1816) December 15 – Sitting Bull, Native American chief (b. c. 1831) December 21 – Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress (b. 1812) December 23 – Alphonse Lecointe, French general and politician (b. 1817) December 26 – Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822) December 31 – Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (b. 1826) References Further reading and year books 1890 Annual Cyclopedia online; highly detailed coverage of "Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry" (1891); compilation of facts and primary documents; worldwide coverage.