In the year 1908
230 Notable deaths
Manuel Marroquín
Presidente de colombia (1827–1908).
Born August 6th, 1827 in Bogotá.
Died September 19th, 1908 at 81 years old in Bogotá.
Valtazar Bogišić
Serbian jurist and sociologist (1834–1908).
Born December 20th, 1834 in Cavtat.
Died April 24th, 1908 at 73 years old in Rijeka.
Radoje Domanović
Serbian writer (1873–1908).
Born February 16th, 1873 in Ovsište.
Died August 17th, 1908 at 35 years old in Belgrade (tuberculosis).
Albert Libertad
French politician (1875–1908).
Born November 24th, 1875 in Bordeaux.
Died November 12th, 1908 at 32 years old in Paris.
Henry Clifton Sorby
British scientist, founder of microscopical petrology and metallography (1826–1908).
Born May 10th, 1826 in Sheffield.
Died March 9th, 1908 at 81 years old in Sheffield.
Simo Matavulj
Serbian writer (1852-1908).
Born September 14th, 1852 in Šibenik.
Died February 20th, 1908 at 55 years old in Belgrade.
Milovan Glišić
Serbian writer (1847–1908).
Born January 19th, 1847 in Gradac.
Died January 20th, 1908 at 61 years old in Dubrovnik (tuberculosis).
Samuel Hirszenberg
Polish artist (1865-1908).
Born February 22nd, 1865 in Łódź.
Died September 15th, 1908 at 43 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Jef Lambeaux
Belgian sculptor (1852-1908).
Born January 14th, 1852 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1908 at 56 years old in Brussels. [ref]
Nicolás Salmerón
Prime minister of spain (1838-1908).
Born April 10th, 1838 in Alhama de Almería.
Died September 20th, 1908 at 70 years old in Pau.
Charles Emory Smith
American diplomat (1842-1908).
Born February 18th, 1842 in Mansfield. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1908 at 65 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Josef Hlávka
Czech architect, philanthropist, entrepreneur and builder (1831-1908).
Born February 15th, 1831 in Přeštice, Lužany.
Died March 11th, 1908 at 77 years old in New Town. [ref]
William Pinkney Whyte
American politician (1824–1908).
Born August 8th, 1824 in Baltimore.
Died March 17th, 1908 at 83 years old in Baltimore.
Edward Caird
British philosopher (1835–1908).
Born March 23rd, 1835 in Greenock.
Died November 1st, 1908 at 73 years old in Oxford.
David Johnson
American painter (1827-1908).
Born May 10th, 1827 in New York City.
Died January 30th, 1908 at 80 years old in Walden. [ref]
Ernest Hébert
French painter (1817–1908).
Born November 3rd, 1817 in Grenoble. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1908 at 91 years old in La Tronche.
Carl von Voit
German physiologist and nutritionist (1831-1908).
Born October 31st, 1831 in Amberg. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1908 at 76 years old in Munich.
Knud Bergslien
Norwegian painter (1827-1908).
Born May 15th, 1827 in Voss Municipality. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1908 at 81 years old in Christiania.
Federico Chueca
Spanish composer (1846–1908).
Born May 5th, 1846 in Madrid. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1908 at 62 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Rūdolfs Blaumanis
Latvian writer, journalist and playwright (1863–1908).
Born January 1st, 1863 in Latvia, Ērgļi.
Died September 4th, 1908 at 45 years old in Punkaharju (tuberculosis).
Miksa Falk
Hungarian politician (1828-1908).
Born October 7th, 1828 in Pest.
Died September 10th, 1908 at 79 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Benedict Friedlaender
German writer and sexuologist (1866–1908).
Born July 18th, 1866 in Berlin.
Died June 21st, 1908 at 41 years old in Schöneberg.
John Churton Collins
British literary critic.
Born March 26th, 1848 in Bourton-on-the-Water.
Died September 25th, 1908 at 60 years old in Lowestoft.
Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch
Serbian artist and writer on art (1861–1908).
Born January 11th, 1862.
Died April 14th, 1908 at 46 years old in Versailles. [ref]
Charles Augustus Young
American astronomer (1834–1908).
Born December 15th, 1834 in Hanover.
Died January 3rd, 1908 at 73 years old in Hanover (pneumonia).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel