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In the year 1916
157 Notable deaths
Fred T. Jane
British writer and illustrator.
Born August 6th, 1865 in Richmond, Upottery.
Died March 8th, 1916 at 50 years old in Southsea.
Willie Pearse
Irish republican executed for his part in the easter rising (1881-1916).
Born November 15th, 1881 in Dublin.
Died May 4th, 1916 at 34 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
James Paul Clarke
American politician (1854-1916).
Born August 18th, 1854 in Yazoo City.
Died October 1st, 1916 at 62 years old in Little Rock.
Seán Heuston
Irish republican.
Born February 21st, 1891 in Dublin.
Died May 8th, 1916 at 25 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (ballistic trauma).
Chen Qimei
Chinese politician (1878-1916).
Born January 17th, 1878 in Huzhou.
Died May 18th, 1916 at 38 years old in Shanghai.
Jørgen Pedersen Gram
Danish mathematician.
Born June 27th, 1850 in Nustrup.
Died April 29th, 1916 at 65 years old in Copenhagen (traffic collision).
Georges Lemmen
Belgian neo-impressionist painter (1865-1916).
Born November 25th, 1865 in Schaerbeek.
Died July 15th, 1916 at 50 years old in Uccle.
Silvanus P. Thompson
British academic physicist (1851-1916).
Born June 19th, 1851 in York. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1916 at 64 years old in Greater London. [ref]
Hugo von Pohl
German admiral (1855–1916).
Born August 25th, 1855 in Wrocław.
Died February 23rd, 1916 at 60 years old in Berlin (liver cancer).
Janis Rozentāls
Latvian painter (1866-1916).
Born March 18th, 1866 in Saldus. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1916 at 50 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 157
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