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In the year 1918
230 Notable deaths
Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Grand duke of mecklenburg-strelitz.
Born June 17th, 1882 in Neustrelitz.
Died February 24th, 1918 at 35 years old in Neustrelitz (drowning).
Albert Ballin
German businessman (1857-1918).
Born August 15th, 1857 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1918 at 61 years old in Hamburg (drug overdose). [ref]
Joséphin Peladan
French writer (1858-1918).
Born March 28th, 1858 in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1918 at 60 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Ivan Cankar
Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist (1876-1918).
Born May 10th, 1876 in Vrhnika.
Died December 11th, 1918 at 42 years old in Ljubljana (1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Sidónio Pais
Assassinated portuguese president (1872-1918).
Born May 1st, 1872 in Caminha.
Died December 14th, 1918 at 46 years old in Lisbon (shot to the head).
Frank Shuman
American inventor (1862–1918).
Born January 23rd, 1862 in Brooklyn.
Died April 28th, 1918 at 56 years old in Philadelphia.
Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich of Russia
Russian grand duke.
Born February 14th, 1850 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 26th, 1918 at 67 years old in Tashkent (pneumonia).
Daniel Burley Woolfall
English footballer (1852-1918).
Born June 15th, 1852 in Blackburn.
Died October 24th, 1918 at 66 years old
Bronisław Piłsudski
Polish cultural anthropologist (1866–1918).
Born November 2nd, 1866 in Zalavas.
Died May 17th, 1918 at 51 years old in Paris (drowning).
Stepan Shahumyan
Armenian bolshevik revolutionary (1878–1918).
Born October 13th, 1878 in Tbilisi.
Died September 20th, 1918 at 39 years old in Krasnovodsky Uyezd (gunshot wound).
Korbinian Brodmann
German neurologist (1868–1918).
Born November 17th, 1868 in Hohenfels.
Died August 22nd, 1918 at 49 years old in Munich (sepsis).
Alexander Protopopov
Russian noble (1866-1918).
Born December 16th, 1866 in Ulyanovsk.
Died October 27th, 1918 at 51 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Eduard I, Duke of Anhalt
Last ruling duke of anhalt (1861-1918).
Born April 18th, 1861 in Dessau.
Died September 13th, 1918 at 57 years old in Berchtesgaden.
Prince Mirko of Montenegro
Prince of montenegro (1879-1918).
Born April 17th, 1879 in Cetinje.
Died March 2nd, 1918 at 38 years old in Vienna.
Albert Henry Munsell
American artist (1858-1918).
Born January 6th, 1858 in Boston.
Died June 28th, 1918 at 60 years old in Brookline.
Victor Adler
Foreign minister of austria, editor (1852-1918).
Born June 24th, 1852 in Prague. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1918 at 66 years old in Vienna (heart failure). [ref]
Alexey Kaledin
Russian general (1861-1918).
Born October 24th, 1861 in Ust-Khopyorskaya.
Died February 11th, 1918 at 56 years old in Novocherkassk (gunshot wound).
Olavo Bilac
Brazilian poet, journalist and translator (1865–1918).
Born December 16th, 1865 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died December 28th, 1918 at 53 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Leonid Kannegisser
Russian poet and assassin (1896-1918).
Born March 27th, 1896 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 19th, 1918 at 22 years old in Saint Petersburg (execution by shooting).
Prince Antônio Gastão of Brazil
Brazilian imperial and royal.
Born August 9th, 1881 in Paris.
Died November 29th, 1918 at 37 years old in Edmonton.
Raymond Duchamp-Villon
French sculptor (1876–1918).
Born November 5th, 1876 in Damville.
Died October 9th, 1918 at 41 years old in Cannes (typhus).
Radko Dimitriev
Russian and bulgarian general (1859–1918).
Born October 6th, 1859 in Gradets.
Died November 1st, 1918 at 59 years old in Pyatigorsk (gunshot wound).
Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia
Russian prince (1891-1918).
Born January 1st, 1891 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 27 years old in Alapayevsk.
Peter Strasser
German aviation leader (1876–1918).
Born April 1st, 1876 in Hanover.
Died August 5th, 1918 at 42 years old in Wells.
Prince Umberto, Count of Salemi
Italian prince (1889-1918).
Born June 22nd, 1889 in Turin.
Died October 19th, 1918 at 29 years old in Crespano del Grappa (1918-1920 flu pandemic).
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