In the year 1908
230 Notable deaths
Louise Chandler Moulton
American poet, story-writer and critic (1835–1908).
Born April 10th, 1835 in Pomfret. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1908 at 73 years old in Boston.
Walter Leistikow
German artist (1865-1908).
Born October 25th, 1865 in Bydgoszcz.
Died July 24th, 1908 at 42 years old in Berlin.
William Freeman Vilas
Union army officer and politician (1840-1908).
Born July 9th, 1840 in Chelsea.
Died August 27th, 1908 at 68 years old in Madison.
Ignacio de Veintemilla
President of ecuador (1876 - 1883).
Born July 31st, 1828 in Quito.
Died July 19th, 1908 at 79 years old in Quito.
Smbat Shahaziz
Armenian poet.
Born September 17th, 1840 in Ashtarak.
Died January 5th, 1908 at 67 years old in Moscow.
James Kimbrough Jones
American politician (1839-1908).
Born September 29th, 1839 in Marshall County.
Died June 1st, 1908 at 68 years old in Washington, D.C..
Ferdinand Meldahl
Danish architect (1827-1908).
Born March 16th, 1827 in Frederiksberg.
Died February 3rd, 1908 at 80 years old in Copenhagen.
Robert Burns Smith
American politician (1854-1908).
Born December 29th, 1854 in Hickman County.
Died November 16th, 1908 at 53 years old in Kalispell.
Josip Račić
Croatian painter (1885-1908).
Born March 22nd, 1885 in Zagreb.
Died June 19th, 1908 at 23 years old in Paris.
Manuel Curros Enríquez
Spanish author (1851-1908).
Born September 15th, 1851 in Celanova.
Died March 7th, 1908 at 56 years old in Havana.
Josef Zemp
Member of the swiss federal council (1834-1908).
Born September 2nd, 1834 in Entlebuch.
Died December 8th, 1908 at 74 years old in Bern.
Aleksandr Korkin
Russian mathematician (1837-1908).
Born March 3rd, 1837 in Zhidovinovo.
Died September 1st, 1908 at 71 years old in Saint Petersburg (nephritis).
Jadwiga Łuszczewska
Polish writer (1834–1908).
Born August 1st, 1834 in Warsaw.
Died September 23rd, 1908 at 74 years old in Warsaw.
Charles Thomas Bingham
Irish entomologist (1848–1908).
Born April 16th, 1848 in Ireland.
Died October 18th, 1908 at 60 years old
Albrecht Dieterich
German classical philologist and religious studies scholar (1866–1908).
Born May 2nd, 1866 in Bad Hersfeld.
Died May 6th, 1908 at 42 years old in Heidelberg.
Eberhard Schrader
German orientalist (1836–1908).
Born January 5th, 1836 in Brunswick.
Died July 4th, 1908 at 72 years old in Berlin.
Ivan Tarkhanov
Georgian physiologist (1846-1908).
Born June 15th, 1846 in Tbilisi.
Died September 6th, 1908 at 62 years old in Krzeszowice.
Johann Heinrich Hübschmann
German philologist (1848–1908).
Born July 1st, 1848 in Erfurt. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1908 at 59 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Éleuthère Mascart
French physicist (1837–1908).
Born February 20th, 1837 in Quarouble.
Died August 26th, 1908 at 71 years old in Paris, Poissy.
Muratsan
Armenian writer (1854–1908).
Born December 13th, 1854 in Shusha.
Died September 25th, 1908 at 53 years old in Tbilisi.
Wilhelm Reiss
German geologist (1838-1908).
Born June 13th, 1838 in Mannheim.
Died September 29th, 1908 at 70 years old in Könitz.
Arpiar Arpiarian
Armenian writer and journalist (1851–1908).
Born December 21st, 1851 in Samsun.
Died February 12th, 1908 at 56 years old in Cairo.
Andrew Graham
Irish astronomer.
Born April 8th, 1815 in County Fermanagh.
Died November 5th, 1908 at 93 years old in Cambridge.
Charles Barbier de Meynard
French historian and orientalist (1826–1908).
Born February 6th, 1826 in Istanbul.
Died March 31st, 1908 at 82 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Walery Antoni Wróblewski
Polish politician, general of paris commune and commander of january uprising (1836-1908).
Born December 27th, 1836 in Zhaludok.
Died August 5th, 1908 at 71 years old in Ouarville.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 230
The harder the pain, the longer the path to recovery, the better the opportunity to learn. Maxime Lagacé