In the year 1916
173 Notable deaths
Percival Lowell
American astronomer (1855-1916).
Born March 13th, 1855 in Boston.
Died November 12th, 1916 at 61 years old in Flagstaff (stroke).
Tom Clarke
Irish revolutionary leader (1857-1916).
Born March 11th, 1857 in Isle of Wight.
Died May 3rd, 1916 at 59 years old in Dublin (gunshot wound).
Charles de Foucauld
French catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916).
Born September 15th, 1858 in Strasbourg.
Died December 1st, 1916 at 58 years old in Tamanrasset (gunshot wound).
Oswald Boelcke
German first world war flying ace.
Born May 19th, 1891 in Giebichenstein.
Died October 28th, 1916 at 25 years old in Bapaume (killed in action).
Nedeljko Čabrinović
Bosnian activist (1895-1916).
Born February 1st, 1895 in Sarajevo. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1916 at 20 years old in Terezín (tuberculosis). [ref]
Enrique Granados
Spanish pianist and composer.
Born July 27th, 1867 in Lleida. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1916 at 48 years old in English Channel (drowning). [ref]
Max Reger
German composer, pianist and conductor.
Born March 19th, 1873 in Brand. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1916 at 43 years old in Leipzig (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Max Immelmann
German flying ace (1890–1916).
Born September 21st, 1890 in Dresden.
Died June 18th, 1916 at 25 years old in Sallaumines.
Thomas MacDonagh
Irish nationalist, poet, playwright and revolutionary (1878-1916).
Born February 1st, 1878 in Cloughjordan.
Died May 3rd, 1916 at 38 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
Seán Mac Diarmada
Irish revolutionary (1883-1916).
Born February 28th, 1883 in Kiltyclogher.
Died May 12th, 1916 at 33 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
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