In the year 1906
42 Notable deaths
Anton Arensky
Russian composer, pianist and professor of music.
Born August 11th, 1861 in Veliky Novgorod.
Died February 25th, 1906 at 44 years old in Zelenogorsk (tuberculosis). [ref]
Spencer Gore
British tennis player (1850-1906).
Born March 10th, 1850 in Wimbledon.
Died April 19th, 1906 at 56 years old in Ramsgate.
Princess Louise of Denmark
Danish princess.
Born February 17th, 1875 in Copenhagen.
Died April 4th, 1906 at 31 years old in Ratibořice (drowning).
Frederic William Maitland
British historian.
Born May 28th, 1850 in London. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1906 at 56 years old in Gran Canaria (pneumonia). [ref]
William Rainey Harper
American academic administrator (1856-1906).
Born July 26th, 1856 in New Concord.
Died January 10th, 1906 at 49 years old in Chicago.
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
American chess player (1872-1906).
Born December 5th, 1872 in Somerville.
Died June 17th, 1906 at 33 years old in Philadelphia (syphilis).
Dame Gruev
Bulgarian revolutionary.
Born January 19th, 1871 in Smilevo.
Died December 23rd, 1906 at 35 years old in Maleshevo (murder).
Kodama Gentarō
Japanese general (1852-1906).
Born March 16th, 1852 in Japan.
Died July 23rd, 1906 at 54 years old in Tokyo (cerebral hemorrhage).
Princess Mathilde of Bavaria
Bavarian princess and poet (1877-1906).
Born August 17th, 1877 in Lindau.
Died August 6th, 1906 at 28 years old in Davos (tuberculosis).
Jean Lorrain
French symbolist poet and novelist.
Born August 9th, 1855 in Fécamp. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1906 at 50 years old in Paris (peritonitis). [ref]
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs