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In the year 1916
173 Notable deaths
Seth Low
American mayor (1850-1916).
Born January 18th, 1850 in Brooklyn.
Died September 17th, 1916 at 66 years old in Bedford Hills (cancer).
Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Irish suffragist, pacifist and writer.
Born December 23rd, 1878 in Bailieborough.
Died April 26th, 1916 at 37 years old in Cathal Brugha Barracks.
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.
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).
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.
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).
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.
Tsai E
Chinese politician (1882-1916).
Born December 19th, 1882 in Shaoyang County.
Died November 8th, 1916 at 33 years old in Fukuoka (tuberculosis). [ref]
Kurt Wintgens
German flying ace.
Born August 1st, 1894 in Prudnik.
Died September 25th, 1916 at 22 years old in Villers-Carbonnel.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 173
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