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In the year 1918
230 Notable deaths
Olga Rozanova
Russian artist (1886-1918).
Born July 3rd, 1886 in Melenki. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1918 at 32 years old in Botkin Hospital (diphtheria). [ref]
Martin Sheridan
American athletics competitor (1881–1918).
Born March 28th, 1881 in Swinford.
Died March 27th, 1918 at 36 years old in New York City (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza).
Nikolai Ruzsky
Russian general (1854-1918).
Born March 18th, 1854 in Russian Empire.
Died November 1st, 1918 at 64 years old in Pyatigorsk (gunshot wound).
Joseph Deniker
Russian-french naturalist, librarian and anthropologist (1852-1918).
Born March 6th, 1852 in Astrakhan.
Died March 18th, 1918 at 66 years old in Paris.
Carl Schlechter
Austro-hungarian chess player.
Born March 2nd, 1874 in Vienna.
Died December 27th, 1918 at 44 years old in Budapest (tuberculosis).
Schalk Willem Burger
South african politician (1852-1918).
Born September 6th, 1852 in Lydenburg.
Died December 5th, 1918 at 66 years old in Krugerspos.
Ali bin Hamud of Zanzibar
Sultan of zanzibar (1884-1918).
Born June 7th, 1884 in Zanzibar.
Died December 20th, 1918 at 34 years old in Paris.
George Coșbuc
Romanian poet, translator, teacher and journalist (1866-1918).
Born September 20th, 1866 in Coșbuc.
Died May 9th, 1918 at 51 years old in Bucharest.
André-Louis Cholesky
French military officer and mathematician (1875–1918).
Born October 15th, 1875 in Montguyon.
Died August 31st, 1918 at 42 years old in Bagneux.
Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia
Russian prince (1894-1918).
Born June 10th, 1894 in Pavlovsk.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 24 years old in Alapayevsk.
Mikhail Artemyevich Muravyov
Russian general (1880-1918).
Born September 25th, 1880.
Died July 11th, 1918 at 37 years old in Ulyanovsk.
Wilhelm von Mirbach
German diplomat (1871-1918).
Born July 2nd, 1871 in Bad Ischl.
Died July 6th, 1918 at 47 years old in Moscow.
Margaret Todd
Scottish medical doctor, schoolteacher and writer.
Born April 23rd, 1859 in Glasgow.
Died September 3rd, 1918 at 59 years old
Konstantin Josef Jireček
Czech historian (1854-1918).
Born July 24th, 1854 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1918 at 63 years old in Vienna. [ref]
George von Lengerke Meyer
United states businessman, diplomat and government official (1858-1918).
Born June 24th, 1858 in Boston. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1918 at 59 years old in Boston. [ref]
Thomas Kearns
United states senator from utah (1862–1918).
Born April 11th, 1862 in Woodstock.
Died October 18th, 1918 at 56 years old in Salt Lake City.
Sergey Markov
Russian general.
Born July 7th, 1878 in Saint Petersburg Governorate.
Died June 25th, 1918 at 39 years old in Stavropol Governorate (killed in action).
Heinrich Köselitz
German composer (1854-1918).
Born January 10th, 1854 in Annaberg-Buchholz.
Died August 15th, 1918 at 64 years old in Annaberg-Buchholz. [ref]
Richard Semon
German zoologist (1859-1918).
Born August 22nd, 1859 in Berlin. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1918 at 59 years old in Munich. [ref]
Toivo Kuula
Finnish composer.
Born July 7th, 1883 in Alavus, Vaasa. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1918 at 34 years old in Vyborg (shooting). [ref]
Oscar Troplowitz
German pharmacist (1863-1918).
Born January 18th, 1863 in Gliwice.
Died April 27th, 1918 at 55 years old in Hamburg.
Vasily Safonov
Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer (1852-1918).
Born February 6th, 1852 in Ishcherskaya.
Died February 27th, 1918 at 66 years old in Kislovodsk.
Akiyama Saneyuki
Imperial japanese navy officer (1868-1918).
Born April 12th, 1868 in Matsuyama.
Died February 4th, 1918 at 49 years old in Odawara (peritonitis).
Malak Hifni Nasif
Egyptian feminist (1886–1918).
Born December 25th, 1886 in Al-Jamāliyah.
Died October 17th, 1918 at 31 years old in Cairo (1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Harold Lockwood
American actor (1887–1918).
Born April 12th, 1887 in Newark.
Died October 19th, 1918 at 31 years old in New York City (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza).
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo