In the year 1914
293 Notable deaths
Prince Maurice of Battenberg
Member of the hessian princely battenberg family and the extended british royal family (1891–1914).
Born October 3rd, 1891 in Balmoral Castle.
Died October 27th, 1914 at 23 years old in Zonnebeke.
Richard Warren Sears
American businessman (1863–1914).
Born December 7th, 1863 in Stewartville.
Died September 28th, 1914 at 50 years old in Waukesha (nephritis).
Maximilian von Spee
German admiral (1861–1914).
Born June 22nd, 1861 in Copenhagen.
Died December 8th, 1914 at 53 years old in South Atlantic Ocean.
Alphonse Bertillon
French forensic scientist (1853–1914).
Born April 22nd, 1853 in former 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 13th, 1914 at 60 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Shibli Nomani
Indian islamic scholar (1857–1914).
Born June 3rd, 1857 in Azamgarh.
Died November 18th, 1914 at 57 years old
John Philip Holland
Irish-american marine engineer (1841–1914).
Born February 29th, 1840 in Liscannor. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1914 at 74 years old in Newark (disease).
Koos de la Rey
South african general (1847-1914).
Born October 22nd, 1847 in Winburg.
Died September 15th, 1914 at 66 years old in Witwatersrand.
Theodor Kittelsen
Norwegian artist (1857–1914).
Born April 27th, 1857 in Kragerø.
Died January 21st, 1914 at 56 years old in Jeløya.
Empress Shōken
Japanese empress (1849-1914).
Born May 9th, 1849 in Heian-kyō.
Died April 9th, 1914 at 64 years old in Numazu Imperial Villa.
Altaf Hussain Hali
Urdu poet and writer.
Born January 1st, 1837 in Panipat.
Died December 31st, 1914 at 77 years old in Panipat.
Georges Picquart
French general (1854-1914).
Born September 6th, 1854 in Strasbourg.
Died January 18th, 1914 at 59 years old in Amiens (horse fall).
August Macke
German painter of the expressionist group der blaue reiter (1887–1914).
Born January 3rd, 1887 in Meschede.
Died September 26th, 1914 at 27 years old in Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus.
George Crum
Popularized potato chips.
Born July 15th, 1821 in Saratoga.
Died July 22nd, 1914 at 93 years old in Malta.
Alexander Samsonov
Russian general (1859–1914).
Born November 14th, 1859 in Andriyivka.
Died August 30th, 1914 at 54 years old in Wielbark (gunshot wound).
Margaret E. Knight
American inventor (1838–1914).
Born February 14th, 1838 in York.
Died October 12th, 1914 at 76 years old in Framingham.
Adna Chaffee
2nd chief of staff of the united states army (1842–1914).
Born April 14th, 1842 in Orwell.
Died November 1st, 1914 at 72 years old in Los Angeles.
August Weismann
German evolutionary biologist (1834-1914).
Born January 17th, 1834 in Frankfurt.
Died November 5th, 1914 at 80 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
British politician, governor general of canada, and viceroy and governor-general of india (1845-1914).
Born July 9th, 1845 in London.
Died March 1st, 1914 at 68 years old in Roxburgh.
Daniel De Leon
American newspaper editor (1852–1914).
Born December 14th, 1852 in Willemstad.
Died May 11th, 1914 at 61 years old in New York City.
Charles Péguy
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873–1914).
Born January 7th, 1873 in Orléans.
Died September 5th, 1914 at 41 years old in Le Plessis-l'Évêque.
Georg Trakl
Austrian poet (1887-1914).
Born February 3rd, 1887 in Salzburg. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1914 at 27 years old in Kraków (drug overdose). [ref]
Kedarnath Dutta
Indian spiritual leader (1838–1914).
Born September 2nd, 1838 in Birnagar.
Died June 23rd, 1914 at 75 years old in Puri.
Silas Weir Mitchell
American physician (1829–1914).
Born February 15th, 1829 in Philadelphia.
Died January 4th, 1914 at 84 years old in Philadelphia (hanging to death).
Paul Mauser
German weapon designer and manufacturer (1838-1914).
Born June 27th, 1838 in Oberndorf am Neckar.
Died May 29th, 1914 at 75 years old in Oberndorf am Neckar.
Charles Martin Hall
American chemist (1863-1914).
Born December 6th, 1863 in Thompson Township.
Died December 27th, 1914 at 51 years old in Daytona Beach.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore