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In the year 1918
230 Notable deaths
Nicholas II of Russia
Last emperor of russia and saint.
Born May 18th, 1868 in Pushkin. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1918 at 50 years old in Yekaterinburg (ballistic trauma).
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Youngest daughter of emperor nicholas ii and empress alexandra feodorovna of russia.
Born June 18th, 1901 in Petergof.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 17 years old in Ipatiev House (ballistic trauma).
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 world war i flying ace, popularly known as the red baron (1892–1918).
Born May 2nd, 1892 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1918 at 25 years old in Vaux-sur-Somme (killed in action). [ref]
Alexandra Feodorovna
Wife and consort of nicholas ii of russia.
Born June 6th, 1872 in Darmstadt.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 46 years old in Yekaterinburg (ballistic trauma).
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862-1918).
Born July 14th, 1862 in Baumgarten. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1918 at 55 years old in Altes AKH (stroke). [ref]
Gavrilo Princip
Bosnian assassin.
Born July 25th, 1894 in Obljaj.
Died April 28th, 1918 at 23 years old in Theresienstadt Small Fortress (tuberculosis). [ref]
Claude Debussy
French composer (1862-1918).
Born August 22nd, 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1918 at 55 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
Son of nicholas ii and alexandra feodorovna; heir apparent of the russian empire.
Born August 12th, 1904 in Petergof.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 13 years old in Ipatiev House (ballistic trauma).
Egon Schiele
Austrian painter (1890-1918).
Born June 12th, 1890 in Tulln an der Donau. [ref]
Died October 31st, 1918 at 28 years old in Vienna (1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
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).
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
Second daughter of tsar nicholas ii and tsarina alexandra feodorovna of russia.
Born June 10th, 1897 in Petergof.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 21 years old in Ipatiev House (ballistic trauma).
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.
Born August 26th, 1880 in Rome. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1918 at 38 years old in Paris (1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Third daughter of nicholas ii of russia and alexandra fyodorovna (1899-1918).
Born June 26th, 1899 in Petergof.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 19 years old in Ipatiev House (ballistic trauma).
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).
William Ellsworth Robinson
American magician (1861–1918).
Born April 2nd, 1861 in New York City.
Died March 24th, 1918 at 56 years old in London.
Henry Gunther
Last soldier killed in wwi.
Born June 6th, 1895 in Baltimore.
Died November 11th, 1918 at 23 years old in Chaumont-devant-Damvillers.
Lavr Kornilov
Imperial russian army general (1870–1918).
Born August 19th, 1870 in Ust-Kamenogorsk Uyezd. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1918 at 47 years old in Krasnodar (killed in action). [ref]
Joyce Kilmer
American poet, editor, literary critic, soldier.
Born December 6th, 1886 in New Brunswick.
Died July 30th, 1918 at 31 years old in Seringes-et-Nesles.
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