1900 deaths

Book collector/writer/bibliographer (1834-1900)

American politician (1838-1900)

French painter (1831-1900)

Catholic cardinal (1809–1900)

American politician (1833-1900)

Roman Catholic cardinal (1820–1900)

English entomologist

American railroad engineer (1863–1900)

German ethnographer, cartographer and officer in Russian service (1821-1900)

Olympic sailor (1848–1900)

American politician (1809-1900)

American politician (1835–1900)

74th Governor of South Carolina, and an officer in the Union Army (1826-1900)

Hungarian potter and industrialist (1828–1900)

Russian Governor-General of Warsaw (1837-1900)

German geologist and paleontologist (1841-1900)

Polish socialist and poet (1848－1900)

Church of Sweden bishop (1818-1900)

Greek painter (1821-1900)

Austrian military historian (1832–1900)

Bulgarian linguist and folklorist (1823–1900)

American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (1847-1900)

French preacher (1840–1900)

British field marshal (1824–1900)

Australian crickteter (1867-1900)

German writer (1845-1900)

German artist (1820-1900)

German artist (1815-1900)

German piano maker (1826–1900)

Polish painter, art historian (1828-1900)

French composer (1815–1900)

Italian rabbi (1823–1900)

American anthropologist (1857-1900)

Swedish publisher (1820–1900)

French historian (1841–1900)

Arabic-language newspaper writer

Norwegian sailor

New Zealand photographer (1836-1900)

English doctor, author, and inventor (1833–1900)

French writer (1821–1900)

Union Army general (1823-1900)

Chinese official and scholar (1845–1900)

Dutch missionary and bishop (1840–1900)

French journalist (1819-1900)

thumb|right|Washakie holding a pipe Washakie (1804/1810 – February 20, 1900) was a prominent leader of the Shoshone people during the mid-19th century. He was first mentioned in 1840 in the written record of the American fur trapper, Osborne Russell. In 1851, at the urging of trapper Jim Bridger, Washakie led a band of Shoshones to the council meetings of the Treaty of Fort Laramie. Essentially from that time until his death, he was considered the head of the Eastern Shoshones by the representatives of the United States government. In 1979, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerne

French military officer (1858-1900)

American businessman (1821-1900)

American politician (1843-1900)

American painter (1825-1900)

French actress (1833-1900)

French ethnologist and writer (1827-1900)

Chinese Qing Dynasty general (1836–1900)

American politician (1825–1900)

Italian Roman Catholic (1831–1900)

Italian missionary priest (1863-1900)

Swiss politician (1819-1900)

German chemist and botanist (1839-1900)

Scottish songwriter and composer (1810-1900)

American boxer (1853-1900)