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In the year 1919
325 Notable deaths
Roger Atkinson Pryor
(1828-1919) confederate army general, judge.
Born July 19th, 1828 in Petersburg.
Died March 14th, 1919 at 90 years old in Manhattan.
Fritz Schaper
German sculptor (1841-1919).
Born July 31st, 1841 in Alsleben.
Died November 29th, 1919 at 78 years old in Berlin.
Gyula Aggházy
Hungarian artist (1850-1919).
Born March 20th, 1850 in Dombóvár.
Died May 13th, 1919 at 69 years old in Budapest.
Jérôme Eugène Coggia
French astronomer (1849-1919).
Born February 18th, 1849 in Ajaccio.
Died January 15th, 1919 at 69 years old
Paul Lindau
German writer (1839–1919).
Born June 3rd, 1839 in Magdeburg.
Died January 31st, 1919 at 79 years old in Berlin.
Walter Brack
Swimmer (1880–1919).
Born November 20th, 1880 in Berlin.
Died July 19th, 1919 at 38 years old in Berlin.
Annibale Riccò
Italian astronomer (1844–1919).
Born September 14th, 1844 in Modena.
Died September 23rd, 1919 at 75 years old in Rome.
Roberto Chery
Uruguayan footballer (1896-1919).
Born February 16th, 1896 in Montevideo.
Died May 30th, 1919 at 23 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Wilhelm Heinrich Friedrich Molly
German esperantist (1838–1919).
Born October 25th, 1838 in Blasbach.
Died February 18th, 1919 at 80 years old in Neu-Moresnet.
Ermete Novelli
Italian actor (1851–1919).
Born March 5th, 1851 in Lucca.
Died January 30th, 1919 at 67 years old in Naples, Benevento.
Mykhaylo Berkos
Ukrainian artist (1861-1919).
Born September 3rd, 1861 in Odesa.
Died December 20th, 1919 at 58 years old in Kharkiv (typhus).
Lajos Dóczi
Hungarian author (1845-1919).
Born November 27th, 1845 in Sopron.
Died August 29th, 1919 at 73 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Anton Door
Austrian pianist and music educator (1833–1919).
Born June 20th, 1833 in Vienna.
Died November 7th, 1919 at 86 years old in Vienna.
Victor von Herzfeld
Hungarian musician (1856-1919).
Born October 8th, 1856 in Bratislava.
Died February 19th, 1919 at 62 years old in Budapest.
Christian Ernst Stahl
German botanist (1848–1919).
Born June 21st, 1848 in Schiltigheim.
Died December 3rd, 1919 at 71 years old in Jena.
Adolf W. Edelsvärd
Swedish architect (1824–1919).
Born June 28th, 1824 in Östersunds församling.
Died October 15th, 1919 at 95 years old in Stockholm.
Jean Taubenhaus
French chess player.
Born November 24th, 1849 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1919 at 69 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Raphaël Blanchard
French doctor and entomologist (1857-1919).
Born February 28th, 1857 in Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais.
Died February 7th, 1919 at 61 years old in Paris.
Maria Cuțarida-Crătunescu
First female doctor in romania.
Born February 10th, 1857 in Călărași.
Died November 16th, 1919 at 62 years old in Bucharest.
Theodor Hagen
German painter and art educationist (1842-1919).
Born May 24th, 1842 in Düsseldorf.
Died February 12th, 1919 at 76 years old in Weimar.
Eugène Demolder
Belgian author (1862-1919).
Born December 16th, 1862 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean.
Died October 8th, 1919 at 56 years old in Corbeil-Essonnes.
Maurice Kufferath
Belgian conductor, musicologist, music critic and librettist (1852-1919).
Born January 8th, 1852 in Brussels, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
Died December 8th, 1919 at 67 years old in Brussels.
Władysław Kulczyński
Polish arachnologist (1854-1919).
Born March 27th, 1854 in Kraków.
Died December 9th, 1919 at 65 years old in Kraków.
Jakob Guttmann
German jewish theologian, philosopher of religion (1845-1919).
Born April 22nd, 1845 in Bytom.
Died September 29th, 1919 at 74 years old in Wrocław.
Eugen Petersen
German classical archaeologist (1836-1919).
Born August 16th, 1836 in Heiligenhafen.
Died December 14th, 1919 at 83 years old in Hamburg.
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