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In the year 1914
119 Notable deaths
Arthur Cumming
Figure skater.
Born May 8th, 1889 in Marylebone.
Died May 9th, 1914 at 25 years old in Hammersmith (infectious disease).
Louis Bach
French footballer (1883-1914).
Born April 14th, 1883 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 16th, 1914 at 31 years old in Servon-Melzicourt.
Charles Devendeville
French swimmer (1882-1914).
Born March 8th, 1882 in Lesquin. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1914 at 32 years old in Reims (mortal wound). [ref]
Thomas Gillespie
Scottish rower (1892-1914).
Born December 14th, 1892 in Alvington.
Died October 18th, 1914 at 21 years old in La Bassée.
Carlos Felipe Morales
President of the dominican republic (1867-1914).
Born August 23rd, 1867 in Puerto Plata.
Died March 1st, 1914 at 46 years old in Paris.
Eugène Balme
Sport shooter (1874-1914).
Born November 22nd, 1874 in Oullins.
Died February 24th, 1914 at 39 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (gunshot wound).
Arnold Lang
Swiss naturalist (1855-1914).
Born June 18th, 1855 in Oftringen.
Died November 30th, 1914 at 59 years old in Zürich.
Carl Goßler
German coxswain (1885–1914).
Born April 17th, 1885 in Hamburg.
Died September 9th, 1914 at 29 years old in Maurupt-le-Montois.
Jacques Huber
Swiss-brazilian botanist (1867–1914).
Born October 13th, 1867 in Schleitheim.
Died February 18th, 1914 at 46 years old in Belém.
Julius Braathe
Norwegian sport shooter (1874–1914).
Born March 4th, 1877 in Trøgstad Municipality. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1914 at 37 years old in Oppegård Municipality (drowning).
Claudius Colas
French esperantist (1884-1914).
Born November 29th, 1884 in Saint-Huruge. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1914 at 29 years old in Marne (Hit on head with handle of gun and strangled). [ref]
Béla Zulawszky
Hungarian fencer (1869-1914).
Born October 23rd, 1869 in Trebišov.
Died October 24th, 1914 at 45 years old in Sarajevo.
Edvard Larsen
Norwegian triple jumper (1881-1914).
Born October 27th, 1881 in Christiania.
Died September 10th, 1914 at 32 years old in Christiania.
Georges de La Nézière
French athlete.
Born July 31st, 1878 in Paris.
Died October 9th, 1914 at 36 years old in Arras.
Árpád Pédery
Hungarian gymnast (1891–1914).
Born February 1st, 1891 in Budapest. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1914 at 23 years old [ref]
Émile Engel
French cyclist.
Born April 5th, 1889 in Colombes.
Died September 10th, 1914 at 25 years old in Maurupt-le-Montois. [ref]
Joseph Déchelette
French archaeologist and prehistorian (1862–1914).
Born January 8th, 1862 in Roanne.
Died October 4th, 1914 at 52 years old in Nouvron-Vingré.
Ju Si-gyeong
One of the founders of modern korean linguistics (1876-1914).
Born December 22nd, 1876 in Pongsan County.
Died July 27th, 1914 at 37 years old (disease).
Yu Kil-chun
Yu gil-jun (1856-1914).
Born October 24th, 1856 in Seoul. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1914 at 57 years old in Seoul (disease). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 119 of 119
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson