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In the year 1916
147 Notable deaths
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist.
Born February 9th, 1867 in Kikuichō. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1916 at 49 years old in Waseda-Minamichō (peptic ulcer disease). [ref]
Franz Marc
German painter.
Born February 8th, 1880 in Munich. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1916 at 36 years old in Verdun, Braquis (killed in action). [ref]
Victoriano Huerta
Mexican military officer and 35th president of mexico.
Born December 22nd, 1854 in Colotlán.
Died January 13th, 1916 at 61 years old in El Paso (liver cirrhosis).
Rubén Darío
Nicaraguan poet, journalist, writer, and diplomat.
Born January 18th, 1867 in Ciudad Darío. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1916 at 49 years old in León (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Sholem Aleichem
Jewish writer and playwright of yiddish, who worked in ukraine and the united states (1859-1916).
Born March 2nd, 1859 in Pereiaslav. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1916 at 57 years old in New York City (tuberculosis). [ref]
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 (ballistic trauma).
Umberto Boccioni
Italian painter and sculptor (1882-1916).
Born October 19th, 1882 in Reggio Calabria. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1916 at 33 years old in Verona (horse fall). [ref]
Karl Schwarzschild
German physicist, astronomer and mathematician.
Born October 9th, 1873 in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1916 at 42 years old in Potsdam (pemphigus). [ref]
Percival Lowell
American astronomer (1855-1916).
Born March 13th, 1855 in Boston. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1916 at 61 years old in Flagstaff (stroke). [ref]
Thibaw Min
Last king of burma.
Born January 1st, 1859 in Mandalay.
Died December 19th, 1916 at 57 years old in Ratnagiri.
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris