1899 deaths

Austrian composer (1825-1899)

German chemist (1811-1899)

French, British painter (1839–1899)

7th President of the French Republic (1841–1899)

vice president of the United States from 1897 to 1899

American lawyer, orator, and politician (1833-1899)

Norwegian mathematician (1842–1899)

German Chancellor and Prussian General of the Infantry and Prime Minister (1831-1899)

French artist (1822-1899)

American paleontologist (1831–1899)

German-Jewish-born British entrepreneur and news agency founder (1816–1899)

German philosopher and scientist (1824-1899)

French composer (1855–1899)

Belgian poet, journalist, teacher, monastery director and priest (1830–1899)

19th-century Spanish politician

French dramatist (1837-1899)

French chemist (1832–1899)

Italian painter, neo-impressionist and symbolist (1858–1899)

Lithuanian writer, poet and physician (1858–1899)

third son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria of Russia (1871–1899)

English chemist (1825–1899)

American novelist (1832–1899)

Bulgarian and Parmese Royal

American evangelist (1837–1899)

Egyptian Prime Minister (1825–1899)

Japanese noble, statesman and naval engineer (1823–1899)

Filipino painter, sculptor and political activist (1857-1899)

Swedish chemist (1840–1899)

Canada born British science writer, novelist and scientist (1848 – 1899)

German geographer, cartographer and university professor in Berlin (1818–1899)

Czech writer and bookwriter (1830-1899)

French organ builder (1811–1899)

British professor of Sanskrit (1819–1899)

French poet and dramatist (1834-1899)

German physicist (1826–1899)

Italian aristocrat who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Napoleon III (1837–1899)

President of Venezuela (1829–1899)

Sudanese Ansar ruler (1846–1899)

Hungarian artist (1828–1899)

English tennis player (1861–1899)

Austrian operetta composer (1842-1899)

Prime Minister of Serbia (1831-1899)

Hungarian archaeologist (1832-1899)

Polish artist (1824–1899)

Romanian politician (1823-1899)

British scientist (1814–1899)

Philippine researcher, reformist, military general and statesman (1866–1899)

American ornithologist (1842–1899)

French mycologist and naturalist (1832–1899)

Greek businessman (1815–1899)

German-American precision mechanic and inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine (1854-1899)

British Royal Family member (1874–1899)

Brazilian painter (1850-1899)

Estonian artist (1826-1899)

Dutch painter (1837-1899)

Low German poet and writer (1819–1899)

German zoologist, comparative anatomist and university lecturer (1835-1899)

French philosopher (1823-1899)

Italian princess

British naturalist, botanist, entomologist, ornithologist, botanical and scientific collector, scientific illustrator, painter and poet (1818-1899)