In the year 1918
230 Notable deaths
Wilhelm Reinhard
German flying ace (1891-1918).
Born March 12th, 1891 in Düsseldorf.
Died July 3rd, 1918 at 27 years old in Adlershof.
Friedrich II
Duke of anhalt from 1904 until 1918.
Born August 19th, 1856 in Dessau.
Died April 22nd, 1918 at 61 years old in Ballenstedt.
Fanny Gräfin zu Reventlow
German writer, artist and translator (1871-1918).
Born May 18th, 1871 in Husum. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1918 at 47 years old in Muralto (bicycle accident).
V. Volodarsky
Russian revolutionary (1891-1918).
Born December 11th, 1891 in Staryi Ostropil.
Died June 20th, 1918 at 26 years old in Saint Petersburg (attempted murder).
Alfred Cheetham
British seaman.
Born May 6th, 1867 in Liverpool.
Died August 22nd, 1918 at 51 years old in North Sea.
Felix Arndt
American pianist and composer.
Born May 20th, 1889 in New York City.
Died October 16th, 1918 at 29 years old in New York City (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Jakob Jakobsen
Faroese linguist (1864–1918).
Born February 22nd, 1864 in Tórshavn.
Died August 15th, 1918 at 54 years old in Frederiksberg.
True Boardman
Actor.
Born April 21st, 1882 in Oakland.
Died September 28th, 1918 at 36 years old in Los Angeles (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Maxime Bôcher
United states mathematician.
Born August 28th, 1867 in Boston.
Died September 12th, 1918 at 51 years old in Cambridge.
Birt Acres
Cinematographer and cinema innovator.
Born July 23rd, 1854 in Richmond.
Died December 27th, 1918 at 64 years old in Whitechapel (disease).
Erich Loewenhardt
German flying ace (1897–1918).
Born April 7th, 1897 in Wrocław.
Died August 10th, 1918 at 21 years old in Chaulnes.
Margit Kaffka
Hungarian writer (1880-1918).
Born June 10th, 1880 in Carei. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1918 at 38 years old in Budapest (1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Frank Nicholas Meyer
Dutch american botanist (1875-1918).
Born November 30th, 1875 in Amsterdam.
Died June 2nd, 1918 at 42 years old in Shanghai (drowning).
Thérèse Schwartze
Dutch painter (1851-1918).
Born December 20th, 1851 in Amsterdam.
Died December 23rd, 1918 at 67 years old in Amsterdam.
Rudolf Tobias
Estonian composer (1873-1918).
Died October 29th, 1918 at 45 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Cecil Healy
Australian swimmer (1881–1918).
Born November 28th, 1881 in Sydney. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1918 at 36 years old in Somme. [ref]
Samuel Wendell Williston
American paleontologist (1851-1918).
Born July 10th, 1851 in Boston. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1918 at 67 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Édouard Chavannes
French sinologist.
Born October 5th, 1865 in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1918 at 52 years old in Paris, Fontenay-aux-Roses (disease).
Helene von Druskowitz
Austrian writer and philosopher.
Born May 2nd, 1858 in Hietzing.
Died May 31st, 1918 at 60 years old (dysentery).
Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea
Romanian writer (1858–1917).
Born April 11th, 1858 in Bucharest.
Died April 29th, 1918 at 60 years old in Iași.
Bohumil Kubišta
Czech graphic, painter and art reviewer (1884-1918).
Born August 21st, 1884 in Praskačka. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1918 at 34 years old in Prague (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Michel Oreste
President of haiti (1859-1918).
Born April 8th, 1859 in Jacmel.
Died October 29th, 1918 at 59 years old in New York City.
Ester Ellqvist
Swedish painter (1880-1918).
Born October 4th, 1880 in Ausås.
Died November 20th, 1918 at 38 years old in Vättern.
Hedwig Lachmann
German author, translator and poet (1865-1918).
Born August 21st, 1865 in Słupsk.
Died September 21st, 1918 at 53 years old in Krumbach (1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Alexander Taneyev
Russian composer.
Born January 17th, 1850 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 25th, 1918 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 230
To die will be an awfully big adventure. Peter Pan