In the year 1908
230 Notable deaths
Eppa Hunton
U.s. representative and senator from virginia and a brigadier general in the confederate army during the american civil war.
Born September 22nd, 1822 in Warrenton.
Died October 11th, 1908 at 86 years old in Richmond.
François Coppée
French poet and novelist (1842–1908).
Born January 12th, 1842 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1908 at 66 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (infectious disease). [ref]
John Evans
English archaeologist and geologist (1823–1908).
Born November 17th, 1823 in Burnham.
Died May 31st, 1908 at 84 years old in Berkhamsted.
Richard Strachey
English army general, geologist and civil servant (1817-1908).
Born July 24th, 1817 in Sutton Court.
Died February 12th, 1908 at 90 years old in Camden Town.
Eduard Zeller
German philosopher and theologian (1814-1908).
Born January 22nd, 1814 in Kleinbottwar.
Died March 19th, 1908 at 94 years old in Stuttgart.
Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
German princess (1854-1908).
Born February 28th, 1854 in Weimar.
Died July 10th, 1908 at 54 years old in Schloss Wiligrad.
Antonio Starabba di Rudinì
Prime minister of italy (1839-1908).
Born April 16th, 1839 in Palermo.
Died August 7th, 1908 at 69 years old in Rome.
Nikolai Linevich
Russian general (1839–1908).
Born January 5th, 1839 in Chernihiv.
Died April 23rd, 1908 at 69 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Grigory Gershuni
Russian revolutionary (1870–1908).
Born February 18th, 1870 in Kaunas.
Died March 17th, 1908 at 38 years old in Zurich (tuberculosis).
William Edward Ayrton
English physicist and electrical engineer (1847-1908).
Born September 14th, 1847 in London.
Died November 8th, 1908 at 61 years old in London.
Nozu Michitsura
Japanese politician (1840-1908).
Born December 17th, 1840 in Kagoshima.
Died October 18th, 1908 at 67 years old in Tokyo.
István Türr
Hungarian military engineer (1825-1908).
Born August 11th, 1825 in Baja. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1908 at 82 years old in Budapest.
Josef Wagner
Austrian composer (1856-1908).
Born March 20th, 1856 in Vienna.
Died June 5th, 1908 at 52 years old in Vienna.
Joseph von Mering
German physician (1849–1908).
Born February 28th, 1849 in Cologne.
Died January 5th, 1908 at 58 years old in Halle (Saale).
August Wilhelmj
German violinist (1845–1908).
Born September 21st, 1845 in Usingen.
Died January 22nd, 1908 at 62 years old in London.
James Budd
Governor of california (1851-1908).
Born May 18th, 1851 in Janesville.
Died July 30th, 1908 at 57 years old in Stockton.
Friedrich von Esmarch
German academic (1823-1908).
Born January 9th, 1823 in Tönning.
Died February 23rd, 1908 at 85 years old in Kiel.
James Ryder Randall
American journalist (1839–1908).
Born January 1st, 1839 in Baltimore.
Died January 15th, 1908 at 69 years old in Augusta.
Hashimoto Gahō
Japanese artist (1835-1908).
Born August 21st, 1835 in Edo.
Died January 13th, 1908 at 72 years old in Tokyo Prefecture (stomach cancer).
Alfred William Howitt
Australian scientist (1830-1908).
Born April 17th, 1830 in Nottingham.
Died March 7th, 1908 at 77 years old in Bairnsdale.
Alfred Thompson Bricher
American painter (1837-1908).
Born April 10th, 1837 in Portsmouth.
Died September 30th, 1908 at 71 years old in New Dorp.
Albert Dietrich
German composer and conductor (1829–1908).
Born August 28th, 1829 in Meissen.
Died November 20th, 1908 at 79 years old in Berlin.
Karl Möbius
German zoologist and ecologist (1825-1908).
Born February 7th, 1825 in Eilenburg.
Died April 26th, 1908 at 83 years old in Berlin.
Friedrich Paulsen
German philosopher and educator (1846–1908).
Born July 16th, 1846 in Langenhorn.
Died August 14th, 1908 at 62 years old in Steglitz.
Albert Libertad
French politician (1875–1908).
Born November 24th, 1875 in Bordeaux.
Died November 12th, 1908 at 32 years old in Paris.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 230
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson