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In the year 1913

92 Notable deaths

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach

German symbolist artist, founder of naturism (1851-1913).

Born February 21st, 1851 in Hadamar.

Died December 15th, 1913 at 62 years old in Capri (bowel obstruction).

John Milne

British geologist, mining engineer and inventor of the horizontal pendulum seismograph (1850-1913).

Born December 30th, 1850 in Liverpool.

Died July 31st, 1913 at 62 years old in Shide (nephritis).

Ralph Waldo Rose

American track and field athlete (1885-1913).

Born March 17th, 1885 in Healdsburg.

Died October 16th, 1913 at 28 years old in San Francisco (typhoid fever).

Aimé Morot

French painter (1850-1913).

Born June 16th, 1850 in Nancy. [ref]

Died August 12th, 1913 at 63 years old in Dinard. [ref]

Alexander Chekhov

Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and memoirist (1855-1913).

Born September 15th, 1855 in Taganrog.

Died June 12th, 1913 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg (laryngeal cancer).

Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi

Ukrainian writer (1864–1913).

Born September 17th, 1864 in Vinnytsia.

Died April 25th, 1913 at 48 years old in Chernihiv. [ref]

Manuel Enrique Araujo

Presidente de mexico.

Born October 12th, 1865 in Alegría.

Died February 9th, 1913 at 47 years old in San Salvador.

Jeff Davis

American politician (1862-1913).

Born May 6th, 1862 in Little River County.

Died January 3rd, 1913 at 50 years old in Little Rock.

Cornelia Cole Fairbanks

Second lady of the united states from 1905 to 1909.

Born January 14th, 1852 in Marysville.

Died October 25th, 1913 at 61 years old in Indianapolis.

Ğabdulla Tuqay

Tatar poet.

Born April 26th, 1886 in Quşlawıç.

Died April 15th, 1913 at 26 years old in Klyachkin clinics (tuberculosis).

Léon Teisserenc de Bort

French climatologist (1855–1913).

Born November 6th, 1855 in former 10th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Died January 2nd, 1913 at 57 years old in Cannes. [ref]

Hayashi Tadasu

Japanese diplomat (1850-1913).

Born April 11th, 1850 in Sakura.

Died July 10th, 1913 at 63 years old in Hayama (intracranial hemorrhage).

Hugo Winckler

German archaeologist.

Born July 4th, 1863 in Gräfenhainichen. [ref]

Died April 19th, 1913 at 49 years old in Berlin. [ref]

Mikoláš Aleš

Czech illustrator and painter (1852-1913).

Born November 18th, 1852 in Mirotice. [ref]

Died July 10th, 1913 at 60 years old in Vinohrady (stroke). [ref]

Eberhard Nestle

German scholar.

Born May 1st, 1851 in Stuttgart. [ref]

Died March 9th, 1913 at 61 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]

Aluísio Azevedo

Brazilian writer and diplomat (1857–1913).

Born April 14th, 1857 in São Luís.

Died January 21st, 1913 at 55 years old in Buenos Aires.

Henry Moret

French painter (1856-1913).

Born December 12th, 1856 in Cherbourg.

Died May 5th, 1913 at 56 years old in Paris.

Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel

French painter and illustrator (1850-1913).

Born October 18th, 1851 in Orléans.

Died March 16th, 1913 at 61 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.

Tancrède Auguste

President of haiti (1856-1913).

Born March 16th, 1856 in Cap-Haïtien.

Died May 2nd, 1913 at 57 years old in Port-au-Prince.

Prince Arisugawa Takehito

Japanese admiral (1862-1913).

Born January 13th, 1862 in Kyoto.

Died July 5th, 1913 at 51 years old in Kobe (tuberculosis).

Ogino Ginko

Japanese physician (1851-1913).

Born April 4th, 1851 in Kumagaya. [ref]

Died June 23rd, 1913 at 62 years old in Tokyo.

Juhan Liiv

Estonian writer (1864-1913).

Born April 30th, 1864 in Alatskivi. [ref]

Died December 1st, 1913 at 49 years old in Koosa (pneumonia). [ref]

Francesco Spinelli

Italian presbyter (1853-1913).

Born April 14th, 1853 in Milan.

Died February 6th, 1913 at 59 years old in Rivolta d'Adda.

Robert von Lieben

Austrian physicist (1878-1913).

Born September 5th, 1878 in Vienna.

Died February 20th, 1913 at 34 years old in Vienna.

Léon Bollée

French manufacturer (1870–1913).

Born April 1st, 1870 in Le Mans.

Died December 16th, 1913 at 43 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

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