Linnankoski, Finnish author (d. 1913) October 21 – William Dodd, American historian, diplomat (d. 1940) October 25 – John Heisman, American football coach (d. 1936) October 26 – Washington Luís, 13th President of Brazil (d. 1957) October 31 – William A. Moffett, American admiral (d. 1933) November 10 – Wayne Wheeler, American temperance movement leader (d. 1927) November 11 – Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (d. 1947) November 20 – Herbert Tudor Buckland, British Arts and Crafts architect (d. 1951) November 22 – André Gide, French writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1951) November 24 – Óscar Carmona, President of Portugal (d. 1951) November 25 – Herbert Greenfield, Premier of Alberta, Canada (d. 1949) November 30 – Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1937) December 5 – Ellis Parker Butler, American humorist (d. 1937) December 16 – Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary, leader of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia and Eastern Thrace (d. 1952) December 20 – Charley Grapewin, American vaudeville performer, stage and film actor (d. 1956) December 22 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (d. 1935) December 24 – Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, socialist (d. 1952) December 30 – Stephen Leacock, British-Canadian author, economist (d. 1944) December 31 – Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954) Deaths January–June January 1 Martin W. Bates, American senator (b. 1786) James B. Longacre, fourth Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint (b. 1794) January 18 – Bertalan Szemere, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1812) January 19 – Carl Reichenbach, German chemist (b. 1788) January 30 Frances Catherine Barnard, English author (b. 1796) William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794) February 15 – Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1797) March 8 – Hector Berlioz, French composer (b. 1803) March 20 – John Pascoe Grenfell, British admiral of the Brazilian Navy (b. 1800) March 21 - Juan Almonte, Mexican general, diplomat and regent (b. 1803) March 24 – Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b. 1779) April 2 – Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, German palaeontologist (b. 1801) April 20 – Carl Loewe, German composer (b. 1796) June 16 – Charles Sturt, Australian explorer (b. 1795) June 20 – Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military commander (b. 1835) July–December July 18 – Laurent Clerc, French advocate for the American deaf (b. 1785) July 22 – John A. Roebling, American bridge engineer (b. 1806) July 28 – Carl Gustav Carus, German physiologist (b. 1789) August 21 – Casto Méndez Núñez, Spanish