Sir Frederick Knight, British politician (b. 1812) May 4 – Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (b. 1847) May 7 Ion Ghica, 3-time prime minister of Romania (b. 1816) Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (b. 1822) May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary (b. 1863) May 12 – Minna Canth, Finnish writer and social activist (b. 1844) May 23 – Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju, Indian rajah (b. 1850) June 17 – Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and naturopath (b. 1821) June 19 – Louis Brière de l'Isle, French general (b. 1827) July–December July 6 Tommy Burns, Champion Diver (b. 1867 or 1868) Celia Barrios de Reyna, First Mother of the Nation of Guatemala (b. 1834) August 8 Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, incumbent Prime Minister of Spain and historian (assassinated) (b. 1828) Viktor Meyer, German chemist (b. 1848) August 17 – Sir William Jervois, British military engineer and diplomat (b. 1821) August 24 Sébastien Lespès, French admiral (b. 1828) Mutsu Munemitsu, Japanese statesman, diplomat (b. 1844) August 31 – Louisa Lane Drew, English-born American actress, theater manager (b. 1820) September 9 Richard Holt Hutton, English writer, theologian (b. 1826) Ferenc Pulszky, Hungarian politician (b. 1814) September 20 – Louis Pierre Mouillard, French artist and aviation pioneer (b. 1834) September 21 – Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (b. 1819) September 27 Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French military leader (b. 1816) George M. Robeson, American politician (b. 1829) September 30 – Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, French Roman Catholic and Discalced Carmelite nun, saint (b. 1873) October 2 – Edward Maitland, British writer (b. 1824) October 3 – Yamaji Motoharu, Japanese general (b. 1841) October 9 John M. B. Clitz, American admiral (b. 1821) Jan Heemskerk, Dutch politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818) October 13 – William Daniel, American temperance movement leader (b. 1826) October 19 – George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (b. 1831) October 27 Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (b. 1833) , Chilean politician (b. 1847) Alexander Milton Ross, Canadian abolitionist, naturalist (b. 1832) October 28 – Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, British colonial governor (b. 1824) October 29 – Henry George, American economist (b. 1839) November – Francisco Gonzalo Marín, Cuban poet, freedom fighter (b. 1863) November 3 – Thomas Lanier Clingman, American "Prince of Politicians" (b. 1812) November 13 – Ernest Giles, Australian explorer (b. 1835) November 15 – Lucinda Barbour Helm, American women's religious activist (b. 1839) November 17 –