In the year 1917
139 Notable deaths
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
German prince and equestrian (1893-1917).
Born April 6th, 1893 in Potsdam.
Died April 6th, 1917 at 24 years old in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.
Adolf Reinach
German philosopher (1883-1917).
Born December 23rd, 1883 in Mainz.
Died November 16th, 1917 at 33 years old in Diksmuide.
James Carroll Beckwith
American painter (1852-1917).
Born September 23rd, 1852 in Hannibal.
Died October 24th, 1917 at 65 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Madge Syers
British figure skater (1881-1917).
Born September 16th, 1881 in Kensington.
Died September 9th, 1917 at 35 years old in Weybridge (endocarditis).
Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz
Second wife of tsar ferdinand of bulgaria.
Born August 22nd, 1860 in Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County.
Died September 12th, 1917 at 57 years old in Euxinograd.
Spyridon Samaras
Greek composer (1861-1917).
Born November 29th, 1861 in Corfu.
Died April 7th, 1917 at 55 years old in Athens.
Octave Lapize
French racing cyclist (1887–1917).
Born October 24th, 1887 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1917 at 29 years old in Toul. [ref]
Philipp von Ferrary
French philatelist.
Born January 11th, 1850 in Paris.
Died May 20th, 1917 at 67 years old in Lausanne.
Anton Haus
Austrian admiral (1851–1917).
Born February 13th, 1851 in Tolmin.
Died February 8th, 1917 at 65 years old in Pula.
Lucien Petit-Breton
French cyclist.
Born October 18th, 1882 in Plessé.
Died December 20th, 1917 at 35 years old in Troyes (traffic collision).
Avshalom Feinberg
British spy (1889–1917).
Born October 23rd, 1889 in Gedera.
Died January 20th, 1917 at 27 years old in Sinai Peninsula (gunshot wound).
Frederick Stanley Maude
British army general.
Born June 24th, 1864 in Gibraltar.
Died November 18th, 1917 at 53 years old in Baghdad (cholera).
Antonio de La Gandara
French painter, pastellist and draughtsman (1861-1917).
Born December 16th, 1861 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 30th, 1917 at 55 years old in Paris.
Aurel Popovici
Romanian politician (1863-1917).
Born October 16th, 1863 in Lugoj.
Died February 9th, 1917 at 53 years old in Geneva.
Ivan Kolev
Bulgarian general (1863-1917).
Born September 15th, 1863 in Bannivka.
Died July 29th, 1917 at 53 years old in Vienna.
António Teixeira de Sousa
Prime minister of portugal (1857-1917).
Born May 5th, 1857 in Celeirós.
Died June 5th, 1917 at 60 years old in Porto.
Sergei Vasilyevich Zubatov
Russian politician.
Born April 8th, 1864 in Moscow.
Died March 15th, 1917 at 52 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Fernand Labori
French lawyer and politician (1860-1917).
Born April 18th, 1860 in Reims.
Died March 14th, 1917 at 56 years old in Paris.
Yevgeni Bauer
Russian film director (1865–1917).
Born January 22nd, 1865 in Moscow.
Died June 22nd, 1917 at 52 years old in Yalta (pneumonia).
Vladislav Petković Dis
Serbian poet (1880–1917).
Born March 10th, 1880 in Zablaće.
Died May 16th, 1917 at 37 years old in Ionian Sea.
Robert Reinhold von Wirén
Baltic german admiral (1856–1917).
Born December 25th, 1856 in Veliky Novgorod. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1917 at 60 years old in Kronstadt. [ref]
Károly Ferenczy
Hungarian painter (1862-1917).
Born February 8th, 1862 in Vienna.
Died March 18th, 1917 at 55 years old in Budapest.
Vladimir Gaćinović
Bosnian serb writer and revolutionary (1890-1917).
Born May 25th, 1890 in Kačanj.
Died August 11th, 1917 at 27 years old in Fribourg (poisoning).
Heinrich Ritter von Gontermann
German flying ace (1896–1917).
Born February 25th, 1896 in Siegen.
Died October 30th, 1917 at 21 years old in Marle (aircraft crash).
Fred Mace
Actor (1878-1917).
Born August 22nd, 1878 in Philadelphia.
Died February 21st, 1917 at 38 years old in New York City (stroke).
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner