Dahlgren, American translator and anti-suffragist (b. 1825) June 8 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844) June 10 – Abraham Hochmuth, Hungarian rabbi (b. 1816) June 15 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (b. 1850) June 25 – Lucy Webb Hayes, First Lady of the United States (b. 1831) July–December July 7 – Giovanni Bottesini, Italian conductor, composer and virtuoso double bass player (b. 1821) July 10 – Julia Gardiner Tyler, First Lady of the United States (b. 1820) August 2 – Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851) August 19 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838) September 23 – Wilkie Collins, British novelist (b. 1824) September 24 – Charles Leroux, American balloonist, parachutist (b. 1856) September 29 – Louis Faidherbe, French general and colonial administrator (b. 1818) October 10 – Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer (b. 1814) October 11 – James Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818) October 17 – Rodrigo Augusto da Silva, Brazilian Senator, author of the Golden Law (b. 1833) John F. Hartranft, Union Army military officer and Medal of Honour recipient (b. 1830) October 19 – King Luís I of Portugal (b. 1838) October 25 – Émile Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820) November 16 – Sergei Bobokhov, Russian revolutionary, who committed suicide as a protest against the flogging of woman comrade in Siberia. (b. 1858) November 18 – William Allingham, Irish author (b. 1824) November 20 – August Ahlqvist, Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic (b. 1826) November 24 – George H. Pendleton, American politician (b. 1825) December 6 – Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808) December 12 – Robert Browning, English poet (b. 1812) December 28 – Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Empress consort of Brazil (b. 1822) December 29 Glele, King of Dahomey (suicide) Priscilla Cooper Tyler, de facto First Lady of the United States (b. 1816) December 30 – Sir Henry Yule, Scottish orientalist (b. 1820) December 31 – Ion Creangă, Romanian writer (b. 1837 or 1839) References Further reading and year books 1889 Annual Cyclopedia online, Highly detailed global coverage