In the year 1916
326 Notable deaths
Carolina Invernizio
Italian writer (1851–1916).
Born March 28th, 1851 in Voghera.
Died November 27th, 1916 at 65 years old in Cuneo.
Alfred Cogniaux
Belgian botanist (1841–1916).
Born April 7th, 1841 in Robechies.
Died April 15th, 1916 at 75 years old in Genappe.
Felipe Trigo
Spanish writer.
Born February 13th, 1864 in Villanueva de la Serena.
Died September 2nd, 1916 at 52 years old in Madrid.
August Fick
German philologist (1833-1916).
Born May 5th, 1833 in Petershagen.
Died March 24th, 1916 at 82 years old in Hildesheim.
Roland Trimen
British entomologist (1840-1916).
Born October 29th, 1840 in Paddington.
Died July 25th, 1916 at 75 years old in London.
Adolf von Donndorf
German sculptor (1835–1916).
Born February 16th, 1835 in Weimar.
Died December 20th, 1916 at 81 years old in Stuttgart.
August Michaelis
German chemist (1847-1916).
Born December 26th, 1847 in Hohenhameln.
Died January 31st, 1916 at 68 years old in Rostock.
Klara Ludwika Szczęsna
Polish religious (1863-1916).
Born July 18th, 1863 in Cieszki.
Died February 7th, 1916 at 52 years old in Kraków.
John Somers-Smith
British rower.
Born December 15th, 1887 in Walton-on-Thames.
Died July 1st, 1916 at 28 years old in Gommecourt.
Alaiza Pashkievich
Belarusian writer & poet.
Born July 15th, 1876 in Piasčyna.
Died February 18th, 1916 at 39 years old in Stary Dvor (typhus).
Honorat Koźmiński
Polish monk and priest (1829-1916).
Born October 16th, 1829 in Biała Podlaska.
Died December 16th, 1916 at 87 years old in Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą.
Mikhail Pomortsev
Russian meteorologist (1851–1916).
Born July 24th, 1851 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died July 2nd, 1916 at 64 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Emily Woodruff
American archer (1846-1916).
Born April 19th, 1846 in Cincinnati.
Died March 28th, 1916 at 69 years old in Berwyn.
Maurice Raoul-Duval
Polo player (1866–1916).
Born April 27th, 1866 in Saint-Germain-de-la-Grange. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1916 at 50 years old in Esnes-en-Argonne. [ref]
Bin Ueda
Japanese writer (1874–1916).
Born October 30th, 1874 in Tokyo.
Died July 9th, 1916 at 41 years old in Tokyo.
Miklos von Konkoly-Thege
Hungarian physicist and astronomer (1842-1916).
Born January 20th, 1842 in Pest, Buda.
Died February 17th, 1916 at 74 years old in Budapest.
Farrukh Gayibov
Russian aerial arfare pioneer (1891–1916).
Born October 2nd, 1891 in Aşağı Salahlı.
Died September 12th, 1916 at 24 years old in Baruny.
Nielsine Nielsen
First female academic and physician in denmark (1850-1916).
Born June 10th, 1850 in Svendborg.
Died October 8th, 1916 at 66 years old in Copenhagen.
Leo Anton Karl de Ball
German astronomer (1853–1916).
Born November 23rd, 1853 in Lobberich.
Died December 12th, 1916 at 63 years old in Vienna.
Béla Békessy
Fencer (1875–1916).
Born November 16th, 1875 in Debrecen.
Died July 6th, 1916 at 40 years old in Volhynia.
Hector Sévin
Catholic cardinal (1852–1916).
Born March 22nd, 1852 in Simandre-sur-Suran.
Died May 4th, 1916 at 64 years old in 7th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Solko van den Bergh
Dutch sports shooter (1854-1916).
Born June 4th, 1854 in The Hague.
Died December 25th, 1916 at 62 years old in The Hague.
Sergei Utochkin
Russian aviator (1876-1916).
Born July 12th, 1876 in Odesa.
Died January 13th, 1916 at 39 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia).
Simon Frug
Multi-lingual russian poet, lyricist and author (1860–1916).
Born November 15th, 1860 in Bobrovyi Kut.
Died September 21st, 1916 at 55 years old in Odesa.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 326
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan