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In the year 1916
326 Notable deaths
Grigori Rasputin
Russian mystic (1869–1916).
Born January 21st, 1869 in Pokrovskoye.
Died December 30th, 1916 at 47 years old in Saint Petersburg (drowning, gunshot wound).
Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916).
Born January 12th, 1876 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1916 at 40 years old in Glen Ellen (poisoning, drug overdose, uremia). [ref]
Henry James
American and british writer (1843–1916).
Born April 15th, 1843 in New York City.
Died February 28th, 1916 at 72 years old in Chelsea (stroke).
Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Irish officer and colonial administrator in the british army (1850–1916).
Born June 24th, 1850 in Ballylongford.
Died June 5th, 1916 at 65 years old in North Sea.
Yuan Shikai
Chinese military and government official (1859–1916).
Born September 16th, 1859 in Xiangcheng City.
Died June 6th, 1916 at 56 years old in Beijing (uremia).
Charles Taze Russell
Founder of the bible student movement (1852–1916).
Born February 16th, 1852 in Allegheny.
Died October 31st, 1916 at 64 years old in Pampa (cystitis).
James Connolly
Irish republican, trade unionist and socialist revolutionary.
Born June 5th, 1868 in Edinburgh.
Died May 12th, 1916 at 47 years old in Dublin (gunshot wound).
Fergus Suter
Scottish footballer (1857-1916).
Born November 21st, 1857 in Glasgow.
Died July 31st, 1916 at 58 years old in Blackpool.
Saki
British writer.
Born December 18th, 1870 in Sittwe.
Died November 13th, 1916 at 45 years old in Beaumont-Hamel.
Roger Casement
Irish diplomat, activist, nationalist and poet (1864–1916).
Born September 1st, 1864 in Sandycove, Sandymount.
Died August 3rd, 1916 at 51 years old in HM Prison Pentonville (hanging to death).
Patrick Pearse
Irish revolutionary, shot by the british army in 1916.
Born November 10th, 1879 in Dublin.
Died May 3rd, 1916 at 36 years old in Dublin (gunshot wound).
Hetty Green
American financier (1834–1916).
Born November 21st, 1834 in New Bedford.
Died July 3rd, 1916 at 81 years old in New York City (stroke).
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist.
Born February 9th, 1867 in Kikuichō.
Died December 9th, 1916 at 49 years old in Waseda-Minamichō (peptic ulcer disease).
Cole Younger
American bank robber (1844–1916).
Born January 15th, 1844 in Lee's Summit.
Died March 21st, 1916 at 72 years old in Lee's Summit.
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Chief of the german general staff (1848–1916).
Born May 25th, 1848 in Biendorf.
Died June 18th, 1916 at 68 years old in Berlin (stroke).
Franz Joseph I of Austria
Emperor of austria and king of hungary (1830-1916).
Born August 18th, 1830 in Schönbrunn Palace. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1916 at 86 years old in Schönbrunn Palace (pneumonia). [ref]
Victoriano Huerta
Mexican military officer and 35th president of mexico (1850-1916).
Born December 22nd, 1854 in Colotlán.
Died January 13th, 1916 at 61 years old in El Paso (liver cirrhosis).
Ernst Mach
Austrian physicist (1838–1916).
Born February 18th, 1838 in Brno-Chrlice. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1916 at 78 years old in Vaterstetten (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Hiram Stevens Maxim
American-born inventor (1840-1916).
Born February 5th, 1840 in Sangerville.
Died November 24th, 1916 at 76 years old in London.
Franz Marc
German artist (1880–1916).
Born February 8th, 1880 in Kreuzstraße (München). [ref]
Died March 4th, 1916 at 36 years old in Verdun, Braquis.
Odilon Redon
French painter (1840–1916).
Born April 20th, 1840 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died July 6th, 1916 at 76 years old in Paris.
John S. Mosby
Confederate army officer (1833-1916).
Born December 6th, 1833 in Powhatan County.
Died May 30th, 1916 at 82 years old in Washington, D.C..
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and nobel prize laureate (1846–1916).
Born May 5th, 1846 in Wola Okrzejska.
Died November 15th, 1916 at 70 years old in Vevey (cardiovascular disease, aortic aneurysm).
Joseph Plunkett
Irish nationalist, poet, journalist and 1916 easter rising leader.
Born November 21st, 1887 in Dublin.
Died May 4th, 1916 at 28 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
Sholem Aleichem
Jewish writer and playwright of yiddish, who worked in russian empire, switzerland, germany and the united states (1859-1916).
Born March 14th, 1859 in Pereiaslav.
Died May 13th, 1916 at 57 years old in New York City (tuberculosis). [ref]
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan