May 9 – Facundo Bacardí, Cuban rum manufacturer (b. 1814) May 15 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830) May 17 – John Deere, American inventor (b. 1804) May 23 – Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795) June 13 Bernhard von Gudden, German neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1824) King Ludwig II of Bavaria (b. 1845) June 19 – Sir Charles Trevelyan, British civil servant and colonial administrator (b. 1807) June 21 – Daniel Dunglas Home, Scottish medium (b. 1833) July–December July 1 – Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, German geologist (b. 1806) July 4 Poundmaker, Aboriginal Canadian leader (b. c. 1842) Prince Arisugawa Takahito, Japanese Prince (b. 1813) July 16 – Ned Buntline (Edward Zane Carroll Judson Sr.), American publisher, dime novelist and publicist (b. 1821) July 25 – Eliza Lynch, First Lady of Paraguay (b. 1833) July 31 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer (b. 1811) August 4 – Samuel J. Tilden, 25th Governor of New York, 1876 Democratic Party presidential nominee (b. 1814) August 9 Sir Samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet, artist (b. 1810) Bill Smith, Major League Baseball player (b. 1865) August 11 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843) August 16 – Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Indian spiritual figure (b. 1836) August 30 – Ferris Jacobs Jr., American politician (b. 1836) September 3 – William W. Snow, American politician (b. 1812) September 4 – Benjamin F. Cheatham, Confederate general (b. 1820) September 14 – Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, American land speculator (b. 1802) September 25 – Hannah T. King, British-born American writer and pioneer (b. 1808) October 6 – Edward William Godwin, English architect (b. 1833) October 8 – Austin F. Pike, American politician from New Hampshire (b. 1819) October 9 – Jean-Jacques Uhrich, French general (b. 1802) November 4 – Sir James Martin, 4th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1820) November 18 – Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829) November 20 – William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859) November 21 – Charles Francis Adams Sr., American historical editor, politician and diplomat (b. 1807) December 8 Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist and publisher (b. 1792) William Fraser Tolmie, Scottish-Canadian scientist, politician (b. 1812) December 26 – John A. Logan, American soldier, political leader (b. 1826) Date unknown Harriet Bates, American author (b. 1856) References