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In the year 1916
176 Notable deaths
Enrique Granados
Spanish pianist and composer.
Born July 27th, 1867 in Lleida. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1916 at 48 years old in English Channel (drowning). [ref]
Max Reger
German composer, pianist and conductor (1873-1916).
Born March 19th, 1873 in Brand.
Died May 11th, 1916 at 43 years old in Leipzig (myocardial infarction).
Max Immelmann
German flying ace (1890–1916).
Born September 21st, 1890 in Dresden.
Died June 18th, 1916 at 25 years old in Sallaumines.
Thomas MacDonagh
Irish nationalist, poet, playwright and revolutionary (1878-1916).
Born February 1st, 1878 in Cloughjordan.
Died May 3rd, 1916 at 38 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
Seán Mac Diarmada
Irish revolutionary (1883-1916).
Born February 28th, 1883 in Kiltyclogher.
Died May 12th, 1916 at 33 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
Alan Seeger
American poet and soldier (1888-1916).
Born June 22nd, 1888 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1916 at 28 years old in Belloy-en-Santerre. [ref]
Julius Fučík
Czech composer (1872-1916).
Born July 18th, 1872 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1916 at 44 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Inez Milholland
Suffragist, lawyer.
Born August 6th, 1886 in Brooklyn.
Died November 25th, 1916 at 30 years old in Good Samaritan Hospital (pernicious anemia).
Josiah Royce
American philosopher (1855–1916).
Born November 20th, 1855 in Grass Valley.
Died September 14th, 1916 at 60 years old in Cambridge.
Joseph Jacobs
Australian folklorist, historian and writer (1854–1916).
Born August 29th, 1854 in Sydney. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1916 at 61 years old in Yonkers. [ref]
Vilhelm Hammershøi
Danish artist (1864-1916).
Born May 15th, 1864 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1916 at 51 years old in Copenhagen (pharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Ivan Franko
Ukrainian poet and writer (1856-1916).
Born August 27th, 1856 in Nahuievychi. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1916 at 59 years old in Lviv. [ref]
Isa Boletini
Kosovo albanian guerilla leader (1864-1916).
Born January 15th, 1864 in Boletin.
Died January 23rd, 1916 at 52 years old in Podgorica.
William Foulke
English footballer (1874-1916).
Born April 12th, 1874 in Dawley.
Died May 1st, 1916 at 42 years old in Sheffield (liver cirrhosis).
Hugo Münsterberg
German-american psychologist.
Born June 1st, 1863 in Gdańsk. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1916 at 53 years old in Cambridge (myocardial infarction). [ref]
George Butterworth
English composer (1885–1916).
Born July 12th, 1885 in London. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1916 at 31 years old in Pozières. [ref]
John MacBride
Irish republican.
Born May 7th, 1868 in Westport.
Died May 5th, 1916 at 47 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (ballistic trauma).
Éamonn Ceannt
Irish republican and 1916 easter rising leader (1881–1916).
Born September 21st, 1881 in Ballymoe.
Died May 8th, 1916 at 34 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
Pierre Duhem
French physicist and historian of science (1861-1916).
Born June 10th, 1861 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1916 at 55 years old in Cabrespine. [ref]
Torakusu Yamaha
Founder of yamaha (1851–1916).
Born April 20th, 1851 in Kii Province.
Died August 8th, 1916 at 65 years old in Tokyo.
Antonio Sant'Elia
Italian architect (1888-1916).
Born April 30th, 1888 in Como. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1916 at 28 years old in Monfalcone (killed in action). [ref]
Herbert Kilpin
English footballer (1870–1916).
Born January 24th, 1870 in Nottingham.
Died October 22nd, 1916 at 46 years old in Milan.
Lanoe Hawker
British world war i fighter pilot, recipient of the victoria cross. (1890–1916).
Born December 31st, 1890 in Hampshire.
Died November 23rd, 1916 at 25 years old in Bapaume.
Charles Dawson
British archaeological forger (1864-1916).
Born July 11th, 1864 in Preston.
Died August 10th, 1916 at 52 years old in Lewes (sepsis).
Jean Webster
American novelist (1876-1916).
Born July 24th, 1876 in Fredonia. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1916 at 39 years old in New York City (puerperal disorders). [ref]
Deaths 26 to 50 of 176
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