

German chemist (1848-1897)

German Grand Duke (1851–1897)

engineer and businessman from the United States (1831-1897)

Infanta of Spain (1832-1897)

French dramatist and opera librettist (1830–1897)

German-Brazilian biologist (1822–1897)

Romanian politician (1816–1897)

Swedish 19th century prime minister (1844-1897)

Italian engineer and physicist (1847-1897)

German Catholic clergyman, naturopath and hydrotherapist (1821-1897)

German chemist (1818–1897)

Scottish artist and model (1828-1897)

Scottish missionary and translator (1815–1897)

German botanist (1832-1897)

British land agent (1832–1897)

German astronomer (1835-1897)

French political figure (1822-1897)

Italian singer (1815-1897)

Scottish novelist, 1828–1897 (1828–1897)

Bulgarian writer (1863–1897)

Italian violinist, composer and teacher (1818-1897)

Bavarian duchess (1847-1897); victim of the Bazar de la Charité fire

British inventor (1813–1897)

Dutch princess (1824-1897)

American astronomer

French writer (1861-1897)

Dutch painter and entomologist (1822–1897)

British colonial administrator and ornithologist (1832-1897)

French archivist and literary historian (1832-1897)

Romanian politician (1816-1897)

French organist and composer

Dutch politician (1818-1897)

Polish poet (1823–1897)

German prince (1829–1897)

Japanese noble (1838-1897)

Hungarian-Croatian aviation pioneer

Italian mathematician (1824-1897)