In the year 1919
182 Notable deaths
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of the united states from 1901 to 1909.
Born October 27th, 1858 in Manhattan.
Died January 6th, 1919 at 60 years old in Sagamore Hill (pulmonary embolism).
Madam C. J. Walker
American entrepreneur (1867-1919).
Born December 23rd, 1867 in Delta.
Died May 25th, 1919 at 51 years old in Irvington.
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-german marxist revolutionary (1871–1919).
Born March 5th, 1871 in Zamość. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1919 at 47 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound). [ref]
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary (1879-1919).
Born August 8th, 1879 in Anenecuilco.
Died April 10th, 1919 at 39 years old in Morelos (ballistic trauma).
L. Frank Baum
American author of children's books (1856–1919).
Born May 15th, 1856 in Chittenango. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1919 at 62 years old in Hollywood (dry drowning). [ref]
Aaron Kosminski
Polish barber, "jack the ripper"(1865–1919).
Born September 11th, 1865 in Kłodawa.
Died March 24th, 1919 at 53 years old in London (gangrene).
Gojong of the Korean Empire
26th king of joseon, first emperor of the korean empire.
Born September 8th, 1852 in Unhyeongung.
Died January 21st, 1919 at 66 years old in Deoksugung (poison).
Yakov Sverdlov
Soviet politician (1885-1919).
Born June 3rd, 1885 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died March 16th, 1919 at 33 years old in Moscow (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Frank Winfield Woolworth
American businessman (1852-1919).
Born April 13th, 1852 in Rodman.
Died April 8th, 1919 at 66 years old in Glen Cove.
Louis Botha
South african general and politician (1862-1919).
Born September 27th, 1862 in Greytown.
Died August 27th, 1919 at 56 years old in Pretoria (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
Prussian princess, eldest daughter of victoria, princess royal, and friedrich iii of germany (1860-1919).
Born June 24th, 1860 in Neues Palais in Potsdam.
Died October 1st, 1919 at 59 years old in Baden-Baden (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alfred Deakin
2nd prime minister of australia.
Born August 3rd, 1856 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1919 at 63 years old in Melbourne (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian noble (1860-1919).
Born October 3rd, 1860 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died January 30th, 1919 at 58 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (gunshot wound).
Carl Larsson
Swedish painter (1853-1919).
Born May 28th, 1853 in Storkyrkoförsamlingen. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1919 at 65 years old in Sundborns (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Henry Gantt
American engineer (1861-1919).
Born May 20th, 1861 in Calvert County.
Died November 23rd, 1919 at 58 years old in Montclair.
Kurt Eisner
German politician and journalist (1867-1919).
Born May 14th, 1867 in Berlin.
Died February 21st, 1919 at 51 years old in Munich. [ref]
Mark Sykes
British politician, diplomatic advisor, and traveller (1879-1919).
Born March 16th, 1879 in London.
Died February 16th, 1919 at 39 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris (1918–1920 flu pandemic, cyanosis, influenza).
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American author and poet.
Born November 5th, 1850 in Janesville.
Died October 30th, 1919 at 68 years old in New Haven County (cancer).
Habibullah Khan
Emir of afghanistan (1901-1919).
Born June 3rd, 1872 in Tashkent.
Died February 20th, 1919 at 46 years old in Afghanistan.
Evelyn De Morgan
Pre-raphaelite artist (1855-1919).
Born August 30th, 1855 in London.
Died May 2nd, 1919 at 63 years old in London. [ref]
James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and united states army officer (1880-1919).
Born February 22nd, 1880 in Mobile.
Died May 9th, 1919 at 39 years old in Boston (stab wound).
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Italian composer.
Born April 23rd, 1857 in Naples.
Died August 9th, 1919 at 62 years old in Montecatini Terme.
José Gregorio Hernández
Venezuelan physician and franciscan tertiary, saint in the catholic church.
Born October 26th, 1864 in Isnotú, Trujillo, Venezuela.
Died June 29th, 1919 at 54 years old in Caracas (traffic collision).
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Slovak politician, diplomat, french army general and astronomer (1880-1919).
Born July 21st, 1880 in Košariská, Košařiska. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1919 at 38 years old in Ivanka pri Dunaji. [ref]
Gustav Landauer
German anarchist, editor (1870-1919).
Born April 7th, 1870 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1919 at 49 years old in Munich Prison (gunshot wound). [ref]
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Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. Rumi