In the year 1916
326 Notable deaths
Clara Louise Kellogg
American opera singer (1842-1916).
Born July 9th, 1842 in Sumter. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1916 at 73 years old in New Hartford. [ref]
Godefroid Kurth
Historian, philologist and professor from belgium (1847-1916).
Died January 4th, 1916 at 68 years old in Asse.
Nicolae Teclu
Romanian scientist (1839-1916).
Born October 11th, 1839 in Brașov.
Died July 13th, 1916 at 76 years old in Vienna.
Thomas Jonathan Burrill
American botanist and plant pathologist (1839-1916).
Born April 25th, 1839 in Pittsfield.
Died April 14th, 1916 at 76 years old in Champaign.
James Key Caird
British mathematician (1837–1916).
Born January 7th, 1837 in Dundee.
Died March 9th, 1916 at 79 years old in Dundee.
Arnold Aletrino
Dutch writer (1858–1916).
Born April 1st, 1858 in Amsterdam.
Died January 16th, 1916 at 57 years old in Montreux.
Pavel Plehve
Russian general (1850-1916).
Born June 23rd, 1850 in Pskov. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1916 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Kazimierz Alchimowicz
Lithuanian-born polish romantic painter (1840-1916).
Born December 20th, 1840 in Dembrava.
Died December 31st, 1916 at 76 years old in Warsaw.
Konstantin Zhostov
Bulgarian general (1867–1916).
Born October 30th, 1867 in Gaytaninovo.
Died August 30th, 1916 at 48 years old in Kyustendil (appendicitis).
Eugen Dücker
Baltic german artist (1841-1916).
Born February 10th, 1841 in Kuressaare.
Died December 6th, 1916 at 75 years old in Düsseldorf.
Edward Pierson Ramsay
Australian ornithologist (1842-1916).
Born December 3rd, 1842 in Sydney.
Died December 16th, 1916 at 74 years old in Sydney.
Tarleton Hoffman Bean
American ichthyologist (1846-1916).
Born October 8th, 1846 in Bainbridge.
Died December 28th, 1916 at 70 years old in Albany.
Gustav Falke
German writer and poet-impressionist, also translator (1853-1916).
Born January 11th, 1853 in Lübeck.
Died February 8th, 1916 at 63 years old in Groß Borstel.
Herman Gesellius
Finnish architect (1874-1916).
Born January 16th, 1874 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1916 at 42 years old in Kirkkonummi. [ref]
Olindo Guerrini
Italian poet and writer (1845–1916).
Born October 4th, 1845 in Forlì.
Died October 21st, 1916 at 71 years old in Bologna.
Leopold Sulerzhitsky
Russian writer (1872-1916).
Born September 27th, 1872 in Zhytomyr.
Died December 30th, 1916 at 44 years old in Moscow (nephritis).
Sámuel Teleki
Hungarian explorer (1845–1916).
Born November 1st, 1845 in Dumbrăvioara.
Died March 10th, 1916 at 70 years old in Budapest.
Francesco Salesio Della Volpe
Catholic cardinal (1844–1916).
Born December 24th, 1844 in Ravenna.
Died November 5th, 1916 at 71 years old in Rome.
Alfred Heinrich Ilg
Swiss engineer and advisor to ethiopian emperor menelik ii (1854-1916).
Born March 30th, 1854 in Frauenfeld.
Died January 7th, 1916 at 61 years old in Zurich.
Lajos Thallóczy
(1857–1916) hungarian historian.
Born December 8th, 1857 in Košice.
Died December 1st, 1916 at 58 years old in Herceghalom (railway accident).
Ernst Rudorff
German composer (1840–1916).
Born January 18th, 1840 in Berlin.
Died December 31st, 1916 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Georges Martin
French physician and politician (1844-1916).
Born May 19th, 1845 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1916 at 71 years old in Paris. [ref]
Otto Ammon
German anthropologist (1842–1916).
Born December 7th, 1842 in Karlsruhe.
Died January 14th, 1916 at 73 years old in Karlsruhe.
László Szőgyény-Marich
Hungarian diplomat (1841-1916).
Born November 12th, 1841 in Vienna.
Died July 11th, 1916 at 74 years old in Csór.
Bernhard Scholz
German conductor and composer (1835–1916).
Born March 30th, 1835 in Mainz.
Died December 26th, 1916 at 81 years old in Munich.
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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown