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In the year 1914
109 Notable deaths
Theodor Kittelsen
Norwegian artist (1857-1914).
Born April 27th, 1857 in Kragerø. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1914 at 56 years old in Jeløya. [ref]
Georges Picquart
French general (1854-1914).
Born September 6th, 1854 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1914 at 59 years old in Amiens (horse fall). [ref]
August Macke
German painter of the expressionist group der blaue reiter (1887-1914).
Born January 3rd, 1887 in Meschede. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1914 at 27 years old in Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus (killed in action). [ref]
Alexander Samsonov
Russian general.
Born November 14th, 1859 in Andriyivka.
Died August 30th, 1914 at 54 years old in Wielbark, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (ballistic trauma).
Daniel De Leon
American newspaper editor (1852–1914).
Born December 14th, 1852 in Curaçao.
Died May 11th, 1914 at 61 years old in New York City.
Georg Trakl
Austrian poet (1887-1914).
Born February 3rd, 1887 in Salzburg. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1914 at 27 years old in Kraków (drug overdose). [ref]
Charles Péguy
French poet, essayist, and editor.
Born January 7th, 1873 in Orléans. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1914 at 41 years old in Le Plessis-l'Évêque. [ref]
Edward Robert Hughes
British artist (1851-1914).
Born November 5th, 1851 in London.
Died April 23rd, 1914 at 62 years old in St Albans.
Charles Martin Hall
American chemist (1863-1914).
Born December 6th, 1863 in Thompson Township.
Died December 27th, 1914 at 51 years old in Daytona Beach.
Robert Hugh Benson
British writer and catholic priest (1871–1914).
Born November 18th, 1871 in Wellington College. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1914 at 42 years old in Salford. [ref]
Deaths 11 to 20 of 109
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