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In the year 1909
215 Notable deaths
Giuseppe Martucci
Italian musician (1856-1909).
Born January 6th, 1856 in Capua.
Died June 1st, 1909 at 53 years old in Naples.
John Davidson
Scottish poet (1857-1909).
Born April 11th, 1857 in Barrhead.
Died March 23rd, 1909 at 51 years old in Penzance (drowning).
Friedrich Martens
Estonian legal scholar and diplomat (1845–1909).
Born August 27th, 1845 in Pärnu.
Died June 19th, 1909 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Count Kazimierz Feliks Badeni
Polish politician of austria-hungary (1846-1909).
Born October 14th, 1846 in Surochów.
Died July 9th, 1909 at 62 years old in Krasne.
Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema
British artist (1852–1909).
Born April 16th, 1852 in London.
Died August 15th, 1909 at 57 years old in Hindhead.
Vere St. Leger Goold
Irish tennis player (1853–1909).
Born October 2nd, 1853 in Waterford.
Died September 8th, 1909 at 55 years old in Devil's Island.
Miguel Iglesias
President of peru (1830-1909).
Born June 11th, 1830 in Cajamarca.
Died November 7th, 1909 at 79 years old in Lima.
Clorinda Matto de Turner
Peruvian writer, thinker, politician, journalist, and translator (1854–1909).
Born November 11th, 1854 in Coya. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1909 at 54 years old in Buenos Aires.
Henri Cazalis
French physician, symbolist poet and orientalist (1840-1909).
Born March 9th, 1840 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis.
Died July 1st, 1909 at 69 years old in Geneva.
Benoît-Constant Coquelin
French actor (1841-1909).
Born January 25th, 1842 in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Died January 27th, 1909 at 67 years old in Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames.
Miguel Antonio Caro Tobar
President of colombia (1842-1909).
Born November 11th, 1842 in Bogotá.
Died August 5th, 1909 at 66 years old in Bogotá.
Emil Christian Hansen
Danish biochemist and mycologist (1842–1909).
Died August 27th, 1909 at 67 years old in Hornbæk.
Nabin Chandra Sen
Bengali poet and writer (1847-1909).
Born February 10th, 1847 in Chittagong.
Died January 23rd, 1909 at 61 years old in Kolkata.
Alessandro Fortis
Italian politician (1842-1909).
Born September 16th, 1841 in Forlì.
Died December 4th, 1909 at 68 years old in Rome.
Futabatei Shimei
Japanese author, translator and literary critic (1864–1909).
Born February 28th, 1864. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1909 at 45 years old in Bay of Bengal (pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis).
Sheikh Fazlollah Noori
Iranian shi'a theologian (1843–1909).
Born November 27th, 1843 in Lashak.
Died July 31st, 1909 at 65 years old in Tehran (hanging to death).
Fanny Cerrito
Italian ballet dancer (1817–1909).
Born May 11th, 1817 in Naples.
Died May 6th, 1909 at 91 years old in Paris.
Innokenty Annensky
Russian poet, critic and translator (1855–1909).
Born September 1st, 1855 in Omsk.
Died December 13th, 1909 at 54 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction).
Jemima Blackburn
British artist (1823-1909).
Born May 1st, 1823 in Edinburgh.
Died August 9th, 1909 at 86 years old in Roshven House.
Walther Ritz
Swiss physicist (1878-1909).
Born February 22nd, 1878 in Sion.
Died July 7th, 1909 at 31 years old in Göttingen (tuberculosis).
William Morris Stewart
American politician, nevada (1827-1909).
Born August 9th, 1827 in Galen.
Died April 23rd, 1909 at 81 years old in Washington, D.C..
Harry Govier Seeley
British paleontologist (1839-1909).
Born February 18th, 1839 in London.
Died January 8th, 1909 at 69 years old in Kensington.
Anton Dohrn
German zoologist (1840-1909).
Born December 29th, 1840 in Szczecin.
Died September 26th, 1909 at 68 years old in Munich.
Ruperto Chapí
Spanish composer (1851–1909).
Born March 27th, 1851 in Villena.
Died March 25th, 1909 at 57 years old in Madrid.
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