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In the year 1918
230 Notable deaths
Ferdinand Hodler
Swiss artist (1853–1918).
Born March 14th, 1853 in Bern.
Died May 19th, 1918 at 65 years old in Geneva.
Francesco Baracca
Italian flying ace (1888-1918).
Died June 19th, 1918 at 30 years old in Nervesa della Battaglia (killed in action).
Niko Pirosmani
Georgian artist (1862-1918).
Born April 5th, 1862 in Mirzaani.
Died May 5th, 1918 at 56 years old in Tbilisi (liver failure, malnutrition).
Mick Mannock
British world war i flying ace (1887-1918).
Died July 26th, 1918 at 31 years old in Béthune.
George Lawrence Price
Canadian soldier (1892-1918).
Born December 15th, 1892 in Falmouth.
Died November 11th, 1918 at 25 years old in Ville-sur-Haine.
James McCudden
Recipient of the victoria cross (1895–1918).
Born March 28th, 1895 in Gillingham.
Died July 9th, 1918 at 23 years old in Auxi-le-Château.
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian noble (1869-1918).
Born October 7th, 1869 in Borjomi.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 48 years old in Alapayevsk (gunshot wound).
August Oetker
German food scientist (1862-1918).
Born January 6th, 1862 in Obernkirchen.
Died January 10th, 1918 at 56 years old in Bielefeld.
István Tisza
Hungarian politician (1861–1918).
Born April 22nd, 1861 in Pest.
Died October 31st, 1918 at 57 years old in Budapest.
Ivan Kharitonov
Russian saint (1870-1918).
Born June 14th, 1870 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 48 years old in Yekaterinburg (ballistic trauma).
Bidar Kadınefendi
Fourth wife of ottoman sultan abdul hamid ii (1855–1918).
Born May 5th, 1858 in Caucasus.
Died January 1st, 1918 at 59 years old in Istanbul.
Moisei Uritsky
Soviet politician (1873-1918).
Born January 14th, 1873 in Cherkasy.
Died August 30th, 1918 at 45 years old in Saint Petersburg.
George Tupou II
King of tonga (1874-1918).
Born June 18th, 1874 in Neiafu.
Died April 5th, 1918 at 43 years old in Tonga.
Koloman Moser
Austrian artist and designer (1868–1918).
Born March 30th, 1868 in Vienna.
Died October 18th, 1918 at 50 years old in Vienna (prostate cancer).
Randolph Bourne
American writer.
Born May 30th, 1886 in Bloomfield. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1918 at 32 years old in New York City (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Carl Peters
German colonial ruler, explorer, politician, and author (1856-1918).
Born September 27th, 1856 in Amt Neuhaus.
Died September 10th, 1918 at 61 years old in Bad Harzburg.
Isaac Rosenberg
British poet and artist (1890-1918).
Born November 25th, 1890 in Bristol.
Died April 3rd, 1918 at 27 years old in Arras.
Cecil Spring-Rice
British diplomat (1859–1918).
Born February 27th, 1859 in London.
Died February 14th, 1918 at 58 years old in Ottawa.
Eusapia Palladino
Italian spiritualist (1854-1918).
Born January 21st, 1854 in Minervino Murge.
Died May 16th, 1918 at 64 years old in Naples.
Mikhail Alekseyev
Russian general of infantry (1857–1918).
Born November 15th, 1857 in Vyazma.
Died October 8th, 1918 at 60 years old in Krasnodar.
Fritz von Below
German first world war general (1853–1918).
Born September 23rd, 1853 in Gdańsk.
Died November 23rd, 1918 at 65 years old in Weimar.
Indra Lal Roy
British flying ace (1898-1918).
Born December 2nd, 1898 in Kolkata.
Died July 22nd, 1918 at 19 years old in Carvin.
Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland
Swedish prince (1889-1918).
Born April 20th, 1889 in Drottningholm Palace. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1918 at 29 years old in Drottningholm Palace (1918–1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Vladimir Paley
Russian writer (1897-1918).
Born January 9th, 1897 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 21 years old in Alapayevsk (explosion).
Roman Malinovsky
Russian politician (1876-1918).
Born March 18th, 1876 in Warsaw.
Died November 5th, 1918 at 42 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris