In the year 1918
366 Notable deaths
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand duchess of russia (1901–1918).
Born June 18th, 1901 in Petergof.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 17 years old in Ipatiev House (gunshot wound).
Frederick Trump
American businessman (1869–1918).
Born March 14th, 1869 in Kallstadt.
Died May 27th, 1918 at 49 years old in Woodhaven (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Manfred von Richthofen
German fighter pilot (1892-1918).
Born May 2nd, 1892 in Wrocław.
Died April 21st, 1918 at 25 years old in Vaux-sur-Somme.
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Empress consort of russia (1872–1918).
Born June 6th, 1872 in Darmstadt.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 46 years old in Yekaterinburg (gunshot wound).
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918).
Born July 14th, 1862 in Baumgarten. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1918 at 55 years old in Vienna (stroke). [ref]
Gavrilo Princip
Bosnian assassin (1894–1918).
Born July 25th, 1894 in Obljaj.
Died April 28th, 1918 at 23 years old in Theresienstadt Small Fortress (tuberculosis).
Claude Debussy
French classical composer (1862–1918).
Born August 22nd, 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Died March 25th, 1918 at 55 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Abdul Hamid II
34th sultan of the ottoman empire (1876–1909).
Born September 21st, 1842 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1918 at 75 years old in Beylerbeyi Palace. [ref]
Nicholas II of Russia
The 14th and last emperor of russia (1894–1917).
Born May 18th, 1868 in Pushkin.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 50 years old in Yekaterinburg, Ipatiev House (gunshot wound).
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
Last russian tsesarevich and heir apparent of the russian empire (1904–1918).
Born August 12th, 1904 in Petergof.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 13 years old in Ipatiev House (gunshot wound).
Egon Schiele
Austrian painter (1890-1918).
Born June 12th, 1890 in Tulln an der Donau.
Died October 31st, 1918 at 28 years old in Vienna (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Wilfred Owen
English poet and soldier (1893-1918).
Born March 18th, 1893 in Oswestry.
Died November 4th, 1918 at 25 years old in Ors.
Ratanji Tata
Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1871–1918).
Born January 20th, 1871 in Mumbai.
Died September 5th, 1918 at 47 years old in St Ives.
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand duchess of russia (1895–1918).
Born November 15th, 1895 in Pushkin.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 22 years old in Ipatiev House (gunshot wound).
Mehmed V
35th sultan of the ottoman empire (1909–1918).
Born November 2nd, 1844 in Çırağan Palace.
Died July 3rd, 1918 at 73 years old in Istanbul.
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand duchess of russia (1897–1918).
Born June 10th, 1897 in Petergof.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 21 years old in Ipatiev House (gunshot wound).
Georg Cantor
German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918).
Born March 3rd, 1845 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 6th, 1918 at 72 years old in Halle (Saale) (myocardial infarction).
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand duke of russia (1878–1918).
Born December 4th, 1878 in Pushkin.
Died June 13th, 1918 at 39 years old in Perm (gunshot wound).
John L. Sullivan
American boxer (1858–1918).
Born October 15th, 1858 in Roxbury.
Died February 2nd, 1918 at 59 years old in Abington.
Roland Garros
French aviator.
Born October 6th, 1888 in Saint-Denis.
Died October 5th, 1918 at 29 years old in Vouziers.
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet (1880–1918).
Born August 26th, 1880 in Rome.
Died November 9th, 1918 at 38 years old in Paris (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand duchess of russia (1899–1918).
Born June 26th, 1899 in Petergof.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 19 years old in Ipatiev House (gunshot wound).
Lucretia Garfield
First lady of the united states from 1881 to 1881.
Born April 19th, 1832 in Garrettsville.
Died March 14th, 1918 at 85 years old in Pasadena.
John McCrae
Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during world war i (1872-1918).
Born November 30th, 1872 in Guelph.
Died January 28th, 1918 at 45 years old in Boulogne-sur-Mer (pneumonia).
Georg Simmel
German sociologist, philosopher, and critic (1858–1918).
Born March 1st, 1858 in Berlin.
Died September 26th, 1918 at 60 years old in Strasbourg (liver cancer).
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There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel