In the year 1910
244 Notable deaths
Edward VII
King of the united kingdom and the british dominions, and emperor of india from 1901 to 1910 (1841–1910).
Born November 9th, 1841 in Buckingham Palace.
Died May 6th, 1910 at 68 years old in Buckingham Palace (myocardial infarction, bronchitis).
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910).
Born November 30th, 1835 in Florida. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1910 at 74 years old in Redding (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910).
Born September 9th, 1828 in Yasnaya Polyana.
Died November 20th, 1910 at 82 years old in Astapovo (pneumonia).
Florence Nightingale
English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910).
Born May 12th, 1820 in Florence.
Died August 13th, 1910 at 90 years old in London.
William James
American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910).
Born January 11th, 1842 in Astor House.
Died August 26th, 1910 at 68 years old in Tamworth (heart failure).
O. Henry
American short story writer (1862–1910).
Born September 11th, 1862 in Greensboro.
Died June 5th, 1910 at 47 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910).
Born December 11th, 1843 in Clausthal. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1910 at 66 years old in Baden-Baden (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Thomas Crapper
British plumber.
Born September 28th, 1836 in Thorne.
Died January 27th, 1910 at 73 years old in Anerley.
Chulalongkorn
King of siam (1853-1910).
Born September 20th, 1853 in Bangkok.
Died October 23rd, 1910 at 57 years old in Bangkok (kidney disease).
Elizabeth Blackwell
American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist (1821-1910).
Born February 3rd, 1821 in Bristol. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1910 at 89 years old in Hastings. [ref]
Mary Baker Eddy
American founder of christian science (1821–1910).
Died December 3rd, 1910 at 89 years old in Chestnut Hill (pneumonia). [ref]
Hawley Harvey Crippen
American executed homeopath (1862–1910).
Born September 11th, 1862 in Coldwater.
Died November 23rd, 1910 at 48 years old in HM Prison Pentonville (hanging to death). [ref]
Winslow Homer
American landscape painter (1836–1910).
Born February 24th, 1836 in Boston.
Died September 29th, 1910 at 74 years old in Prouts Neck.
Huo Yuanjia
Chinese martial artist (1868-1910).
Born January 18th, 1868 in Jinghai District.
Died August 9th, 1910 at 42 years old in Shanghai (arsenic poisoning).
Henry Dunant
Swiss businessman and co-founder of the red cross (1828-1910).
Born May 8th, 1828 in Geneva. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1910 at 82 years old in Heiden.
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Norwegian writer (1832–1910).
Born December 8th, 1832 in Kvikne. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1910 at 77 years old in Paris. [ref]
William Holman Hunt
Pre-raphaelite artist (1827-1910).
Born April 2nd, 1827 in London.
Died September 7th, 1910 at 83 years old in London.
Julia Ward Howe
American abolitionist, social activist, and poet.
Born May 27th, 1819 in New York City.
Died October 17th, 1910 at 91 years old in Portsmouth.
Luigi Lucheni
Italian anarchist and the assassin of empress elisabeth of austria (1873–1910).
Born April 22nd, 1873 in Paris.
Died October 19th, 1910 at 37 years old in Geneva (hanging to death).
An Jung-geun
Korean independence activist (1879–1910).
Born September 2nd, 1879 in Haeju.
Died March 26th, 1910 at 30 years old in Lüshunkou District (hanging to death).
Luo Yixiu
First wife of the future chinese revolutionary and political leader mao zedong (1889-1910).
Born October 20th, 1889 in Shaoshan.
Died February 11th, 1910 at 20 years old in Shaoshan (disease).
Charles Rolls
Motoring and aviation pioneer, co-founder of rolls-royce.
Born August 27th, 1877 in Berkeley Square.
Died July 12th, 1910 at 32 years old in Bournemouth (aviation accident).
Granville Tailer Woods
American inventor.
Born April 23rd, 1856 in Columbus.
Died January 30th, 1910 at 53 years old in New York City (smallpox, cerebral hemorrhage).
Melville Fuller
Chief justice of the united states from 1888 to 1910.
Born February 11th, 1833 in Augusta.
Died July 4th, 1910 at 77 years old in Sorrento (myocardial infarction).
Nadar
French photographer and balloonist (1820–1910).
Born April 6th, 1820 in rue Saint-Honoré.
Died March 21st, 1910 at 89 years old in avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt.
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