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In the year 1906
192 Notable deaths
Ernst Josephson
Swedish artist (1851-1906).
Born April 16th, 1851 in Stockholm.
Died November 22nd, 1906 at 55 years old in Stockholm.
Alexander Stepanovich Popov
Russian physicist.
Born March 16th, 1859 in Krasnoturyinsk.
Died January 13th, 1906 at 46 years old in Saint Petersburg (cerebral hemorrhage).
Manuel Quintana
Argentine politician (1835–1906).
Born October 19th, 1835 in Buenos Aires.
Died March 12th, 1906 at 70 years old in Buenos Aires.
Paul Friedrich Wolfskehl
German physician and mathematician.
Born June 30th, 1856 in Darmstadt.
Died September 13th, 1906 at 50 years old in Darmstadt.
Carl Heinrich von Siemens
Human, 1829-1906, brother of werner.
Born March 3rd, 1829 in Menzendorf.
Died March 21st, 1906 at 77 years old in Menton.
Johann Dzierzon
Pioneering apiarist (1811–1906).
Born January 16th, 1811 in Łowkowice.
Died October 26th, 1906 at 95 years old in Łowkowice.
Dorothea Beale
English headmistress and suffragist (1831–1906).
Born March 21st, 1831 in Ward of Bishopsgate.
Died November 9th, 1906 at 75 years old in Cheltenham (cancer).
John William De Forest
Military officer, novelist.
Born May 31st, 1826 in Seymour.
Died July 17th, 1906 at 80 years old in New Haven.
Kosta Khetagurov
Ossetian poet (1859-1906).
Born October 15th, 1859 in Nar.
Died April 1st, 1906 at 46 years old in Selo imeni Kosta Khetagurova.
Oswald Durand
Haitian politician and poet.
Born September 17th, 1840 in Cap-Haïtien.
Died April 22nd, 1906 at 65 years old in Port-au-Prince.
William Wrede
German lutheran theologian (1859–1906).
Born May 10th, 1859 in Bücken.
Died November 23rd, 1906 at 47 years old in Wrocław.
John Milton Thayer
Union army general and politician (1820–1906).
Born January 24th, 1820 in Bellingham.
Died March 19th, 1906 at 86 years old in Lincoln. [ref]
Eugen Richter
German politician (1838–1906).
Born July 30th, 1838 in Düsseldorf.
Died March 10th, 1906 at 67 years old in Groß-Lichterfelde.
Stevan Sremac
Serbian writer (1855–1906).
Born November 11th, 1855 in Senta.
Died August 26th, 1906 at 50 years old in Sokobanja.
Dmitri Trepov
Russian politician (1855-1906).
Born December 14th, 1855.
Died September 15th, 1906 at 50 years old (cardiovascular disease).
Julius Wilbrand
German chemist (1839-1906).
Born August 22nd, 1839 in Giessen.
Died June 22nd, 1906 at 66 years old in Bielefeld.
Albert Sorel
French historian (1842–1906).
Born August 13th, 1842 in Honfleur.
Died June 29th, 1906 at 63 years old in Paris.
Ernesto Cesaro
Italian mathematician (1859-1906).
Born March 12th, 1859 in Naples.
Died September 12th, 1906 at 47 years old in Torre Annunziata (drowning).
Henry Baker Tristram
English clergyman, biblical scholar, traveller and ornithologist (1822-1906).
Born May 11th, 1822 in Eglingham.
Died March 8th, 1906 at 83 years old in Durham.
Nathaniel Shaler
American paleontologist and geologist (1841–1906).
Born February 20th, 1841 in Newport.
Died April 10th, 1906 at 65 years old in Cambridge.
Slava Raškaj
Croatian painter (1877–1906).
Born January 2nd, 1877 in Ozalj.
Died March 29th, 1906 at 29 years old in Stenjevec (tuberculosis).
Émile Boutmy
French political scientist and sociologist (1835–1906).
Born April 13th, 1835 in Paris.
Died January 25th, 1906 at 70 years old in Paris.
Ferdinand Brunetière
French writer (1849–1906).
Born July 19th, 1849 in Toulon.
Died December 9th, 1906 at 57 years old in rue Joseph-Bara.
Aniceto Arce
Bolivian politician (1824–1906).
Born April 15th, 1824 in Tarija.
Died August 14th, 1906 at 82 years old in Sucre.
Ferdinand von Wright
Finnish painter (1822-1906).
Born March 19th, 1822 in Kuopio.
Died July 31st, 1906 at 84 years old in Kuopio.
Deaths 76 to 100 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