In the year 1912
96 Notable deaths
John Jacob Astor IV
American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864-1912).
Born July 13th, 1864 in Rhinebeck.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 47 years old in North Atlantic Ocean (drowning).
Emperor Meiji
Emperor of japan from 1867 until 1912.
Born November 3rd, 1852 in Site of the Nakayama Residence.
Died July 30th, 1912 at 59 years old in Meiji Palace (diabetes, uremia).
Edward Smith
Captain of the rms titanic.
Born January 27th, 1850 in Hanley.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 62 years old in North Atlantic Ocean (drowning).
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal navy officer and explorer.
Born June 6th, 1868 in Plymouth. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1912 at 43 years old in Ross Ice Shelf (cachexia, hypothermia). [ref]
Thomas Andrews
British businessman and shipbuilder (1873–1912).
Born February 7th, 1873 in Comber.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 39 years old in Titanic (drowning).
Benjamin Guggenheim
American businessman (1865–1912).
Born October 26th, 1865 in Philadelphia.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 46 years old in North Atlantic Ocean (drowning).
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science (1854-1912).
Born April 29th, 1854 in Nancy.
Died July 17th, 1912 at 58 years old in Paris (embolism). [ref]
William McMaster Murdoch
British sailor (1873–1912).
Born February 28th, 1873 in Dalbeattie.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 39 years old in North Atlantic Ocean.
Louis Cyr
Canadian strength athlete (1863-1912).
Born October 11th, 1863 in Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville.
Died November 10th, 1912 at 49 years old in Montreal (nephritis).
Franz Reichelt
Austro-hungarian-born french parachuting pioneer.
Born October 16th, 1878 in Štětí. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1912 at 33 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (falling). [ref]
Lawrence Oates
British explorer (1880-1912).
Born March 17th, 1880 in Putney.
Died March 17th, 1912 at 32 years old in Ross Ice Shelf (hypothermia).
Archibald Gracie IV
Writer, historian, real estate investor (1858–1912).
Born January 17th, 1859 in Mobile.
Died December 4th, 1912 at 53 years old in New York City (diabetes).
Nettie Stevens
American geneticist.
Born July 7th, 1861 in Cavendish.
Died May 4th, 1912 at 50 years old in Baltimore (breast cancer).
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
English composer and conductor (1875–1912).
Born August 15th, 1875 in London. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1912 at 37 years old in London (pneumonia). [ref]
James Allen
British philosophical writer (1864–1912).
Born November 28th, 1864 in Leicester.
Died January 24th, 1912 at 47 years old in Ilfracombe.
James S. Sherman
Vice president of the united states from 1909 to 1912.
Born October 24th, 1855 in Utica.
Died October 30th, 1912 at 57 years old in Utica (kidney failure).
Wallace Hartley
Band leader on the rms titanic.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 33 years old in North Atlantic Ocean (drowning).
Henry Tingle Wilde
Chief officer of rms titanic (1872-1912).
Born September 21st, 1872 in Walton.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 39 years old in North Atlantic Ocean.
Harriet Quimby
American aviator, screenwriter (1875-1912).
Born May 11th, 1875 in Arcadia Township.
Died July 1st, 1912 at 37 years old in Squantum.
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand duke of luxembourg from 1905 to 1912.
Born April 22nd, 1852 in Biebrich Palace.
Died February 25th, 1912 at 59 years old in Berg Castle.
William John McGee
American geologist & anthropologist (1853-1912).
Born April 17th, 1853 in Dubuque County.
Died September 4th, 1912 at 59 years old in Washington, D.C. (cancer).
Archibald Butt
Military aide to theodore roosevelt and william howard taft (1865–1912).
Born September 26th, 1865 in Augusta.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 46 years old in North Atlantic Ocean.
Jacques Futrelle
American journalist and mystery writer (1875-1912).
Born April 9th, 1875 in Pike County.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 37 years old in North Atlantic Ocean (drowning).
James Paul Moody
Sailor.
Born August 21st, 1887 in Scarborough.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 24 years old in North Atlantic Ocean (hypothermia).
Voltairine de Cleyre
American anarchist writer and feminist.
Born November 17th, 1866 in Leslie.
Died June 20th, 1912 at 45 years old in Chicago (meningitis).
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde