Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1905
39 Notable deaths
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1857-1905).
Born May 11th, 1857 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died February 17th, 1905 at 47 years old in Moscow.
Louise Michel
French author and anarchist (1830-1905).
Born May 29th, 1830 in Vroncourt-la-Côte. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1905 at 74 years old in Marseille.
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Italian explorer.
Born January 26th, 1852 in Rome. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1905 at 53 years old in Dakar (disease). [ref]
Albert Edelfelt
Finland swedish painter and illustrator (1854-1905).
Born July 21st, 1854 in Kiala manor. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1905 at 51 years old in Haikko Manor. [ref]
Alois Riegl
Austrian art historian (1858-1905).
Born January 4th, 1858 in Linz. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1905 at 47 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Ivan Kalyayev
Russian poet, a member of the socialist-revolutionary party.
Born July 6th, 1877 in Warsaw.
Died May 23rd, 1905 at 27 years old in Shlisselburg (hanging).
Jan Mikulicz-Radecki
Polish surgeon.
Born May 16th, 1850 in Chernivtsi.
Died June 14th, 1905 at 55 years old in Wrocław.
Marcel Schwob
French writer.
Born August 23rd, 1867 in Chaville. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1905 at 37 years old in Paris. [ref]
William Sharp
Scottish writer.
Born September 12th, 1855 in Paisley. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1905 at 50 years old in Maniace.
Alphonse Allais
French writer and humorist.
Born October 20th, 1854 in Honfleur. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1905 at 51 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 1 to 10 of 39
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir