The Year of Death Game

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1869: Pres. Franklin Pierce

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1870: Charles Dickens

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1871: Robert Houdin, the Father of Modern Magic. Harry Houdini adopted his stage name in honor of him.

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1872: Samuel F.B. Morse

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1873: Napoleon III, last emperor of France

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1874: Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese twins.

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1875: Charles Wheatstone, scientist and inventor (but not of his eponymous bridge; he only popularized that)

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1876: Harriet Martineau, economist and journalist

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1877: Crazy Horse-warrior, folk hero and military hero

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1878: Pope Pius IX

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1879: James Clerk Maxwell

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1880: Gustave Flaubert, French novelist

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1881: James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States (assassinated)

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1882: Jesse James

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1883: Karl Marx

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1884: Gregor Mendel

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1885: Victor Hugo, French author

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1886: Emily Dickinson

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1887: Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale

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1888: German Emperor(s) Wilhelm I and Friedrich III.

Hence, in Germany, 1888 is known as “The Year of Three Emperors”