In the year 1909
215 Notable deaths
Afonso Pena
6th president of brazil.
Born November 30th, 1847 in Santa Bárbara.
Died June 14th, 1909 at 61 years old in Rio de Janeiro (pneumonia).
Caran d'Ache
Cartoonist (1858-1909).
Born November 6th, 1858 in Moscow.
Died February 26th, 1909 at 50 years old in rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré. [ref]
Naftali Herz Imber
Jewish poet, writer (1856–1909).
Born December 27th, 1856 in Zolochiv.
Died October 8th, 1909 at 52 years old in Manhattan.
John Clarkson
American baseball player (1861-1909).
Born July 1st, 1861 in Cambridge.
Died February 4th, 1909 at 47 years old in Belmont (pneumonia).
Charles Conder
Australian painter, lithographer and fan-designer (1868-1909).
Born October 24th, 1868 in Tottenham.
Died February 9th, 1909 at 40 years old in London (syphilis).
Pavel Krushevan
Russian journalist (1860-1909).
Born January 27th, 1860 in Ghindești.
Died June 18th, 1909 at 49 years old in Chișinău.
Mieczysław Karłowicz
Polish composer and conductor (1876-1909).
Born December 11th, 1876 in Višnieva.
Died February 8th, 1909 at 32 years old in High Tatras.
Euclides da Cunha
Brazilian writer (1866–1909).
Born January 20th, 1866 in Cantagalo.
Died August 15th, 1909 at 43 years old in Rio de Janeiro (firearm).
Ludwig Mond
British chemist and businessman (1839–1909).
Born March 7th, 1839 in Kassel.
Died December 11th, 1909 at 70 years old in London.
George Tyrrell
Irish jesuit priest (1861-1909).
Born February 6th, 1861 in Dublin.
Died July 15th, 1909 at 48 years old in Storrington (kidney disease).
Henry Charles Lea
American historian (1825-1909).
Born September 19th, 1825 in Philadelphia.
Died October 24th, 1909 at 84 years old in Philadelphia.
Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann
German physiologist (1843–1909).
Born November 14th, 1843 in Leipzig.
Died May 20th, 1909 at 65 years old in Berlin.
Paul Ranson
French painter and writer (1861–1909).
Born March 29th, 1864 in Limoges.
Died February 20th, 1909 at 44 years old in Paris (typhoid fever).
Adolf Stoecker
German politician (1835-1909).
Born December 11th, 1835 in Halberstadt.
Died February 2nd, 1909 at 73 years old in Bolzano.
Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
German noble (1859-1909).
Born June 18th, 1859 in Remplin.
Died December 5th, 1909 at 50 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Pascual Cervera y Topete
Spanish admiral (1839-1909).
Born February 18th, 1839 in Medina Sidonia. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1909 at 70 years old in Puerto Real.
Matthew Butler
Confederate army general (1836-1909).
Born March 8th, 1836 in Greenville.
Died April 14th, 1909 at 73 years old in Columbia.
Richard Bowdler Sharpe
English ornithologist (1847–1909).
Born November 22nd, 1847 in Snow Hill.
Died December 25th, 1909 at 62 years old in Chiswick (pneumonia).
Charles Warren Stoddard
American author and editor (1843–1909).
Born August 7th, 1843 in New York, Rochester. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1909 at 65 years old in Monterey.
Friedrich von Holstein
German politician (1837-1909).
Born April 24th, 1837 in Schwedt/Oder.
Died May 8th, 1909 at 72 years old in Berlin.
Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Dutch-belgian painter (1821–1909).
Born May 31st, 1821 in Amsterdam.
Died March 2nd, 1909 at 87 years old in Ixelles. [ref]
Manuel Amador Guerrero
President of panama (1833-1909).
Born June 30th, 1833 in Turbaco.
Died May 2nd, 1909 at 75 years old in Panama City.
John Davidson
Scottish poet (1857-1909).
Born April 11th, 1857 in Barrhead.
Died March 23rd, 1909 at 51 years old in Penzance (drowning).
John Conness
American politician (1821-1909).
Born September 22nd, 1821 in County Galway.
Died January 10th, 1909 at 87 years old in Jamaica Plain.
Catulle Mendès
French poet and man of letters (1841–1909).
Born May 22nd, 1841 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1909 at 67 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (railway accident). [ref]
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot