1898 deaths

German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)

British author and scholar (1832–1898)

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)

Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from 1854 to 1898 (1837–1898)

German novelist and poet (1819–1898)

Russian landscape painter (1832-1898)

Indian Muslim reformer and social activist (1817–1898)

Swiss mathematician (1825–1898)

French painter (1824-1898)

19th century French Symbolist painter (1826-1898)

American author and socialist (1850–1898)

British illustrator and author (1872–1898)

British Pre-Raphaelite painter (1833-1898)

British engineer (1813-1898)

German biologist (1828-1898)

Swiss historical novelist and poet (1825-1898)

Finnish-Swedish author, poet, historian, professor and rector of Helsinki University (1818–1898)

Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist (1855-1898)

British chemist who did work concerning the periodicity of elements

French artist best known for his mural painting (1824–1898)

queen consort of Denmark from 1863 to 1898

French architect (1825–1898)

English-born activist and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898)

Lebanese Maronite monk and saint (1828–1898)

American abolitionist, writer

Russian businessman (1832-1898)

Belgian artist (1833-1898)

American temperance activist and suffragist (1839–1898)

Korean regent (1820–1898)

Last known speaker of Dalmatian (1821–1898)

Russian/Ukrainian painter (1846-1898)

German egyptologist and novelist (1837–1898)

French anthropologist (1821-1898)

German-Austrian inventor and automobile pioneer

Princess of Brazil

American lawyer, politician and diplomat (1828–1898)

Chinese philosopher (1865-1898)

Manchu prince (1833-1898)

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1807-1898)

Grand Duchess of Tuscany

German Indologist (1837–1898)

Austrian lawyer and composer (1842-1898)

Irish natural historian (1812-1898)

French politician (1818-1898)

Norwegian botanist and geologist (1843–1898)

English naturalist (1835–1898)

President of Venezuela (1841-1898)

British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer (1812–1898)

French pianist, teacher and musicographer (1816–1898)

German-English clergyman (1805–1898)

Slovene writer

American paleontologist (1811-1898)

British classical scholar and administrator (1811–1898)

American diplomat, politician and army officer (1819–1898)

German zoologist (1822-1898)

Russian writer (1819–1898)

Württemberger Royal (1821–1898)

Italian-born photographer based in Yokohama, Japan (1841-1898)

Spanish writer (1865–1898)