In the year 1918
366 Notable deaths
Julius Wellhausen
German theologian and orientalist (1844–1918).
Born May 17th, 1844 in Hamelin.
Died January 7th, 1918 at 73 years old in Göttingen.
August Oetker
German food scientist (1862-1918).
Born January 6th, 1862 in Obernkirchen.
Died January 10th, 1918 at 56 years old in Bielefeld.
John Forrest
Australian explorer and politician (1847-1918).
Born August 22nd, 1847 in Bunbury. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1918 at 71 years old in Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (cancer). [ref]
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 (gunshot wound).
Bidar Kadın
Fourth consort of ottoman sultan abdul hamid ii (1855–1918).
Born May 5th, 1855 in Caucasus.
Died January 1st, 1918 at 62 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.
Bertha Palmer
American art collector (1849-1918).
Born May 22nd, 1849 in Louisville.
Died May 5th, 1918 at 68 years old in Osprey.
Prince John Constantinovich of Russia
Russian prince (1886-1918).
Born July 5th, 1886 in Pavlovsk.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 32 years old in Alapayevsk (gunshot wound).
Princess Anna of Prussia
Prussian princess.
Born May 17th, 1836 in Berlin.
Died June 12th, 1918 at 82 years old in Frankfurt.
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.
Died December 22nd, 1918 at 32 years old in New York City (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza).
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.
George Edwin Ellison
Soldier (1878-1918).
Born August 10th, 1878 in Leeds.
Died November 11th, 1918 at 40 years old in Mons.
George Reid
Australian politician, 4th prime minister of australia and 12th premier of new south wales (1845-1918).
Born February 25th, 1845 in Johnstone.
Died September 12th, 1918 at 73 years old in London (cerebrovascular disease).
Eusebio Güell
Spanish businessman (1846–1918).
Born December 15th, 1846 in Barcelona.
Died July 8th, 1918 at 71 years old in Barcelona.
Arrigo Boito
Italian poet and opera composer and librettist of verdi's opera ''otello'' (1842-1918).
Born February 24th, 1842 in Padua. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1918 at 76 years old in Milan. [ref]
Isaac Rosenberg
British poet and artist (1890-1918).
Born November 25th, 1890 in Bristol.
Died April 3rd, 1918 at 27 years old in Arras.
Anna Dostoyevskaya
Russian memoirist (1846–1918).
Born September 11th, 1846 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 9th, 1918 at 71 years old in Yalta.
William Frederick Yeames
British painter (1835-1918).
Born December 18th, 1835 in Taganrog.
Died May 3rd, 1918 at 82 years old in Teignmouth.
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 20th, 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.
Paul Vidal de La Blache
French geographer.
Born January 22nd, 1845 in Pézenas.
Died April 5th, 1918 at 73 years old in La Seyne-sur-Mer.
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