In the year 1905
223 Notable deaths
Giovanni Battista Scalabrini
Italian roman catholic bishop and blessed (1839–1905).
Born July 8th, 1839 in Fino Mornasco.
Died June 1st, 1905 at 65 years old in Piacenza.
Constantin Meunier
Belgian painter, sculptor (1831–1905).
Born April 12th, 1831 in Etterbeek. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1905 at 73 years old in Ixelles. [ref]
Franz Reuleaux
German mechanical engineer (1829–1905).
Born September 30th, 1829 in Eschweiler.
Died August 20th, 1905 at 75 years old in Charlottenburg.
Orville H. Platt
American politician (1827-1905).
Born July 19th, 1827 in Washington.
Died April 21st, 1905 at 77 years old in Meriden. [ref]
Mary Livermore
American journalist.
Born December 19th, 1820 in Boston.
Died May 23rd, 1905 at 84 years old in Melrose.
William Trost Richards
American painter (1833-1905).
Born June 3rd, 1833 in Philadelphia.
Died November 8th, 1905 at 72 years old in New York City. [ref]
John Henninger Reagan
American politician (1818-1905).
Born October 8th, 1818 in Sevierville.
Died March 6th, 1905 at 86 years old in Palestine (pneumonia).
Per Teodor Cleve
Swedish chemist who discovered holmium and thulium (1840-1905).
Born February 10th, 1840 in Storkyrkoförsamlingen.
Died June 18th, 1905 at 65 years old in Uppsala, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
William B. Bate
Confederate army general (1826-1905).
Born October 7th, 1826 in Castalian Springs.
Died March 9th, 1905 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C..
Hugh Low
British naturalist (1824-1905).
Born May 10th, 1824 in Upper Clapton.
Died April 18th, 1905 at 80 years old in Alassio.
Oswald Achenbach
German artist (1827-1905).
Born February 2nd, 1827 in Düsseldorf.
Died February 1st, 1905 at 77 years old in Düsseldorf (pneumonia).
Ceferino Namuncurá
Beatified argentine (1886-1905).
Born August 26th, 1886 in Chimpay.
Died May 11th, 1905 at 18 years old in Frascati (tuberculosis).
Infanta Amalia of Spain
Spanish infanta of the xixth century, married to prince adalbert of bavaria (1834-1905).
Born October 12th, 1834 in Madrid.
Died August 27th, 1905 at 70 years old in Munich.
Rudolf Koller
Swiss painter (1828-1905).
Born May 21st, 1828 in Zurich.
Died January 5th, 1905 at 76 years old in Zurich.
Christapor Mikaelian
Armenian revolutionary (1859–1905).
Born October 18th, 1859 in Ashagy Aylis.
Died March 1st, 1905 at 45 years old in Sofia.
José-Maria de Heredia
French poet (1842-1905).
Born November 22nd, 1842 in Santiago de Cuba.
Died October 3rd, 1905 at 62 years old in Bourdonné. [ref]
Charles William Wilson
British army officer and explorer (1836-1905).
Born March 14th, 1836 in Liverpool.
Died October 25th, 1905 at 69 years old in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Amalie Skram
Norwegian author.
Born August 22nd, 1847 in Bergen.
Died March 15th, 1905 at 57 years old in Copenhagen.
Hermann Wissmann
German explorer and colonial administrator in africa (1853–1905).
Born September 4th, 1853 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died June 15th, 1905 at 51 years old in Weißenbach bei Liezen (hunting accident).
Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz
German princess (1884-1905).
Born July 13th, 1884 in Greiz.
Died January 17th, 1905 at 20 years old in Weimar.
Guy Boothby
Australian writer.
Born October 13th, 1867 in Adelaide.
Died February 26th, 1905 at 37 years old in Bournemouth.
Anton Ažbe
Slovenian artist (1862-1905).
Born May 30th, 1862 in Carniola.
Died August 6th, 1905 at 43 years old in Munich (esophageal cancer).
Paul Dubois
French sculptor and painter (1829-1905).
Born July 18th, 1829 in Nogent-sur-Seine. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1905 at 75 years old in rue Bonaparte. [ref]
Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal
President of haiti (1832-1905).
Born June 12th, 1832 in Les Cayes.
Died March 6th, 1905 at 72 years old in Port-au-Prince.
Harold Mahony
Irish tennis player (1867-1905).
Born February 13th, 1867 in Edinburgh.
Died June 27th, 1905 at 38 years old in Caragh Hill (bicycle accident).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel