In the year 1919
182 Notable deaths
Terauchi Masatake
Japanese general (1852-1919).
Born February 5th, 1852 in Hirakawa.
Died November 3rd, 1919 at 67 years old in Azabu-ku.
Leonid Andreyev
Russian playwright, author and poet.
Born August 21st, 1871 in Oryol.
Died September 12th, 1919 at 48 years old in Repino (heart failure). [ref]
Vasily Chapayev
Red army commander (1887–1919).
Born February 9th, 1887 in Budayka.
Died September 5th, 1919 at 32 years old in Lbishchensky uyezd (drowning).
Leo Jogiches
Marxist revolutionary, editor (1867-1919).
Born July 17th, 1867 in Vilnius.
Died March 10th, 1919 at 51 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Alfred Werner
Swiss chemist nobel laureate (1866-1919).
Born December 12th, 1866 in Mulhouse.
Died November 15th, 1919 at 52 years old in Zurich.
Eugen Leviné
Bavarian revolutionary (1883-1919).
Born May 23rd, 1883 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 5th, 1919 at 36 years old in Stadelheim Prison (ballistic trauma).
Feng Guozhang
Chinese general (1859-1919).
Born January 7th, 1859 in Hejian.
Died December 28th, 1919 at 60 years old in Beijing.
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian noble (1859-1919).
Born April 26th, 1859 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died January 24th, 1919 at 59 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (ballistic trauma).
Charlemagne Péralte
Haitian nationalist leader.
Born October 10th, 1885 in Hinche. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1919 at 34 years old in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord (gunshot wound).
Endre Ady
Hungarian poet (1877–1919).
Born November 22nd, 1877 in Ady Endre.
Died January 27th, 1919 at 41 years old in Budapest (1918-1920 flu pandemic, syphilis).
Raymonde de Laroche
French pilot and the first woman in the world to receive an aeroplane pilot's licence.
Born August 22nd, 1882 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1919 at 36 years old in Le Crotoy (aviation accident). [ref]
Emil Fischer
German chemist (1852-1919).
Born October 9th, 1852 in Euskirchen.
Died July 15th, 1919 at 66 years old in Berlin.
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian grand prince (1863-1919).
Born August 23rd, 1863 in Tetri Tsqaro.
Died January 28th, 1919 at 55 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (ballistic trauma).
Saovabha Phongsri
Queen consort of siam (1864–1919).
Born January 1st, 1864 in Grand Palace.
Died October 20th, 1919 at 55 years old in Grand Palace (colorectal cancer).
Max Heindel
American astrologer and occultist (1865-1919).
Born July 23rd, 1865 in Aarhus. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1919 at 53 years old in Oceanside. [ref]
Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky
Engineer (1862–1919).
Born January 3rd, 1862 in Odesa, Gatchina.
Died November 15th, 1919 at 57 years old in Heidelberg (cardiovascular disease).
Wen Qimei
Mother of mao zedong (1867-1919).
Born February 12th, 1867 in Jincheng Township. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1919 at 52 years old in Shaoshan.
Robert Bacon
American diplomat (1860-1919).
Born July 5th, 1860 in Jamaica Plain.
Died May 29th, 1919 at 58 years old in New York City (sepsis).
George Eyser
Gymnast.
Born August 31st, 1870 in Kiel.
Died March 6th, 1919 at 48 years old in Denver.
Amado Nervo
Mexican poet (1870-1919).
Born August 27th, 1870 in Tepic, Nayarit. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1919 at 48 years old in Montevideo. [ref]
Henning von Holtzendorff
German admiral (1853-1919).
Born January 9th, 1853 in Berlin.
Died June 7th, 1919 at 66 years old in Prenzlau.
Friedrich Naumann
German politician, editor (1860-1919).
Born March 25th, 1860 in Störmthal. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1919 at 59 years old in Travemünde. [ref]
Aaron Aaronsohn
Jewish agronomist, botanist, and zionist activist (1876-1919).
Born May 21st, 1876 in Bacău. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1919 at 42 years old in Zikhron Ya'akov (aviation accident). [ref]
Mikhail Tsvet
Russian-italian botanist (1872-1919).
Born May 14th, 1872 in Asti. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1919 at 47 years old in Voronezh. [ref]
Aram Manukian
Armenian revolutionary, politician and general who managed and led the van resistance and instrumented the founding of the first republic of armenia (1879–1919).
Born March 19th, 1879 in Shusha, David Bek.
Died January 29th, 1919 at 39 years old in Yerevan (disease).
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Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. Arthur Miller