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In the year 1915
297 Notable deaths
Alfred Agache
French painter (1843–1915).
Born August 29th, 1843 in Lille. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1915 at 72 years old in Cour-sur-Loire. [ref]
Nikolay Umov
Russian mathematician and physicist.
Born February 4th, 1846 in Ulyanovsk.
Died January 15th, 1915 at 68 years old in Moscow (peptic ulcer disease).
Kálmán Széll
Hungarian politician (1843-1915).
Born June 8th, 1843 in Gasztony. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1915 at 72 years old in Rátót. [ref]
Archduchess Maria Karoline of Austria
Archduchess of austria (1825-1915).
Born September 10th, 1825 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1915 at 89 years old in Baden. [ref]
Christian Wilhelm Allers
German painter and illustrator (1857-1915).
Born August 6th, 1857 in Hamburg.
Died October 19th, 1915 at 58 years old in Karlsruhe.
James Richardson Spensley
English footballer (1867-1915).
Born May 17th, 1867 in Stoke Newington.
Died November 10th, 1915 at 48 years old in Mainz.
Frederic Ward Putnam
United states archaeologist, ethnologist and curator (1839–1915).
Born April 16th, 1839 in Salem.
Died August 14th, 1915 at 76 years old in Cambridge.
Oswald Carver
British rower (1887–1915).
Born February 2nd, 1887 in Marple.
Died June 7th, 1915 at 28 years old in Gallipoli.
Francisco Giner de los Ríos
Spanish philosopher (1839-1915).
Born October 10th, 1839 in Ronda.
Died February 18th, 1915 at 75 years old in Madrid.
Ferdinand Sarrien
French politician (1840-1915).
Born October 15th, 1840 in Bourbon-Lancy.
Died November 28th, 1915 at 75 years old in Paris.
Musa Ćazim Ćatić
Bosnian poet (1878-1915).
Born March 12th, 1878 in Odžak.
Died April 6th, 1915 at 37 years old in Tešanj (tuberculosis).
Rudi Stephan
German composer (1887-1915).
Born July 29th, 1887 in Worms.
Died September 29th, 1915 at 28 years old in Ternopil.
Louis Pergaud
French writer (1882–1915).
Born January 22nd, 1882 in Belmont.
Died April 8th, 1915 at 33 years old in Fresnes-en-Woëvre.
Daniel Giraud Elliot
American zoologist (1835–1915).
Born March 7th, 1835 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1915 at 80 years old in New York City. [ref]
Ida Aalberg
Finnish actress (1857–1915).
Born December 4th, 1857 in Leppäkoski.
Died January 17th, 1915 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Pyotr Durnovo
Russian politician (1842-1915).
Born December 5th, 1842 in Moscow.
Died September 24th, 1915 at 72 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Charles Edwin Bessey
American botanist (1845-1915).
Born May 21st, 1845 in Milton Township.
Died February 25th, 1915 at 69 years old in Lincoln.
Nikolai Essen
Russian admiral (1860–1915).
Born December 11th, 1860 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 7th, 1915 at 54 years old in Tallinn (pneumonia).
Edward Lee Greene
American botanist (1843-1915).
Born August 10th, 1843 in Hopkinton. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1915 at 72 years old in Washington, D.C..
Robert Hertz
French sociologist (1881–1915).
Born June 22nd, 1881 in Saint-Cloud.
Died April 13th, 1915 at 33 years old in Marchéville.
Gaston Arman de Caillavet
French playwright (1870–1915).
Born March 15th, 1870 in Paris, 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 15th, 1915 at 44 years old in Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil.
Francis Octavius Grenfell
English military officer (1880–1915); victoria cross holder.
Born September 4th, 1880 in Surrey.
Died May 24th, 1915 at 34 years old in Hooge (gunshot wound).
Henry Charlton Bastian
British biologist (1837-1915).
Born April 26th, 1837 in Truro.
Died November 17th, 1915 at 78 years old in Chesham Bois.
Édouard Vaillant
Politician (1840-1915).
Born January 29th, 1840 in Vierzon.
Died December 18th, 1915 at 75 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Carl Locher
Danish realist painter (1851-1915).
Born November 21st, 1851 in Flensburg.
Died December 20th, 1915 at 64 years old in Skagen.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 297
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)