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In the year 1918
230 Notable deaths
Fanny Kaplan
Russian assassin (1890-1918).
Born February 10th, 1890 in Novichi.
Died September 3rd, 1918 at 28 years old in Moscow (execution by shooting).
Charles W. Fairbanks
Vice president of the united states from 1905 to 1909.
Born May 11th, 1852 in Unionville Center.
Died June 4th, 1918 at 66 years old in Indianapolis.
Robbie Ross
Canadian journalist and art critic (1869-1918).
Born May 25th, 1869 in Tours. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1918 at 49 years old in London. [ref]
César Ritz
Swiss hotelier (1850-1918).
Born February 23rd, 1850 in Niederwald.
Died October 26th, 1918 at 68 years old in Küssnacht.
William Ramsay
Scottish chemist (1852–1916).
Born October 2nd, 1852 in Glasgow.
Died July 23rd, 1918 at 65 years old in High Wycombe (cancer).
Lili Boulanger
French composer (1893-1918).
Born August 21st, 1893 in Paris. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1918 at 24 years old in Mézy-sur-Seine (tuberculosis). [ref]
Anna Held
French-american stage performer (1872–1918).
Born March 19th, 1872 in Warsaw.
Died August 12th, 1918 at 46 years old in New York City (multiple myeloma).
John Bauer
Swedish painter and illustrator (1882-1918).
Born June 4th, 1882 in Jönköpings Kristina församling. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1918 at 36 years old in Vättern, Sankt Matteus (shipwrecking). [ref]
Georgi Plekhanov
Russian philosopher (1856–1918).
Born December 11th, 1856 in Gudalovka. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1918 at 61 years old in Zelenogorsk (tuberculosis). [ref]
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
British occultist (1854-1918).
Born January 8th, 1854 in London.
Died November 5th, 1918 at 64 years old in Paris (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza).
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
Grand duchess of russia (1864–1918).
Born November 1st, 1864 in Darmstadt.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 53 years old in Alapayevsk (explosion).
Eugene Botkin
Court physician for tsar nicholas ii.
Born June 8th, 1865 in Pushkin.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 53 years old in Yekaterinburg (ballistic trauma).
William Hope Hodgson
British writer (1877–1918).
Born November 15th, 1877 in Blackmore End.
Died April 19th, 1918 at 40 years old in Ypres.
Anna Demidova
Maid of tsarina alexandra of russia. (1878–1918).
Born January 26th, 1878 in Cherepovets.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 40 years old in Yekaterinburg (gunshot wound).
Ferdinand Braun
German inventor and physicist (1909 nobel prize).
Born June 6th, 1850 in Fulda. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1918 at 67 years old in New York City. [ref]
Emil Jellinek
German automotive pioneer (1853–1918).
Born April 6th, 1853 in Leipzig.
Died January 21st, 1918 at 64 years old in Geneva.
John Redmond
Irish politician (1856-1918).
Born September 1st, 1856 in County Wexford.
Died March 6th, 1918 at 61 years old in Dublin.
Paul von Rennenkampf
Baltic german general (1854-1918).
Born April 29th, 1854 in Konofer Manor. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1918 at 63 years old in Taganrog (ballistic trauma).
Frank Wedekind
German playwright.
Born July 24th, 1864 in Hanover. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1918 at 53 years old in Munich. [ref]
Hobey Baker
American amateur athlete (1892-1918).
Born January 15th, 1892 in Montgomery County.
Died December 21st, 1918 at 26 years old in Toul.
Mariano Ponce
Filipino politician.
Born March 23rd, 1863 in Baliwag.
Died May 23rd, 1918 at 55 years old in Sai Ying Pun Community Complex.
Aleksandr Lyapunov
Russian mathematician.
Born June 6th, 1857 in Yaroslavl.
Died November 3rd, 1918 at 61 years old in Odesa (ballistic trauma).
Walter Rauschenbusch
United states baptist theologian (1861–1918).
Born October 4th, 1861 in Rochester.
Died July 25th, 1918 at 56 years old in Rochester.
Alexei Trupp
Russian saint (1856-1918).
Born April 20th, 1856 in Kalnagals. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1918 at 62 years old in Yekaterinburg (gunshot wound).
Orville Gibson
American luthier.
Born May 1st, 1856 in Chateaugay.
Died August 21st, 1918 at 62 years old in Ogdensburg (endocarditis).
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks