Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Literature & Poetry

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Max Waller

Maurice Warlomont

Belgium

1860 – 1889 (29 years old)

Brilliant young literary critic and polemicist who founded the seminal revue La Jeune Belgique in 1881, rallying a generation of Belgian authors under the banner of pure aestheticism ('Soyons nous-mêmes').

Brussels, Belgium

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Science

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Ignacy Domeyko

Ігнат Дамейка

Belarus

1802-07-31 – 1889-01-23 (86 years old)

Belarusian-born geologist, mineralogist, and Philomath who became a National Hero of Chile, serving as Rector of the University of Chile and discovering dozens of new minerals.

Santiago, Chile

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Arts & Music

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Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel

France

1823 – 1889 (65 years old)

French academic master whose sensuous 'Birth of Venus' was personally purchased by Emperor Napoleon III in 1863, and whose 'The Fallen Angel' remains an icon of Romantic pathos.

Montpellier, France

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Literature & Poetry

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Nataniel Aguirre

Nataniel Aguirre González de Prada

Bolivia

1843-10-10 – 1888-09-11 (44 years old)

Celebrated 19th-century Bolivian novelist and statesman whose 1885 masterwork 'Juan de la Rosa' is revered as the quintessential national novel of Bolivian independence.

Cochabamba, Bolivia

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

United States

1811 – 1888 (77 years old)

President of Argentina (1868–1874) and 'Teacher of the Americas' who transformed national education, founded the Naval Academy, and authored the classic Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Technology

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Evence Coppée

Evence-Dieudonné Coppée

Belgium

1827 – 1888 (60 years old)

Belgian industrialist and civil engineer whose invention of the Coppée by-product coke oven transformed the global metallurgy and chemical coal industries across Europe and America.

Seneffe (Hainaut), Belgium

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Henry Bergh

Henry Bergh

United States

1813 – 1888 (74 years old)

Visionary humanitarian who founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and co-founded the world's first child protection society.

Brooklyn, United States

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

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Wilhelm I (German Emperor)

Wilhelm I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig)

Germany

1797 – 1888 (90 years old)

First German Emperor (Kaiser) who unified Germany with Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, proclaimed at Versailles in 1871.

Berlin, Germany

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Saint Jean Bosco

Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco

Italy

1815 – 1888 (72 years old)

Prêtre et éducateur piémontais, fondateur des Salésiens et apôtre des enfants des rues et jeunes ouvriers exploités de Turin, inventeur du « système préventif ».

Turin, Italy

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Politics

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Big Bear

Mistahi-maskwa

Canada

c. 1825 – 1888 (63 years old)

Formidable Plains Cree chief who fiercely resisted signing Treaty 6 for four years, demanding genuine autonomy, extensive land guarantees, and fair treatment for all First Nations.

Paynton (Saskatchewan), Canada

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Business

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Madam Tinubu

Efunroye Tinubu

Nigeria

1805-01-01 – 1887-12-01 (82 years old)

Formidable 19th-century Yoruba merchant tycoon, kingmaker, and nationalist who dominated the palm oil and arms trade, supplied arms to Abeokuta against Dahomey, and resisted British hegemony.

Abeokuta, Nigeria

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Literature & Poetry

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Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq

أحمد فارس الشدياق

Lebanon

1804 – 20 September 1887 (83 years old)

Literary titan of the Nahda, author of the groundbreaking experimental novel 'Leg over Leg' (Al-Saq ala al-Saq), and founder of 'Al-Jawa'ib'.

Beirut, Lebanon

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Politics

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General Husayn

الجنرال حسين

Russia

c. 1828 AD – 1887 (59 years old)

Forward-thinking Mamluk statesman and key ally of Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi, who served as the first modern mayor of Tunis, educational pioneer, and defender of Tunisian financial integrity against European encroachment.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Dorothea Lynde Dix

Dorothea Dix

United States

1802 – 1887 (85 years old)

Réformatrice américaine et avocate des aliénés mentaux, créatrice des premiers asiles psychiatriques modernes et surintendante des infirmières durant la guerre de Sécession.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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Arts & Music

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Alexander Borodin

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin

Russia

1833 – 1887 (53 years old)

Russian composer of The Mighty Handful and distinguished professor of organic chemistry, celebrated for 'Prince Igor', the 'Polovtsian Dances', and his Second Symphony.

Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

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Prophets & Divine Messengers

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Nakayama Miki (Oyasama / Foundress of Tenrikyo)

中山みき

Japan

1798 – 1887 (88 years old)

Affectionately revered as 'Oyasama' (Beloved Parent) by millions of Tenrikyo followers, Nakayama Miki became the living shrine of God the Parent (Tenri-O-no-Mikoto) in 1838, divesting herself of all possessions to teach the Joyous Life (Yokigurashi).

Tenri, Japan

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Art

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Peder Balke

Peder Andersen Balke

Norway

1804-11-04 – 1887-02-05 (82 years old)

Revolutionary Norwegian landscape painter whose monochrome, proto-modernist depictions of Arctic seas and storm-lashed coastlines gained international rediscovery in the 21st century.

Oslo, Norway

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Politics

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Jules Malou

Jules Edouard Xavier Malou

Belgium

1810 – 1886 (76 years old)

Influential Catholic statesman and financier who served twice as Prime Minister of Belgium (1871–1878, 1884), leading the Catholic victory in the School War that initiated thirty years of unbroken Catholic governance.

Brussels, Belgium

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