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In the year 1916
173 Notable deaths
Gabrielle Petit
Belgian spy (1893-1916).
Born February 20th, 1893 in Tournai.
Died April 1st, 1916 at 23 years old in City of Brussels (gunshot wound).
Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe
Regent of the principality of lippe.
Born July 20th, 1859 in Bückeburg.
Died July 9th, 1916 at 56 years old in Bonn.
Ștefan Luchian
Romanian painter (1868-1916).
Born February 13th, 1868 in Ștefănești. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1916 at 48 years old in Bucharest.
Chen Qimei
Chinese politician (1878-1916).
Born January 17th, 1878 in Huzhou.
Died May 18th, 1916 at 38 years old in Shanghai.
Willie Pearse
Irish republican executed for his part in the easter rising (1881-1916).
Born November 15th, 1881 in Dublin.
Died May 4th, 1916 at 34 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
Petar Kočić
Bosnian serb writer (1877-1916).
Born June 29th, 1877 in Stričići. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1916 at 39 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Silvanus P. Thompson
British academic physicist (1851-1916).
Born June 19th, 1851 in York. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1916 at 64 years old in Greater London. [ref]
Seán Heuston
Irish republican.
Born February 21st, 1891 in Dublin.
Died May 8th, 1916 at 25 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
Jørgen Pedersen Gram
Danish mathematician.
Born June 27th, 1850 in Nustrup.
Died April 29th, 1916 at 65 years old in Copenhagen (traffic collision).
James Paul Clarke
American politician (1854-1916).
Born August 18th, 1854 in Yazoo City.
Died October 1st, 1916 at 62 years old in Little Rock.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 173
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain