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In the year 1908
57 Notable deaths
Butch Cassidy
American old west outlaw (1866–1908).
Born April 13th, 1866 in Beaver.
Died November 7th, 1908 at 42 years old in Bolivia (gunshot wound).
Pat Garrett
American sheriff.
Born June 5th, 1850 in Chambers County.
Died February 29th, 1908 at 57 years old in Las Cruces.
Guangxu Emperor
Chinese emperor (1871-1908).
Born August 14th, 1871 in Prince Chun Mansion.
Died November 14th, 1908 at 37 years old in Zhongnanhai (arsenic poisoning).
Khudiram Bose
British indian bengali revolutionary (1889-1908) died muzaffarpur bihar at a very young age..
Born December 3rd, 1889 in Tamluk.
Died August 11th, 1908 at 18 years old in Kolkata (hanging to death).
Henri Becquerel
French physicist (1852–1908).
Born December 15th, 1852 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1908 at 55 years old in manoir de Pen Castel.
Carlos I of Portugal
King of portugal from 1889 to 1908.
Born September 28th, 1863 in Palace of Ajuda.
Died February 1st, 1908 at 44 years old in Praça do Comércio (gunshot wound).
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian grand duke.
Born January 14th, 1850 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 14th, 1908 at 58 years old in Paris (pneumonia).
Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal
Portuguese crown prince (1887-1908).
Born March 21st, 1887 in Belém Palace.
Died February 1st, 1908 at 20 years old in Lisbon (gunshot wound).
Thomas Selfridge
First person ever to die in an airplane crash.
Born February 8th, 1882 in San Francisco.
Died September 17th, 1908 at 26 years old in Fort Myer (aviation accident). [ref]
Edward MacDowell
American composer (1860–1908).
Born December 18th, 1860 in New York City.
Died January 23rd, 1908 at 47 years old in New York City.
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist.
Born August 30th, 1871 in Chōshi.
Died June 23rd, 1908 at 36 years old in Nanko-in (tuberculosis).
Sidney Paget
English illustrator.
Born October 4th, 1860 in London. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1908 at 47 years old in Margate.
George Dixon
Canadian boxer.
Born July 29th, 1870 in Africville.
Died January 6th, 1908 at 37 years old in New York City.
Qasim Amin
Egyptian writer, judge and social reformer (1863–1908).
Born December 1st, 1863 in Alexandria.
Died April 23rd, 1908 at 44 years old in Cairo (myocardial infarction).
Mikhail Chigorin
Russian chess player.
Born November 12th, 1850 in Gatchina.
Died January 25th, 1908 at 57 years old in Lublin (diabetes).
Mustafa Kamil
Egyptian politician.
Born August 14th, 1874 in Cairo. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1908 at 33 years old in Egypt (tuberculosis). [ref]
Richard Gerstl
Austrian artist (1883-1908).
Born September 14th, 1883 in Vienna.
Died November 4th, 1908 at 25 years old in Vienna (hanging).
Georgy Voronoy
Russian mathematician.
Born April 28th, 1868 in Zhuravka.
Died November 20th, 1908 at 40 years old in Warsaw.
Ernest Fenollosa
American art historian and orientalist (1853-1908).
Born February 18th, 1853 in Salem.
Died September 21st, 1908 at 55 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Joseph Maria Olbrich
Austrian architect (1867–1908).
Born December 22nd, 1867 in Opava. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1908 at 40 years old in Düsseldorf (leukemia). [ref]
Leslie Green
English architect.
Born February 6th, 1875 in London.
Died August 31st, 1908 at 33 years old in Mundesley (tuberculosis).
John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
British colonial governor (1860-1908).
Born September 25th, 1860 in Queensferry.
Died February 29th, 1908 at 47 years old in Pau.
Charles Chamberland
French microbiologist (1851-1908).
Born March 12th, 1851 in Chilly-le-Vignoble.
Died May 2nd, 1908 at 57 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Joseph Freinademetz
Christian missionary in china (1852-1908).
Born April 15th, 1852 in Badia.
Died January 28th, 1908 at 55 years old in Jining (typhus).
Felipe Calderón
Filipino lawyer and politician (1868-1908).
Born April 4th, 1868 in Tanza.
Died July 8th, 1908 at 40 years old in Manila.
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