In the year 1911
217 Notable deaths
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Lithuanian painter, composer and writer (1875-1911).
Born September 22nd, 1875 in Varėna.
Died April 10th, 1911 at 35 years old in Warsaw (pneumonia).
Addie Joss
American baseball player (1880–1911).
Born April 12th, 1880 in Woodland.
Died April 14th, 1911 at 31 years old in Toledo (meningitis).
Edward Whymper
British mountaineer.
Born April 27th, 1840 in London.
Died September 16th, 1911 at 71 years old in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
Daniel Paul Schreber
German judge, writer, and notable patient of freud (1842–1911).
Born July 25th, 1842 in Leipzig.
Died April 14th, 1911 at 68 years old in Leipzig.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
American soldier, unitarian minister and author (1823–1911).
Born December 22nd, 1823 in Cambridge.
Died May 9th, 1911 at 87 years old in Cambridge.
Emilio Salgari
Italian writer.
Born August 21st, 1862 in Verona.
Died April 25th, 1911 at 48 years old in Turin (stabbing).
Ellen Swallow Richards
American chemist (1842-1911).
Born December 3rd, 1842 in Dunstable. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1911 at 68 years old in Boston.
Valentin Serov
Russian painter (1865–1911).
Born January 19th, 1865 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 5th, 1911 at 46 years old in Moscow.
Thomas Blake Glover
Scottish merchant in bakumatsu and meiji japan.
Born June 6th, 1838 in Fraserburgh.
Died December 16th, 1911 at 73 years old in Tokyo.
Maria Pia of Savoy
Queen of portugal from 1862 to 1889.
Born October 16th, 1847 in Turin. [ref]
Died July 5th, 1911 at 63 years old in Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi (disease).
James Curtis Hepburn
American physician, educator, and phonologist of japanese (1815–1911).
Born March 13th, 1815 in Milton.
Died September 21st, 1911 at 96 years old in East Orange. [ref]
Jules Lefebvre
French painter (1836-1911).
Born March 14th, 1836 in Tournan-en-Brie. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1911 at 74 years old in Paris, rue La Bruyère. [ref]
William McGregor
Scottish football administrator (1846–1911).
Born April 13th, 1846 in Perthshire.
Died December 20th, 1911 at 65 years old in Birmingham.
Alice Hoschedé
French artists' model (1844-1911).
Born February 19th, 1844 in Paris.
Died May 19th, 1911 at 67 years old in Giverny.
Piet Cronjé
South african boer general (1836–1911).
Born October 4th, 1836 in Colesberg.
Died February 4th, 1911 at 74 years old in Potchefstroom.
Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabad
King of hyderabad (1866–1911).
Born August 17th, 1866 in Hyderabad State.
Died August 29th, 1911 at 45 years old in Hyderabad State.
Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy
Daughter of vittorio emanuele ii (1843–1911).
Born March 2nd, 1843 in Royal Palace of Turin.
Died June 25th, 1911 at 68 years old in Castle of Moncalieri, cause of death.
Edwin Austin Abbey
American illustrator and painter (1852-1911).
Born April 1st, 1852 in Philadelphia.
Died August 1st, 1911 at 59 years old in London.
Heinrich Hofmann
German artist (1824-1911).
Born March 19th, 1824 in Darmstadt.
Died June 23rd, 1911 at 87 years old in Dresden.
Eugene Burton Ely
American aviation pioneer (1886–1911).
Born October 21st, 1886 in Williamsburg.
Died October 19th, 1911 at 24 years old in Macon.
George Johnstone Stoney
Anglo-irish physicist (1826-1911).
Born February 15th, 1826 in County Offaly.
Died July 5th, 1911 at 85 years old in Notting Hill.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
American writer.
Born September 24th, 1825 in Baltimore.
Died February 22nd, 1911 at 85 years old in Philadelphia.
Sam Loyd
American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician (1841–1911).
Born January 30th, 1841 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1911 at 70 years old in New York City. [ref]
Pellegrino Artusi
Italian writer and gastronomist (1820–1911).
Born August 4th, 1820 in Forlimpopoli.
Died March 30th, 1911 at 90 years old in Florence.
Dmitry Bogrov
Ukrainian assassin.
Born February 10th, 1887 in Kyiv.
Died September 25th, 1911 at 24 years old in Kyiv (hanging).
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