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In the year 1904
28 Notable deaths
Sami Frashëri
Ottoman-albanian writer, philosopher, playwright (1850-1904).
Born June 1st, 1850 in Frashër.
Died June 18th, 1904 at 54 years old in Istanbul.
Eugen Schauman
Finnish nationalist, assassin of nikolai bobrikov (1875-1904).
Born May 10th, 1875 in Kharkiv.
Died June 16th, 1904 at 29 years old in Helsinki (ballistic trauma).
Pavlos Melas
Hellenic army officer.
Born March 29th, 1870 in Marseille.
Died October 13th, 1904 at 34 years old in Melas.
Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin
Russian artist (1861-1904).
Born October 29th, 1861 in Borisoglebsk Uyezd.
Died May 10th, 1904 at 42 years old in Novgorod Governorate (tuberculosis).
Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
German princess (1852-1904).
Born July 25th, 1852 in Stuttgart.
Died May 17th, 1904 at 51 years old in Orte (disease).
Roman Kondratenko
Russian general (1857-1904).
Born October 12th, 1857 in Tbilisi.
Died December 15th, 1904 at 47 years old in Lüshunkou District (killed in action).
John Bell Hatcher
American paleontologist (1861-1904).
Born October 11th, 1861 in Cooperstown.
Died July 3rd, 1904 at 42 years old in Pittsburgh (typhoid fever).
Lucy Everest Boole
Irish chemist and pharmacist (1862-1904).
Born August 5th, 1862 in Blackrock.
Died December 5th, 1904 at 42 years old
Sumner Paine
American sport shooter.
Born May 13th, 1868 in Boston.
Died April 18th, 1904 at 35 years old in Boston.
Karl Moritz Schumann
German botanist (1851–1904).
Born June 17th, 1851 in Görlitz.
Died March 22nd, 1904 at 52 years old in Berlin.
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Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams