Death year 1890 celebrities

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Death year 1890

Ed Greer Facts

Edward C. Greer (1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – February 4, 1890) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball player. He was an outfielder and part-time catcher for the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics and Brooklyn Grays from 1885 to 18

Lucia Zarate Facts

Lucia Zarate (January 2, 1864 – January 15, 1890) was born in San Carlos, which is now the town of Ursulo Galvan, Veracruz, and settled on the Agostadero, now Cempoala, Veracruz, Mexico. Zarate is the first person to have been identified with Majew

John Weyhing Facts

John Weyhing (June 24, 1869 in Louisville, Kentucky – June 20, 1890 in Louisville, Kentucky) was a left-handed pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1888 and Columbus Solons in 1889. The brother of pitcher Gus Weyhing, he died four d

George Henry Boker Facts

George Henry Boker (October 6, 1823 – January 2, 1890) was an American poet, playwright, and diplomat.

Sitting Bull Facts

Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake in Standard Lakota Orthography, also nicknamed Húŋkešni or “Slow”; c. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to Unite

Elizabeth Potts Facts

Elizabeth Potts (née Atherton; December 21, 1846 – June 20, 1890) was convicted of murder in 1889 and hanged the following year, the only woman ever to be legally executed in the U.S. state of Nevada. Her husband, Josiah Potts, was executed simult

França Júnior Facts

Joaquim José da França Júnior (March 18, 1838 — November 27, 1890) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and, initially, a painter. Alongside Martins Pena, he is one of the most famous adepts of the “comedy of manners” genre.

Émile Rigaud Facts

Émile Rigaud (1824-1890) was a French lawyer and politician. He served as the Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1849 to 1863 and as a member of the National Assembly from 1852 to 1862.

Pancha Carrasco Facts

Pancha Carrasco (8 April 1826 – 31 December 1890), born Francisca Carrasco Jiménez, was Costa Rica’s first woman in the military. Carrasco is most famous for joining the defending forces at the Battle of Rivas in 1856 with a rifle and bullets. The

Dion Boucicault Facts

Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (26 December 1820 (or 1822) – 18 September 1890), commonly known as Dion Boucicault (Dee-on Boo-se-koh), was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. By the later part of the 19th century, Boucicault had

Lydia Becker Facts

Lydia Ernestine Becker (24 February 1827 – 18 July 1890) was a leader in the early British suffrage movement, as well as an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy. She is best remembered for founding and publishing the Women’s Su

Duchess Helene in Bavaria Facts

Helene Caroline Therese, Duchess in Bavaria (4 April 1834 – 16 May 1890) of the House of Wittelsbach, nicknamed Néné, was a Bavarian princess and, through marriage, temporarily the head of the Thurn and Taxis family.