In the year 1916
176 Notable deaths
Enrico Toti
Italian patriot.
Born August 20th, 1882 in Rome.
Died August 6th, 1916 at 33 years old in Monfalcone.
Nazario Sauro
Italian naval hero (1880–1916).
Born September 20th, 1880 in Koper.
Died August 10th, 1916 at 35 years old in Pula (hanging).
Gorch Fock
Low german writer.
Born August 22nd, 1880 in Finkenwerder.
Died May 31st, 1916 at 35 years old in Skagerrak (Battle of Jutland).
Lily Braun
German writer, editor.
Born July 2nd, 1865 in Halberstadt. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1916 at 51 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Guido Gozzano
Italian writer (1883-1916).
Born December 19th, 1883 in Turin.
Died August 9th, 1916 at 32 years old in Turin (tuberculosis).
Rik Wouters
Belgian painter and sculptor (1882-1916).
Born August 21st, 1882 in Mechelen. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1916 at 33 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Klavdy Lebedev
Russian painter (1852-1916).
Born October 28th, 1852 in Russian Empire. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1916 at 63 years old in Moscow.
René Schützenberger
French painter (1860-1916).
Born July 29th, 1860 in Mulhouse. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1916 at 56 years old in Paris. [ref]
Maksim Kovalevsky
Ukrainian sociologist (1851-1916).
Born September 8th, 1851 in Kharkov Governorate. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1916 at 64 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Bruno Schmitz
German architect (1858-1916).
Born November 21st, 1858 in Düsseldorf.
Died April 27th, 1916 at 57 years old in Berlin.
Arnold Spencer-Smith
English clergyman, photographer, explorer (1883-1916).
Born March 17th, 1883 in Balham.
Died March 9th, 1916 at 32 years old in Ross Ice Shelf (scurvy).
Georges Boillot
French racing driver.
Born August 3rd, 1884 in Valentigney. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1916 at 31 years old in Vadelaincourt (killed in action). [ref]
Dimcho Debelyanov
Bulgarian poet (1887–1916).
Born March 28th, 1887 in Koprivshtitsa.
Died October 2nd, 1916 at 29 years old in Monokklisia.
Virgilio Fossati
Italian footballer and manager (1891-1916).
Born January 3rd, 1891 in Milan.
Died June 29th, 1916 at 25 years old in Monfalcone.
Georges Lacombe
French painter and sculptor (1868-1916).
Born June 18th, 1868 in Versailles. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1916 at 48 years old in Alençon (tuberculosis). [ref]
Suren Spandaryan
Armenian writer (1882–1916).
Born December 15th, 1882 in Tbilisi.
Died September 24th, 1916 at 33 years old in Krasnoyarsk (tuberculosis).
Raphaël Collin
French painter (1850-1916).
Born June 17th, 1850 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1916 at 66 years old in Brionne. [ref]
Franz Carl Müller-Lyer
German psychologist & sociologist (1857-1916).
Born February 5th, 1857 in Baden-Baden. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1916 at 59 years old in Munich. [ref]
Germán Riesco
Chilean politician and president (1854-1916).
Born May 28th, 1854 in Rancagua.
Died December 8th, 1916 at 62 years old in Santiago.
Ján Bahýľ
Slovak scientist (1856-1916).
Born May 25th, 1856 in Zvolenská Slatina.
Died March 13th, 1916 at 59 years old in Bratislava.
Gabino Ezeiza
Argentine musician (1858–1916).
Born February 3rd, 1858 in San Telmo.
Died October 12th, 1916 at 58 years old in Flores.
Reinhard Sorge
German poet (1892-1916).
Born January 29th, 1892 in Neukölln.
Died July 20th, 1916 at 24 years old in Ablaincourt-Pressoir.
Augustin Cochin
French historian.
Born December 22nd, 1876 in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1916 at 39 years old in Maricourt. [ref]
Edgar Alexander Mearns
American ornithologist and field naturalist (1856-1916).
Born September 11th, 1856 in Highland Falls.
Died November 1st, 1916 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C..
Deaths 101 to 125 of 176
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs