In the year 1919
325 Notable deaths
Daniel Peter
Swiss businessman (1836-1919).
Born March 9th, 1836 in Moudon.
Died November 4th, 1919 at 83 years old in Vevey.
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha
Ottoman grand vizier and general (1832-1919).
Born November 1st, 1832 in Bursa.
Died January 21st, 1919 at 86 years old in Constantinople.
Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky
Engineer (1862–1919).
Born January 2nd, 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.
Franz Mehring
German communist historian, philosopher, and politician (1846–1919).
Born February 27th, 1846 in Sławno. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1919 at 72 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Robert Bacon
American diplomat, secretary of state, ambassador to france, etc. (1860-1919).
Born July 5th, 1860 in Jamaica Plain.
Died May 29th, 1919 at 58 years old in New York City (sepsis).
George Eyser
German-born american gymnast.
Born August 31st, 1870 in Kiel. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1919 at 48 years old in Denver (gunshot wound). [ref]
Amado Nervo
Mexican modernist poet.
Born August 27th, 1870 in Tepic.
Died May 24th, 1919 at 48 years old in Montevideo.
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]
LaMarcus Adna Thompson
American businessman (1848–1919).
Died May 8th, 1919 at 71 years old in Glen Cove.
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 English Channel (aviation accident).
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).
Johannes Rydberg
Swedish physicist.
Born November 8th, 1854 in Halmstad.
Died December 28th, 1919 at 65 years old in Lund.
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
Slovak painter (1853-1919).
Born July 5th, 1853 in Sabinov.
Died June 20th, 1919 at 65 years old in Budapest.
Adolf Hurwitz
German mathematician (1859–1919).
Born March 26th, 1859 in Hildesheim.
Died November 18th, 1919 at 60 years old in Zurich.
Paul Deussen
German indologist and philosopher (1845–1919).
Born January 7th, 1845 in Oberdreis.
Died July 6th, 1919 at 74 years old in Kiel.
Edward Charles Pickering
American astronomer (1846–1919).
Born July 19th, 1846 in Boston.
Died February 3rd, 1919 at 72 years old in Cambridge.
José Santos Zelaya
President of nicaragua from 1893 to 1909.
Born November 1st, 1853 in Managua.
Died May 17th, 1919 at 65 years old in New York City.
Laurence Doherty
English tennis player (1875-1919).
Born October 8th, 1875 in Wimbledon.
Died August 21st, 1919 at 43 years old in Broadstairs.
Ricardo Palma
Peruvian historian (1833-1919).
Born February 7th, 1833 in Lima.
Died October 6th, 1919 at 86 years old in Lima.
John Alcock
British captain in the royal navy and the royal air force (1892-1919).
Born November 5th, 1892 in Stretford.
Died December 18th, 1919 at 27 years old in Rouen (aviation accident).
Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich of Russia
Son of grand duke constantin nikolaevich and first cousin of alexander iii of russia (1860-1919).
Born June 13th, 1860 in Strelna.
Died January 28th, 1919 at 58 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (gunshot wound).
Peter Altenberg
Austrian writer and poet (1859–1919).
Born March 9th, 1859 in Vienna.
Died January 8th, 1919 at 59 years old in Vienna.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 325
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett