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In the year 1914
119 Notable deaths
Christian Morgenstern
German author (1871-1914).
Born May 6th, 1871 in Munich, Theresienstraße. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1914 at 42 years old in Merano (tuberculosis). [ref]
Mariano Trías
Vice president first philippine republic (1868-1914).
Born October 12th, 1868 in General Trias.
Died February 22nd, 1914 at 45 years old in Manila.
Carl Hans Lody
German naval reserve officer; spy (1877-1914).
Born January 20th, 1877 in Berlin.
Died November 6th, 1914 at 37 years old in Tower of London (gunshot wound).
Christopher Cradock
Royal navy admiral (1862-1914).
Born July 2nd, 1862 in Yorkshire.
Died November 1st, 1914 at 52 years old in Battle of Coronel.
John Henry Poynting
British physicist (1852-1914).
Born September 9th, 1852 in United Kingdom, Manchester.
Died March 30th, 1914 at 61 years old in Birmingham.
Pyotr Nesterov
Russian aviator (1887–1914).
Born February 27th, 1887 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died September 8th, 1914 at 27 years old in Zhovkva.
Sattar Khan
Iranian politician (1866-1914).
Born October 20th, 1866 in Tabriz.
Died November 15th, 1914 at 48 years old in Tehran.
Jurji Zaydan
Lebanese novelist, journalist, editor and teacher (1861-1914).
Born December 14th, 1861 in Beirut. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1914 at 52 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Theodor Lipps
German philosopher (1851-1914).
Born July 28th, 1851 in Wallhalben. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1914 at 63 years old in Munich. [ref]
Giuseppe Mercalli
Italian volcanologist (1850-1914).
Born May 21st, 1850 in Milan. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1914 at 63 years old in Naples.
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Serbian composer (1856-1914).
Born January 9th, 1856 in Negotin.
Died September 28th, 1914 at 58 years old in Skopje.
Delmira Agustini
Uruguayan writer.
Born October 24th, 1886 in Montevideo.
Died July 6th, 1914 at 27 years old in Montevideo.
Daniel Elmer Salmon
American veterinarian (1850-1914).
Born July 23rd, 1850 in Mount Olive Township. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1914 at 64 years old in Butte (pneumonia).
Hermann Löns
German journalist and writer (1866–1914).
Born September 29th, 1866 in Chełmno.
Died September 26th, 1914 at 47 years old in Loivre.
Roque Sáenz Peña
Argentine politician, president of argentina (1851-1914).
Born March 19th, 1851 in Buenos Aires.
Died August 9th, 1914 at 63 years old in Buenos Aires.
Albéric Magnard
French composer (1865-1914).
Born June 9th, 1865 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1914 at 49 years old in Baron. [ref]
Prince Oleg Konstantinovich of Russia
Russian prince (1892–1914).
Born November 27th, 1892 in Saint Petersburg, Pavlovsk.
Died October 12th, 1914 at 21 years old in Vilnius.
Johann Schwarzer
Photographer; film director.
Born August 30th, 1880 in Javorník.
Died October 10th, 1914 at 34 years old in Virbalis.
Jorge Newbery
Argentine aviator (1875-1914).
Born May 28th, 1875 in Buenos Aires.
Died March 1st, 1914 at 38 years old in Mendoza (aviation accident).
Dev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Prime minister of nepal.
Born July 17th, 1862 in Kathmandu.
Died February 20th, 1914 at 51 years old in Mussoorie.
Antun Gustav Matoš
Croatian writer.
Born June 13th, 1873 in Tovarnik. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1914 at 40 years old in Zagreb (esophageal cancer). [ref]
R. E. Foster
Cricket player of england. (1878-1914).
Born April 16th, 1878 in Malvern.
Died May 13th, 1914 at 36 years old in Brompton (diabetes).
Peyo Yavorov
Bulgarian poet (1878–1914).
Born January 13th, 1878 in Chirpan.
Died October 29th, 1914 at 36 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
Adelaide Crapsey
American writer (1878-1914).
Born September 9th, 1878 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1914 at 36 years old in Rochester (tuberculosis). [ref]
Leberecht Maass
German admiral (1863–1914).
Born November 24th, 1863 in Budzieszowce.
Died August 28th, 1914 at 50 years old in Heligoland.
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To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi