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In the year 1905
223 Notable deaths
Clément Juglar
French economist (1819–1905).
Born October 15th, 1819 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1905 at 85 years old in Paris.
Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume
French sculptor (1822-1905).
Born July 4th, 1822 in Montbard. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1905 at 82 years old in Rome.
Heinrich Leutemann
German artist (1824-1905).
Born October 8th, 1824 in Großzschocher.
Died December 14th, 1905 at 81 years old in Wittgensdorf.
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac
French politician (1853-1905).
Died September 25th, 1905 at 52 years old in Flée.
Alpheus Spring Packard
American entomologist, palaeontologist (1839-1905).
Born February 19th, 1839 in Brunswick.
Died February 14th, 1905 at 65 years old in Providence.
John Marshall Hamilton
American politician (1847-1905).
Born May 28th, 1847 in Union County.
Died September 22nd, 1905 at 58 years old in Chicago.
Meyer Kayserling
German rabbi, historian (1829-1905).
Born June 17th, 1829 in Gleidingen.
Died April 21st, 1905 at 75 years old in Budapest.
Makar Yekmalyan
Armenian composer (1856–1905).
Born February 2nd, 1856 in Vagharshapat.
Died March 19th, 1905 at 49 years old in Tbilisi.
Lizardo Montero Flores
President of peru (1832-1905).
Born May 27th, 1832 in Ayabaca. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1905 at 72 years old in Lima. [ref]
Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce
Leader of the order of malta (1827-1905).
Born February 21st, 1827 in Trento.
Died January 24th, 1905 at 77 years old in Rome.
Ján Francisci-Rimavský
Slovak politician and writer (1822-1905).
Born June 1st, 1822 in Hnúšťa. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1905 at 82 years old in Martin. [ref]
Soejima Taneomi
Japanese diplomat (1828-1905).
Born October 17th, 1828 in Saga.
Died January 31st, 1905 at 76 years old in Tokyo.
Joseph Roswell Hawley
Union army general, politician (1826–1905).
Born October 31st, 1826 in Laurinburg.
Died March 18th, 1905 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C..
Otto Erich Hartleben
German writer (1864–1905).
Born June 3rd, 1864 in Clausthal.
Died February 11th, 1905 at 40 years old in Salò.
Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre
French botanist (1833-1905).
Born October 21st, 1833 in Champ Borne.
Died October 30th, 1905 at 72 years old in Paris.
Edward Dannreuther
German musician (1844–1905).
Born November 4th, 1844 in Strasbourg.
Died February 12th, 1905 at 60 years old in Hastings.
Christoph von Sigwart
German philosopher (1830–1904).
Born March 28th, 1830 in Tübingen.
Died August 5th, 1905 at 75 years old in Tübingen.
Ilarion Ruvarac
Serbian historian (1832–1905).
Born September 1st, 1832 in Sremska Mitrovica.
Died August 8th, 1905 at 72 years old in Grgeteg monastery.
Willgodt Theophil Odhner
Swedish engineer (1845-1905).
Born August 10th, 1845 in Dalby parish.
Died September 15th, 1905 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Maria Teresa Bonzel
Roman catholic german nun (1830–1905).
Born September 17th, 1830 in Olpe.
Died February 6th, 1905 at 74 years old in Olpe.
Hermann Nothnagel
German internist (1841-1905).
Born September 28th, 1841 in Stare Łysogórki.
Died July 7th, 1905 at 63 years old in Vienna.
Vjenceslav Novak
Croatian writer.
Born September 11th, 1859 in Senj.
Died September 20th, 1905 at 46 years old in Zagreb (tuberculosis).
Grgo Martić
Bosnian priest.
Born January 22nd, 1822 in Posušje.
Died August 30th, 1905 at 83 years old in Kreševo.
Cesare Dell'Acqua
Italian painter (1821-1905).
Born July 22nd, 1821 in Piran.
Died February 16th, 1905 at 83 years old in Ixelles.
Juan Lindolfo Cuestas
President of uruguay (1837-1905).
Born January 6th, 1837.
Died June 21st, 1905 at 68 years old in Paris.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 223
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