In the year 1919
325 Notable deaths
Stéphen Sauvestre
French architect (1847–1919).
Born December 26th, 1847 in Bonnétable.
Died June 18th, 1919 at 71 years old in Paris.
Sam Steele
Canadian politician and officer (1849–1919).
Born January 5th, 1849 in Bracebridge.
Died January 30th, 1919 at 70 years old in Putney (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Leonid Andreyev
Russian playwright, author and poet (1871–1919).
Born August 21st, 1871 in Oryol.
Died September 12th, 1919 at 48 years old in Gorkovskoye (heart failure).
Princess María Isabel of Orléans
Infanta of spain, princess of orléans, countess of paris (1848-1919).
Born September 21st, 1848 in Reales Alcázares.
Died April 23rd, 1919 at 70 years old in Villamanrique de la Condesa (disease).
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 Moabit Prison. [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.
Albert Benjamin Simpson
Canadian theologian (1843–1919).
Born December 15th, 1843 in New York City.
Died October 29th, 1919 at 75 years old
Oscar Hammerstein I
German-american businessman.
Born May 8th, 1846 in Szczecin.
Died August 1st, 1919 at 73 years old in Manhattan.
Eugen Leviné
Bavarian revolutionary, politician (kpd) and leader of the munich soviet republic (1883-1919).
Born May 23rd, 1883 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 5th, 1919 at 36 years old in Munich Prison (gunshot wound).
William Michael Rossetti
Pre-raphaelite writer and critic (1829-1919).
Born September 25th, 1829 in London.
Died February 5th, 1919 at 89 years old in London.
Feng Guozhang
Chinese general (1859-1919).
Born January 7th, 1859 in Hejian.
Died December 28th, 1919 at 60 years old in Beijing.
Itagaki Taisuke
Japanese politician (1837–1919).
Born May 21st, 1837 in Kōchi-shi.
Died July 16th, 1919 at 82 years old in Shibakōen (pneumonia).
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian imperial (1859-1919).
Born April 26th, 1859 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died January 29th, 1919 at 59 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (gunshot wound).
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 (syphilis, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Charles Beresford
Royal navy admiral (1846-1919).
Born February 10th, 1846 in Dundalk.
Died September 6th, 1919 at 73 years old in Berriedale.
Raymonde de Laroche
French pilot and the first woman in the world to receive an aeroplane pilot's licence.
Born August 22nd, 1882 in 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 18th, 1919 at 36 years old in Le Crotoy (aviation accident).
Emil Fischer
German chemist (1852–1919).
Born October 9th, 1852 in Euskirchen.
Died July 15th, 1919 at 66 years old in Berlin.
Ralph Albert Blakelock
American artist (1847-1919).
Born October 15th, 1847 in New York City.
Died August 9th, 1919 at 71 years old in Elizabethtown (atherosclerosis).
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian imperial (1863-1919).
Born August 23rd, 1863 in Tetritsqaro.
Died January 28th, 1919 at 55 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (gunshot wound).
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.
Died January 6th, 1919 at 53 years old in Oceanside.
Evelyn Wood
British army officer (1838–1919).
Born February 9th, 1838 in Cressing.
Died December 2nd, 1919 at 81 years old in Harlow.
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner