In the year 1916
173 Notable deaths
Prince Heinrich of Bavaria
Bavarian prince (1884-1916).
Born June 24th, 1884 in Munich.
Died November 8th, 1916 at 32 years old in Argeș County.
Modest Tchaikovsky
Russian writer.
Born May 13th, 1850 in Alapayevsk. [ref]
Died January 16th, 1916 at 65 years old in Moscow. [ref]
William Stanley
American physicist (1858–1916).
Born November 28th, 1858 in Brooklyn.
Died May 14th, 1916 at 57 years old in Great Barrington. [ref]
George Huntington
Discoverer of huntington's disease.
Born April 9th, 1850 in East Hampton.
Died March 3rd, 1916 at 65 years old in Cairo (bronchopneumonia).
Horace Hood
British first world war admiral killed in action (1870-1916).
Born October 2nd, 1870 in London.
Died May 31st, 1916 at 45 years old in North Sea (Battle of Jutland).
Walter Sutton
American geneticist (1877-1916).
Born April 5th, 1877 in Utica.
Died November 10th, 1916 at 39 years old in Kansas City (appendicitis).
Cesare Battisti
Italian irrendentist (1875-1916).
Born February 5th, 1875 in Trento.
Died July 13th, 1916 at 41 years old in Trento (hanging to death).
Thomas Kent
Irish nationalist gunman (1865-1916).
Born August 29th, 1865 in Castlelyons.
Died May 9th, 1916 at 50 years old in Collins Barracks (ballistic trauma).
Victor Horsley
Physiologist and surgeon.
Born April 14th, 1857 in Kensington.
Died July 16th, 1916 at 59 years old in Amarah (hyperthermia).
Fred T. Jane
British writer and illustrator.
Born August 6th, 1865 in Richmond, Upottery.
Died March 8th, 1916 at 50 years old in Southsea.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 173
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson