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In the year 1916
176 Notable deaths
Grigori Rasputin
Russian mystic (1869–1916).
Born January 21st, 1869 in Pokrovskoye.
Died December 30th, 1916 at 47 years old in Saint Petersburg (drowning, gunshot wound).
Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916).
Born January 12th, 1876 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1916 at 40 years old in Glen Ellen (poisoning, uremia, drug overdose). [ref]
Horatio Kitchener
British army general and colonial administrator.
Born June 24th, 1850 in Ballylongford. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1916 at 65 years old in North Sea (killed in action). [ref]
Yuan Shikai
Chinese military and government official (1859–1916).
Born September 16th, 1859 in Xiangcheng City.
Died June 6th, 1916 at 56 years old in Beijing (uremia).
Charles Taze Russell
Founder of the bible student movement (1852–1916).
Born February 16th, 1852 in Allegheny.
Died October 31st, 1916 at 64 years old in Pampa (cystitis).
James Connolly
Irish republican, trade unionist and socialist revolutionary.
Born June 5th, 1868 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1916 at 47 years old in Dublin (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Fergus Suter
Scottish footballer (1857-1916).
Born November 21st, 1857 in Glasgow.
Died July 31st, 1916 at 58 years old in Blackpool.
Saki
British writer.
Born December 18th, 1870 in Sittwe.
Died November 13th, 1916 at 45 years old in Beaumont-Hamel.
Roger Casement
Irish diplomat, activist, nationalist and poet (1864-1916).
Born September 1st, 1864 in Dublin. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1916 at 51 years old in London (hanging). [ref]
Patrick Pearse
Irish revolutionary, shot by the british army in 1916.
Born November 10th, 1879 in Dublin.
Died May 3rd, 1916 at 36 years old in Dublin (gunshot wound).
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist.
Born February 9th, 1867 in Kikuichō.
Died December 9th, 1916 at 49 years old in Waseda-Minamichō (peptic ulcer disease).
Victoriano Huerta
Mexican military officer and 35th president of mexico (1850-1916).
Born December 22nd, 1854 in Colotlán.
Died January 13th, 1916 at 61 years old in El Paso (liver cirrhosis).
Franz Marc
German artist (1880–1916).
Born February 8th, 1880 in Kreuzstraße (München). [ref]
Died March 4th, 1916 at 36 years old in Verdun, Braquis.
Joseph Plunkett
Irish nationalist, poet, journalist and 1916 easter rising leader.
Born November 21st, 1887 in Dublin.
Died May 4th, 1916 at 28 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
Sholem Aleichem
Jewish writer and playwright of yiddish, who worked in russian empire, switzerland, germany and the united states (1859-1916).
Born March 14th, 1859 in Pereiaslav.
Died May 13th, 1916 at 57 years old in New York City (tuberculosis). [ref]
Karl Schwarzschild
German physicist, astronomer and mathematician.
Born October 9th, 1873 in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1916 at 42 years old in Potsdam (pemphigus). [ref]
Rubén Darío
Nicaraguan poet, journalist, writer, and diplomat.
Born January 18th, 1867 in Ciudad Darío.
Died February 6th, 1916 at 49 years old in León (liver cirrhosis).
Umberto Boccioni
Italian painter and sculptor (1882-1916).
Born October 19th, 1882 in Reggio Calabria. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1916 at 33 years old in Verona (horse fall). [ref]
Alice Ball
American chemist (1892-1916).
Born July 24th, 1892 in Seattle.
Died December 31st, 1916 at 24 years old in Seattle.
Thibaw Min
Last king of burma (1859–1916).
Born January 1st, 1859 in Mandalay.
Died December 19th, 1916 at 57 years old in Ratnagiri.
Percival Lowell
American astronomer (1855-1916).
Born March 13th, 1855 in Boston.
Died November 12th, 1916 at 61 years old in Flagstaff (stroke).
Tom Clarke
Irish revolutionary leader (1857-1916).
Born March 11th, 1857 in Isle of Wight.
Died May 3rd, 1916 at 59 years old in Dublin (gunshot wound).
Charles de Foucauld
French catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916).
Born September 15th, 1858 in Strasbourg.
Died December 1st, 1916 at 58 years old in Tamanrasset (gunshot wound).
Oswald Boelcke
German first world war flying ace.
Born May 19th, 1891 in Giebichenstein.
Died October 28th, 1916 at 25 years old in Bapaume (killed in action).
Nedeljko Čabrinović
Bosnian activist (1895-1916).
Born February 1st, 1895 in Sarajevo. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1916 at 20 years old in Terezín (tuberculosis). [ref]
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot