Deaths in the 1890s

Otto von Plessen

1816–1897 (age 81)

Baden-Baden

Otto von Plessen was a German nobleman associated with Baden-Baden.

Wilhelm Wattenbach

1819–1897 (age 78)

Heidelberg

Wilhelm Wattenbach (22 September 1819 – 20 September 1897), was a German historian.

Lorenz Kellner

1811–1892 (age 81)

Trier

Lorenz Kellner (born at Kalteneber in the district of Eichsfeld, 29 January 1811; died at Trier, 18 August 1892) was a G...

Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

1837–1892 (age 55)

Darmstadt

Louis IV (German: Ludwig IV.

Eduard Dallmann

1830–1896 (age 66)

Bremen

Eduard Dallmann (11 March 1830 – 23 December 1896) was a German whaler, trader, and Polar explorer.

Rudolf Schmitt

1830–1898 (age 68)

Radebeul

Rudolf Schmitt (August 5, 1830 – February 18, 1898) was a German chemist who together with Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolb...

Karl Emil Kirchner

1845–1899 (age 54)

Radebeul

Karl Emil Kirchner was a nineteenth-century German military officer stationed in Radebeul.

Lothar Meyer

1830–1895 (age 65)

Tübingen

Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist.

Hermann Wislicenus

1825–1899 (age 74)

Goslar

Hermann Wislicenus was a German painter known for his historical and monumental frescoes in public buildings.

Auguste Löber

1824–1897 (age 73)

Cottbus

Wilhelm Hugo Fleck

1828–1896 (age 68)

Döbeln

Hans Thümmel

1824–1895 (age 71)

Nöbdenitz

Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1874–1899 (age 25)

Coburg

Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert; 15 October 1874 – 6 Februa...

Ernst Albert Naether

1825–1894 (age 69)

Zeitz

Johann Heinrich Lützel

1823–1899 (age 76)

Zweibrücken

Jakob von Fitting

1831–1898 (age 67)

Zweibrücken

Friedrich Krebs

1869–1898 (age 29)

Ansbach

German politician from Ansbach whose career was cut short in 1898.

Theobald Otto Wilhelm Fritzsche

1832–1899 (age 67)

Altenburg

Richard Werner Bode

1842–1897 (age 55)

Suhl

German construction officer from Suhl active during the industrial 19th century.

Ludwig Schandein

1813–1894 (age 81)

Cemetery Speyer

Paul Braun

1820–1892 (age 72)

Cemetery Speyer

German jurist whose legal career spanned much of the 19th century.

Ernst Bardey

1828–1897 (age 69)

Stuer

Theodor Michael von Wand

1835–1896 (age 61)

Cemetery Speyer

German politician active in the latter 19th century.

Albert Ernst Gustav Hedenus

1834–1898 (age 64)

Crimmitschau

Georg Peter Süß

1821–1894 (age 73)

Cemetery Speyer

German politician whose career spanned the 19th century.

Georg Friedrich Weltz

1821–1897 (age 76)

Cemetery Speyer

Alexander Otto Stichart

1838–1896 (age 58)

Jöhstadt

German illustrator from Jöhstadt active during the 19th century.

Hugo Haniel

1810–1893 (age 83)

Ruhrort

Victor von Strauß und Torney

1809–1899 (age 90)

Bückeburg

Friedrich Viktor Strauß (Victor Strauss), from 1852 von Strauß, and from 1872 von Strauß und Torney (Bückeburg, 18 S...

Friedrich Julius Bartsch

1836–1894 (age 58)

Zittau

Antonius von Thoma

1829–1897 (age 68)

Frauenkirche

Antonius von Thoma (1 March 1829 – 24 November 1897) was Bishop and later Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Munich and ...

Simon Blad

1818–1896 (age 78)

Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde

Friedrich Wilhelm Weber

1813–1894 (age 81)

Nieheim

Friedrich Wilhelm Weber (25 December 1813 – 5 April 1894) was a German doctor, politician of the Prussian House of Dep...

Johannes Christian Roos

1828–1896 (age 68)

Freiburg Minster

Johannes Christian Roos (28 April 1826 in Kamp am Rhein – 22 October 1896 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German Roman ...

Karl Ludwig Fridolin von Sandberger

1826–1898 (age 72)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Karl Ludwig Fridolin von Sandberger (22 November 1826 – 12 April 1898), German palaeontologist and geologist, was born...

Christian Eduard Baumstark

1836–1890 (age 54)

Auggen

Duchess Helene in Bavaria

1834–1890 (age 56)

St. Emmeram's Abbey

Duchess Helene in Bavaria (Helene Caroline Therese; 4 April 1834 – 16 May 1890), nicknamed Néné, was the Hereditary ...

Franz Delitzsch

1813–1890 (age 77)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Franz Delitzsch (23 February 1813, in Leipzig – 4 March 1890, in Leipzig) was a German Lutheran theologian and Hebrais...

Konrad Fiedler

1841–1895 (age 54)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Adolph Konrad Fiedler or Conrad Fiedler (23 September 1841 – 13 June 1895) was a German art historian, art collector a...

Felix Victor Birch-Hirschfeld

1842–1899 (age 57)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Felix Victor Birch-Hirschfeld (2 May 1842 – 19 November 1899) was a German pathologist who was a native of Kluvensieck...

Eduard Kreyßig

1830–1897 (age 67)

Hauptfriedhof Mainz

German architect whose designs contributed to nineteenth-century German architecture.

Wilhelm von Woyna

1819–1896 (age 77)

Hauptfriedhof Mainz

Hermann Schaaffhausen

1816–1893 (age 77)

Alter Friedhof Bonn

Hermann Schaaffhausen (19 July 1816, Koblenz – 26 January 1893, Bonn) was a German anatomist, anthropologist, and pale...

Joseph Hubert Reinkens

1821–1896 (age 75)

Alter Friedhof Bonn

Joseph Hubert Reinkens (March 1, 1821 – January 4, 1896) was the first German Old Catholic bishop.

Leopold Kaufmann

1821–1898 (age 77)

Alter Friedhof Bonn

Leopold Ernst Kaufmann (13 March 1821 – 27 February 1898) was a German politician.

Johann Gildemeister

1812–1890 (age 78)

Alter Friedhof Bonn

Johann Gildemeister (20 July 1812 – 11 March 1890) was a German Orientalist born in Kröpelin.

Clara Schumann

1819–1896 (age 77)

Alter Friedhof Bonn

Clara Josephine Schumann (; German: [ˈklaːʁa ˈʃuːman]; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German...

Karl Reiner Hertz

1817–1897 (age 80)

Alter Friedhof Bonn

Hermann Jakob Doetsch

1831–1895 (age 64)

Alter Friedhof Bonn

Jurij Šubic

1855–1890 (age 35)

Leipzig South Cemetery