In the year 1919

325 Notable deaths

John Pentland Mahaffy

Irish classicist and polymathic scholar (1839–1919).

Born February 26th, 1839 in Vevey.

Died April 30th, 1919 at 80 years old in Dublin.

Georges Clairin

French painter and illustrator (1843-1919).

Born September 11th, 1843 in former 10th arrondissement of Paris.

Died September 2nd, 1919 at 75 years old in Clohars-Carnoët.

Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe

French businessman (1846–1919).

Born September 25th, 1846 in La Villette.

Died November 24th, 1919 at 73 years old in Romainville Château.

Abraham Valdelomar

Peruvian writer (1888-1919).

Born April 27th, 1888 in Ica.

Died November 3rd, 1919 at 31 years old in Ayacucho.

Victorino de la Plaza

President of argentina (1840–1919).

Born November 2nd, 1840 in Payogasta.

Died October 2nd, 1919 at 78 years old in Buenos Aires (pneumonia).

Karl Brugmann

German linguist (1849–1919).

Born March 16th, 1849 in Wiesbaden.

Died June 29th, 1919 at 70 years old in Leipzig.

Yevgraf Fyodorov

Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist.

Born December 22nd, 1853 in Orenburg.

Died May 21st, 1919 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia).

Gustaf Retzius

Swedish histologist (1842–1919).

Born October 17th, 1842 in Kungsholm parish. [ref]

Died July 21st, 1919 at 76 years old in Adolf Fredriks parish. [ref]

Caroline Still Anderson

American physician, educator, and activist (1848–1919).

Born November 1st, 1848 in Philadelphia.

Died June 2nd, 1919 at 70 years old in Philadelphia.

Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis

Netherlands' first prominent socialist (1846-1919).

Born December 31st, 1846 in Amsterdam.

Died November 18th, 1919 at 72 years old in Hilversum.

Muhammad Farid

1868-1919, egyptian political figure of turkish ancestry.

Born January 20th, 1868 in Cairo.

Died November 15th, 1919 at 51 years old in Berlin.

Laurent Tailhade

French poet, satirist, essayist, and translator (1854–1919).

Born April 16th, 1854 in Tarbes.

Died November 2nd, 1919 at 65 years old in Combs-la-Ville.

Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre

French general (1839–1919).

Born February 6th, 1839 in Alençon.

Died August 24th, 1919 at 80 years old in Paris.

Géza Csáth

Hungarian writer, playwright, musician, music critic and psychiatrist (1887–1919).

Born February 13th, 1887 in Subotica. [ref]

Died September 11th, 1919 at 32 years old in Subotica (poison). [ref]

Franz Steindachner

Austrian zoologist (1834–1919).

Born November 11th, 1837 in Vienna.

Died December 10th, 1919 at 82 years old in Vienna.

Friedrich Soennecken

German inventor (1848–1919).

Born September 20th, 1848 in Iserlohn.

Died July 2nd, 1919 at 70 years old in Bonn.

Stepan Zorian

Armenian revolutionary (1867-1919).

Born January 18th, 1867 in Çənnəb.

Died January 19th, 1919 at 52 years old in Tbilisi (disease).

Georg Wilhelm von Siemens

German businessman (1855–1919).

Born July 30th, 1855 in Berlin.

Died October 14th, 1919 at 64 years old in Arosa.

Tatsuno Kingo

Japanese architect (1854–1919).

Born October 13th, 1854 in Karatsu.

Died March 25th, 1919 at 64 years old in Akasaka-ku (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).

Christoph Blumhardt

German theologian (1842-1919).

Born June 1st, 1842 in Möttlingen, Bad Liebenzell.

Died August 2nd, 1919 at 77 years old in Jebenhausen.

Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely

Serbian queen (1831-1919).

Born August 26th, 1831 in Vienna.

Died February 19th, 1919 at 87 years old in Vienna.

Hugo Gerard Ströhl

Austrian artist (1851-1919).

Born September 24th, 1851 in Wels. [ref]

Died December 7th, 1919 at 68 years old in Mödling.

Ramón Barros Luco

Chilean politician and president (1835–1919).

Born June 9th, 1835 in Santiago.

Died September 20th, 1919 at 84 years old in Santiago.

Sumako Matsui

Japanese actor and singer (1886–1919).

Born November 1st, 1886 in Kiyono. [ref]

Died January 5th, 1919 at 32 years old in Yokoteramachi (hanging to death).

Nikolay Ivanov

Russian general (1851-1919).

Born August 3rd, 1851 in Mosalsk.

Died January 27th, 1919 at 67 years old in Novocherkassk (typhus).

Deaths 151 to 175 of 325

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