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In the year 1906
192 Notable deaths
Archduke Otto of Austria
Austrian archduke (1865-1906).
Born April 21st, 1865 in Graz.
Died November 1st, 1906 at 41 years old in Vienna (syphilis).
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
British peer, philanthropist and humanitarian (1814-1906).
Born April 21st, 1814 in London.
Died December 30th, 1906 at 92 years old in London (bronchitis).
Daniel B. Wesson
American gunsmith (1825–1906).
Born May 18th, 1825 in Worcester.
Died August 4th, 1906 at 81 years old in Springfield.
Samuel Langley
American physicist, pioneer of aviation, and 3rd secretary of the smithsonian (1834-1906).
Born August 22nd, 1834 in Roxbury.
Died February 27th, 1906 at 71 years old in Aiken.
Béhanzin
Last king of dahomey (1845–1906).
Born September 7th, 1844.
Died December 10th, 1906 at 62 years old in Blida (pneumonia).
Alfred Beit
German born businessman and mining magnate in south africa (1853-1906).
Born February 15th, 1853 in Hamburg.
Died July 16th, 1906 at 53 years old in Welwyn.
Elizabeth of the Trinity
French carmelite nun and mystic.
Born July 18th, 1880 in Bourges.
Died November 9th, 1906 at 26 years old in Dijon (Addison's disease).
Swami Rama Tirtha
Indian teacher of the hindu philosophy of vedanta (1873–1906).
Born October 22nd, 1873 in presidencies and provinces of British India.
Died October 27th, 1906 at 33 years old in New Tehri (drowning).
Anton Arensky
Russian composer, pianist and professor of music.
Born August 11th, 1861 in Veliky Novgorod.
Died March 10th, 1906 at 44 years old in Zelenogorsk (tuberculosis).
Johann Most
German-american anarchist.
Born February 5th, 1846 in Augsburg.
Died March 17th, 1906 at 60 years old in Cincinnati.
Joseph Glidden
American farmer who patented barbed wire (1813-1906).
Born January 18th, 1813 in Charlestown.
Died October 9th, 1906 at 93 years old in DeKalb.
Princess Louise of Denmark
Danish princess (1875–1906).
Born February 17th, 1875 in Copenhagen.
Died April 4th, 1906 at 31 years old in Ratibořice (drowning).
Prince Albert of Prussia
German general (1837–1906).
Died September 13th, 1906 at 69 years old in Kamieniec Ząbkowicki.
Eastman Johnson
American artist (1824-1906).
Born July 29th, 1824 in Lovell.
Died April 5th, 1906 at 81 years old in New York City.
Spencer Gore
British tennis player (1850–1906).
Born March 10th, 1850 in Wimbledon.
Died April 19th, 1906 at 56 years old in Ramsgate.
George Holyoake
British secularist, co-operator, and newspaper editor (1817-1906).
Born April 13th, 1817 in Birmingham.
Died January 22nd, 1906 at 88 years old in Brighton.
Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau
Prussian princess (1837–1906).
Born September 14th, 1837 in Dessau.
Died May 12th, 1906 at 68 years old in Friedrichroda.
Frederic William Maitland
British historian (1850–1906).
Born May 28th, 1850 in London.
Died December 19th, 1906 at 56 years old in Gran Canaria (pneumonia).
Frits Thaulow
Norwegian painter (1847-1906).
Born October 20th, 1847 in Christiania. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1906 at 59 years old in Volendam. [ref]
Alfred Stevens
Belgian painter (1823-1906).
Born May 11th, 1823 in Brussels.
Died August 24th, 1906 at 83 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Dame Gruev
Bulgarian revolutionary from macedonia.
Born January 19th, 1871 in Smilevo.
Died December 23rd, 1906 at 35 years old in Rusinovo.
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
American chess player (1872-1906).
Born December 5th, 1872 in Somerville.
Died June 17th, 1906 at 33 years old in Philadelphia (syphilis).
Manuel García
Spanish singing teacher (1805-1906).
Born March 17th, 1805 in Madrid. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1906 at 101 years old in London. [ref]
Auberon Herbert
British politician (1838–1906).
Born June 18th, 1838 in Highclere.
Died November 5th, 1906 at 68 years old in Burley.
William Rainey Harper
American academic administrator (1856-1906).
Born July 26th, 1856 in New Concord.
Died January 10th, 1906 at 49 years old in Chicago.
Deaths 26 to 50 of 192
You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King