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In the year 1906
192 Notable deaths
Susan B. Anthony
American women's rights activist (1820-1906).
Born February 15th, 1820 in Adams.
Died March 13th, 1906 at 86 years old in Rochester (pneumonia, heart failure).
Paul Cézanne
French painter (1839–1906).
Born January 19th, 1839 in Aix-en-Provence. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1906 at 67 years old in Aix-en-Provence (pneumonia).
Raja Ravi Varma
Indian painter from kerala (1848–1906).
Born April 29th, 1848 in Kilimanoor. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1906 at 58 years old in Attingal. [ref]
Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian playwright and theatre director (1828–1906).
Born March 20th, 1828 in Stockmanngården. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1906 at 78 years old in Christiania (stroke). [ref]
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859–1906).
Died April 19th, 1906 at 46 years old in Paris (struck by vehicle).
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906).
Born February 20th, 1844 in Vienna.
Died September 6th, 1906 at 62 years old in Duino (hanging to death).
Stanford White
American architect (1853-1906).
Born November 9th, 1853 in New York City.
Died June 25th, 1906 at 52 years old in Madison Square Garden.
Varina Davis
Second wife of president jefferson davis and first lady of the confederate states (1826–1906).
Born May 7th, 1826 in Natchez.
Died October 16th, 1906 at 80 years old in Manhattan.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1872–1906).
Born June 27th, 1872 in Dayton.
Died February 9th, 1906 at 33 years old in Dayton (tuberculosis).
Charles Pfizer
German-american businessman and chemist (1824–1906).
Born March 22nd, 1824 in Ludwigsburg.
Died October 19th, 1906 at 82 years old in Rhode Island.
Joseph Wheeler
Confederate army general (1836-1906).
Born September 10th, 1836 in Augusta. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1906 at 69 years old in Brooklyn.
Carl Schurz
Union army general, politician (1829-1906).
Born March 2nd, 1829 in Liblar. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1906 at 77 years old in New York City.
Marshall Field
American businessman (1834–1906).
Born August 18th, 1834 in Conway. [ref]
Died January 16th, 1906 at 71 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Indian barrister and first president of indian national congress (1844-1906).
Born December 29th, 1844 in Kolkata.
Died July 21st, 1906 at 61 years old in Croydon.
Georgy Gapon
Russian priest (1870-1906).
Born February 17th, 1870 in Bilyky. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1906 at 36 years old in Ozerki (hanging to death).
Josephine Butler
British feminist and social reformer fighting to end child prostitution (1828–1906).
Born April 13th, 1828 in Milfield, Glendale.
Died December 30th, 1906 at 78 years old in Wooler.
John Schofield
United states army medal of honor recipient and union army general (1831–1906).
Born September 29th, 1831 in Chautauqua County. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1906 at 74 years old in St. Augustine.
Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
British peeress of american background (1870-1906).
Born May 27th, 1870 in Chicago.
Died July 18th, 1906 at 36 years old in London.
Mekonnen Welde Mikael
Ethiopian prince (1852–1906).
Died March 21st, 1906 at 53 years old in Kulubi (typhus).
Christian IX of Denmark
King of denmark from 1863 to 1906.
Born April 8th, 1818 in Gottorf Castle.
Died January 29th, 1906 at 87 years old in Amalienborg.
James Stephen Hogg
20th governor of texas (1891-1895).
Born March 24th, 1851 in Rusk.
Died March 3rd, 1906 at 54 years old in Houston (railway accident).
Bartolomé Mitre
President of argentina (1821-1906).
Born June 26th, 1821 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1906 at 84 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Michael Davitt
Irish republican and nationalist agrarian agitator (1846-1906).
Born March 25th, 1846 in Strade.
Died May 30th, 1906 at 60 years old in Dublin.
Richard Seddon
New zealand politician and prime minister (1845–1906).
Born June 22nd, 1845 in Eccleston.
Died June 10th, 1906 at 60 years old in Tasman Sea.
Jules Breton
French painter (1827-1906).
Born May 1st, 1827 in Courrières.
Died July 5th, 1906 at 79 years old in Paris.
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir