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In the year 1916
157 Notable deaths
Rembrandt Bugatti
Italian sculptor (1884–1916).
Born October 16th, 1884 in Milan. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1916 at 31 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (asphyxia).
Richard Harding Davis
Journalist, war correspondent, novelist, short story writer.
Born April 18th, 1864 in Philadelphia.
Died April 11th, 1916 at 51 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Aeneas Mackintosh
British merchant navy officer and antarctic explorer (1879-1916).
Born July 1st, 1879 in Tirhut division.
Died May 8th, 1916 at 36 years old in McMurdo Sound.
Martinus Theunis Steyn
6th president of the orange free state and south african judge. (1858–1916).
Born October 1st, 1858 in Winburg.
Died November 28th, 1916 at 58 years old in Bloemfontein.
Kurt Wintgens
German flying ace.
Born August 1st, 1894 in Prudnik.
Died September 25th, 1916 at 22 years old in Villers-Carbonnel.
Gérard Encausse
Spanish-born french physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of occultism, who founded the modern martinist order (1865-1916).
Born July 13th, 1865 in A Coruña.
Died October 25th, 1916 at 51 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin
Ottoman prince, son of sultan abdülaziz.
Born October 10th, 1857 in Dolmabahçe Palace.
Died February 1st, 1916 at 58 years old in Istanbul.
Walter Sutton
American geneticist (1877-1916).
Born April 5th, 1877 in Utica.
Died November 10th, 1916 at 39 years old in Kansas City (appendicitis).
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).
Tsai E
Chinese politician (1882-1916).
Born December 18th, 1882 in Shaoyang County.
Died November 8th, 1916 at 33 years old in Fukuoka (tuberculosis). [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 157
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