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In the year 1905
42 Notable deaths
Étienne Desmarteau
Athletics competitor.
Born February 4th, 1873 in Boucherville.
Died October 29th, 1905 at 32 years old in Montreal (typhoid fever).
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac
French politician (1853-1905).
Born May 21st, 1853 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1905 at 52 years old in Flée.
Otto Erich Hartleben
German writer.
Born June 3rd, 1864 in Clausthal. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1905 at 40 years old in Salò. [ref]
Vjenceslav Novak
Croatian writer.
Born September 11th, 1859 in Senj.
Died September 20th, 1905 at 46 years old in Zagreb (tuberculosis).
Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
British arachnologist (1860-1905).
Born November 3rd, 1860 in Dorset.
Died February 9th, 1905 at 44 years old in Wimbledon.
Janko Veselinović
Writer (1862-1905).
Born May 13th, 1862 in Salaš Crnobarski.
Died June 26th, 1905 at 43 years old in Glogovac, Bogatić (tuberculosis).
Viggo Stuckenberg
Danish poet and novelist (1863-1905).
Born September 17th, 1863 in Albertslund Municipality.
Died December 6th, 1905 at 42 years old in Copenhagen.
S. Lipschütz
American chess player (1863-1905).
Born June 4th, 1863 in Uzhhorod.
Died November 30th, 1905 at 42 years old in Hamburg.
Miguel Cané
Argentine politician (1851-1905).
Born January 27th, 1851 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1905 at 54 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
George Van Cleaf
American swimmer and water polo player.
Born October 8th, 1879 in Northfield.
Died January 6th, 1905 at 25 years old in Brooklyn.
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I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. Corazon Aquino