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In the year 1916
176 Notable deaths
Petar Kočić
Bosnian serb writer (1877-1916).
Born June 29th, 1877 in Stričići. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1916 at 39 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Silvanus P. Thompson
British academic physicist (1851-1916).
Born June 19th, 1851 in York. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1916 at 64 years old in Greater London. [ref]
Seán Heuston
Irish republican.
Born February 21st, 1891 in Dublin.
Died May 8th, 1916 at 25 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
Jørgen Pedersen Gram
Danish mathematician.
Born June 27th, 1850 in Nustrup.
Died April 29th, 1916 at 65 years old in Copenhagen (traffic collision).
James Paul Clarke
American politician (1854-1916).
Born August 18th, 1854 in Yazoo City.
Died October 1st, 1916 at 62 years old in Little Rock.
Michael O'Hanrahan
Irish rebel (1877–1916).
Born January 16th, 1877 in New Ross. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1916 at 39 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
Hugo von Pohl
German admiral (1855–1916).
Born August 25th, 1855 in Wrocław.
Died February 23rd, 1916 at 60 years old in Berlin (liver cancer).
Count Karl von Stürgkh
Minister-president of austria (1859-1916).
Born October 30th, 1859 in Graz.
Died October 21st, 1916 at 56 years old in Vienna (deliberate murder).
Georges Lemmen
Belgian neo-impressionist painter (1865-1916).
Born November 25th, 1865 in Schaerbeek.
Died July 15th, 1916 at 50 years old in Uccle.
Janis Rozentāls
Latvian painter (1866-1916).
Born March 18th, 1866 in Saldus.
Died December 26th, 1916 at 50 years old in Helsinki.
Léon Comerre
French painter (1850-1916).
Born October 10th, 1850 in Trélon. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1916 at 65 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
John Benjamin Murphy
American surgeon (1857–1916).
Born December 21st, 1857 in Appleton. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1916 at 58 years old in Mackinac Island. [ref]
Emile Verhaeren
Belgian poet (1855-1916).
Born May 21st, 1855 in Sint-Amands. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1916 at 61 years old in Rouen (railway accident). [ref]
Max Kurzweil
Austrian painter and printmaker (1867-1916).
Born October 13th, 1867 in Bzenec.
Died May 9th, 1916 at 48 years old in Vienna.
Jane Dieulafoy
French anthropologist.
Born July 29th, 1851 in Toulouse. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1916 at 64 years old in Pompertuzat. [ref]
Bob Burman
American racing driver (1884–1916).
Born April 23rd, 1884 in Imlay City.
Died April 8th, 1916 at 31 years old in Corona.
Émile Driant
French writer and politician (1855-1916).
Born September 11th, 1855 in Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne.
Died February 22nd, 1916 at 60 years old in Beaumont-en-Verdunois.
Hamish MacCunn
Scottish romantic composer, conductor and teacher (1868–1916).
Born March 22nd, 1868 in Greenock.
Died August 2nd, 1916 at 48 years old in London.
Hans Chiari
Austrian pathologist.
Born September 4th, 1851 in Vienna.
Died May 6th, 1916 at 64 years old in Strasbourg. [ref]
Frederick Septimus Kelly
Australian and british musician and composer and rower (1881-1916).
Born May 29th, 1881 in Sydney.
Died November 13th, 1916 at 35 years old in Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre.
Mário de Sá-Carneiro
Portuguese poet.
Born May 19th, 1890 in Lisbon. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1916 at 25 years old in Paris (intoxication). [ref]
Vojin Popović
Serbian soldier (1881–1916).
Born December 9th, 1881 in Sjenica.
Died November 29th, 1916 at 34 years old in Kajmakčalan.
Albert Neisser
German physician (1855-1916).
Born January 22nd, 1855 in Świdnica.
Died July 30th, 1916 at 61 years old in Wrocław (sepsis).
Franz Eckert
German composer (1852–1916).
Born April 5th, 1852 in Nowa Ruda.
Died August 8th, 1916 at 64 years old in Seoul (cancer).
Arthur V. Johnson
American actor (1876–1916).
Born February 2nd, 1876 in Davenport.
Died January 17th, 1916 at 39 years old in Philadelphia (tuberculosis).
Deaths 76 to 100 of 176
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir