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In the year 1918
366 Notable deaths
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, stabbing).
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.
Marianne Cope
German-american franciscan sister, missionary and saint (1838-1918).
Born January 23rd, 1838 in Heppenheim.
Died August 9th, 1918 at 80 years old in Kalaupapa.
Paul von Rennenkampf
Russian tsarist general of baltic german descent (1854-1918).
Born April 29th, 1854 in Konuvere manor.
Died April 1st, 1918 at 63 years old in Taganrog (gunshot wound).
Frank Wedekind
German playwright (1864-1918).
Born July 24th, 1864 in Hanover. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1918 at 53 years old in Munich (postoperative complications). [ref]
César Cui
Russian composer and army officer.
Born January 6th, 1835 in Vilnius.
Died March 26th, 1918 at 83 years old in Saint Petersburg (stroke).
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 (1857–1918).
Born June 6th, 1857 in Yaroslavl.
Died November 3rd, 1918 at 61 years old in Odesa (gunshot wound).
Andrew Dickson White
American politician (1832-1918).
Born November 7th, 1832 in Homer. [ref]
Died November 4th, 1918 at 85 years old in Andrew Dickson White House.
Walter Rauschenbusch
United states baptist theologian (1861–1918).
Born October 4th, 1861 in Rochester.
Died July 25th, 1918 at 56 years old in Rochester.
Louise de Bettignies
French spy during world war i (1880–1918).
Born July 15th, 1880 in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux.
Died September 27th, 1918 at 38 years old in Cologne.
James Gordon Bennett Jr.
American publisher (1841–1918).
Born May 10th, 1841 in New York City.
Died May 14th, 1918 at 77 years old in Beaulieu-sur-Mer.
Alexei Trupp
Russian saint (1856-1918).
Born August 20th, 1856 in Kalnagals. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1918 at 61 years old in Yekaterinburg (gunshot wound).
Orville Gibson
American luthier (1856–1918).
Born May 1st, 1856 in Chateaugay.
Died August 21st, 1918 at 62 years old in Ogdensburg (endocarditis).
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.
Niko Pirosmani
Georgian artist (1862-1918).
Born May 17th, 1862 in Mirzaani.
Died May 5th, 1918 at 55 years old in Tbilisi (malnutrition, liver failure).
Mick Mannock
British world war i flying ace (1887-1918).
Died July 26th, 1918 at 31 years old in Béthune.
Jacob H. Smith
United states army general in the philippine–american war.
Born January 29th, 1840 in Ohio.
Died March 1st, 1918 at 78 years old in San Diego.
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).
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