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In the year 1916
173 Notable deaths
Alfred Heinrich Ilg
Swiss engineer and advisor to ethiopian emperor menelik ii (1854-1916).
Born March 30th, 1854 in Frauenfeld.
Died January 7th, 1916 at 61 years old in Zürich.
Lajos Thallóczy
(1857–1916) hungarian historian.
Born December 8th, 1857 in Košice.
Died December 1st, 1916 at 58 years old in Herceghalom (railway accident).
Iwan Knorr
German teacher of music (1853–1916).
Born January 3rd, 1853 in Gniew.
Died January 22nd, 1916 at 63 years old in Frankfurt.
Kārlis Mīlenbahs
Latvian linguist (1853–1916).
Born January 18th, 1853 in Courland.
Died March 27th, 1916 at 63 years old in Võru.
Hermann Klaatsch
German anthropologist (1863–1916).
Born March 10th, 1863 in Berlin.
Died January 5th, 1916 at 52 years old in Eisenach.
Boris Galitzine
Russian geologist (1862–1916).
Born March 2nd, 1862 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 17th, 1916 at 54 years old in Petergof (infectious disease).
Helena Patursson
Faroese actor and writer (1864-1916).
Born August 27th, 1864 in Kirkjubøur.
Died December 15th, 1916 at 52 years old in Kirkjubøur.
Isidore of Saint Joseph
Passionist lay brother, beatified.
Born April 13th, 1881 in Beveren.
Died October 6th, 1916 at 35 years old in Kortrijk (cancer).
Mite Kremnitz
German writer (1852-1916).
Born January 4th, 1852 in Greifswald.
Died July 18th, 1916 at 64 years old in Berlin.
Sydney Ayres
Silent film actor, director, screenwriter (1879-1916).
Born August 28th, 1879 in New York City.
Died September 9th, 1916 at 37 years old in Oakland (multiple sclerosis).
Deaths 131 to 140 of 173
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid