In the year 1905
223 Notable deaths
Adelaïde Ehrnrooth
Finnish writer, editor (1826-1905).
Born January 17th, 1826 in Nastola. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1905 at 78 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Raimundo Fernández Villaverde
Spanish politician (1848–1905).
Born January 20th, 1848 in Madrid.
Died July 15th, 1905 at 57 years old in Madrid.
Pietro Tacchini
Italian astronomer (1838-1905).
Born March 21st, 1838 in Modena.
Died March 24th, 1905 at 67 years old in Modena, Spilamberto.
George Van Cleaf
American swimmer and water polo player.
Born October 8th, 1879 in Northfield.
Died January 6th, 1905 at 25 years old in Brooklyn.
Robert Eitner
German musicologist (1832-1905).
Born October 22nd, 1832 in Wrocław.
Died February 2nd, 1905 at 72 years old in Templin. [ref]
Valentinus Paquay
Friar minor (1828–1905).
Born November 17th, 1828 in Tongeren.
Died January 1st, 1905 at 76 years old in Hasselt.
Nahum Meir Schaikewitz
Yiddish writer (1849–1905).
Born May 18th, 1849 in Niasviž. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1905 at 56 years old in New York City. [ref]
Andrea Aiuti
Italian cardinal and nuncio (1849–1905).
Died April 28th, 1905 at 55 years old in Rome.
Robert Thalén
Swedish physicist and astronomer (1827–1905).
Born December 28th, 1827 in Köping. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1905 at 77 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Curt Wachsmuth
German classical philologist, archaeologist and historian of classical antiquity (1837–1905).
Born April 27th, 1837 in Naumburg.
Died June 8th, 1905 at 68 years old in Leipzig.
Lodovico Piavi
Latin patriarch of jerusalem (1833–1905).
Born March 17th, 1833 in Ravenna.
Died January 24th, 1905 at 71 years old in Jerusalem.
Benoît-Marie Langénieux
Catholic cardinal (1824–1905).
Born October 15th, 1824 in Villefranche-sur-Saône.
Died January 1st, 1905 at 80 years old in Reims.
Adolf Mussafia
Austrian philologist (1834–1905).
Born February 15th, 1835 in Split.
Died June 7th, 1905 at 70 years old in Florence.
Vincze von Borbás
Hungarian botanist (1844–1905).
Born July 29th, 1844 in Litke. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1905 at 60 years old in Cluj-Napoca.
Elisa Bloch
French sculptor.
Born January 25th, 1848 in Wrocław.
Died May 10th, 1905 at 57 years old in Paris.
Dmitry Averkiyev
Russian writer (1836-1905).
Born November 23rd, 1836 in Krasnodar.
Died January 20th, 1905 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Émile Jean-Fontaine
French sailor (1839–1905).
Born March 18th, 1839 in Paris.
Died December 28th, 1905 at 66 years old in Paris.
Charles William Martin
French sailor (1828–1905).
Born October 25th, 1828 in Rouen.
Died February 27th, 1905 at 76 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Paul Sutermeister
Swiss theologian, pastor and contributing editor of the berner tagblatt (1864-1905).
Born June 6th, 1864 in Küsnacht.
Died February 2nd, 1905 at 40 years old in Bern.
Raffaele Pierotti
Italian priest (1836–1905).
Born January 1st, 1836 in Sorbano del Vescovo.
Died September 7th, 1905 at 69 years old in Rome.
Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier
French politician (1823-1905).
Born October 21st, 1823 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 4th, 1905 at 81 years old in Paris.
S. Lipschütz
American chess player (1863-1905).
Born June 4th, 1863 in Uzhhorod.
Died November 30th, 1905 at 42 years old in Hamburg.
Hranush Arshagyan
Armenian poet (1887–1905).
Born July 28th, 1887 in Beşiktaş.
Died March 27th, 1905 at 17 years old in Istanbul (tuberculosis).
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe