Ramana Maharshi, Indian sage, jivanmukta (d. 1950) Date unknown Abdallah Beyhum, 10th prime minister of Lebanon (d. 1962) Ali Muhammad Shibli, Bengali revolutionary (d. unknown) Deaths January–June January 8 – Baldomero Espartero, Spanish general, regent and Prime Minister (b. 1793) January 24 – Heinrich Geißler, German physicist (b. 1814) January 26 – John Cadwalader, American jurist and politician (b. 1805) January 28 – Hugh M'Neile, Irish-born English Anglican priest. (b. 1795) February 11 – Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist and painter (b. 1808) February 21 – Sher Ali Khan, ruler of Afghanistan (b. 1825) February 23 – Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803) February 28 – Hortense Allart, French writer (b. 1801) March 1 – Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1825) March 2 – John Eberhard Faber, German-born American pencil manufacturer (b. 1822) March 3 – William Kingdon Clifford, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845) March 10 – Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis, German prince (b. 1843) March 22 – Sir John Woodford, British army general and archaeologist (b. 1785) March 24 – Juan Antonio Pezet, Peruvian general and politician, President of Peru (b. 1809) March 27 Hércules Florence, Brazilian photographer (b. 1804) Prince Waldemar of Prussia (b. 1868) March 30 – Thomas Couture, French painter and teacher (b. 1815) April 12 – Richard Taylor, American Confederate general (b. 1826) April 16 – Bernadette Soubirous, French Roman Catholic saint (b. 1844) April 23 – Elisabetta Fiorini Mazzanti, Italian botanist (b. 1799) April 30 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American author (b. 1788) May 5 – Félix Douay, French general (b. 1816) May 14 Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Greek politician, 20th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1829) Henry Sewell, New Zealand politician, 1st Premier of New Zealand (b. 1807) May 15 Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803) George Fife Angas, English coachbuilder, businessman and politician, founder of South Australia (b. 1789) May 21 – Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and navy officer (b. 1848) May 24 – William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer (b. 1805) June 1 – Napoléon, Prince Imperial, son of French Emperor Napoleon III (b. 1856) June 3 – Frances Ridley Havergal, English religious poet (b. 1836) June 7 – William Tilbury Fox, English dermatologist (b. 1836) June 11 – William, Prince of Orange, heir to Dutch throne (b. 1840) July–December July 7 – Béla Wenckheim, 8th prime minister of Hungary (b. 1811) July