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In the year 1909
63 Notable deaths
Ruperto Chapí
Spanish composer.
Born March 27th, 1951 in Villena. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1909 at -43 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Alfred Messel
German architect (1853-1909).
Born July 22nd, 1853 in Darmstadt. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1909 at 55 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Eva Bonnier
Swedish painter (1857-1909).
Born November 17th, 1857 in Stockholm.
Died January 13th, 1909 at 51 years old in Copenhagen.
Robert Hausmann
German musician.
Born August 13th, 1852 in Rottleberode.
Died January 19th, 1909 at 56 years old in Vienna.
Paul Gerber
German physicist (1854–1909).
Born January 1st, 1854 in Berlin.
Died August 13th, 1909 at 55 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Ferdinand Ferber
French army captain and aviator (1862-1909).
Born February 8th, 1862 in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1909 at 47 years old in Boulogne-sur-Mer (aircraft crash).
Giacinto Morera
Italian mathematician (1856-1909).
Born August 18th, 1856 in Novara.
Died February 8th, 1909 at 52 years old in Turin (pneumonia).
Ivar Arosenius
Swedish artist (1878-1909).
Born October 8th, 1878 in Göteborgs Kristine församling.
Died January 2nd, 1909 at 30 years old (hemophilia). [ref]
Marjory Wardrop
English historian, translator, writer.
Born November 11th, 1869 in Poplar.
Died December 7th, 1909 at 40 years old in Bucharest.
Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin
Yiddish playwright.
Born May 1st, 1853 in Myrhorod. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1909 at 56 years old in New York City. [ref]
Deaths 31 to 40 of 63
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