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In the year 1917
138 Notable deaths
Agnes Sime Baxter
Mathematician (1870–1917).
Born March 18th, 1870 in Halifax.
Died March 9th, 1917 at 46 years old in Columbia.
Alister Kirby
British rower (1886-1917).
Born April 14th, 1886 in Brompton.
Died March 29th, 1917 at 30 years old in France.
Carlo Oriani
Italian racing cyclist (1888–1917).
Born November 5th, 1888 in Cinisello Balsamo.
Died December 3rd, 1917 at 29 years old in Caserta (pneumonia).
Adrien Bertrand
French writer (1888-1917).
Born August 4th, 1888 in Nyons. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1917 at 29 years old in Grasse. [ref]
Gustaf Nyström
Finnish architect.
Born January 21st, 1856 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1917 at 61 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Joaquín Dicenta
Spanish writer (1862-1917).
Born February 3rd, 1862 in Calatayud.
Died February 21st, 1917 at 55 years old in Alicante.
Vasily Mate
Russian artist (1856-1917).
Born March 6th, 1856 in Virbalis.
Died April 27th, 1917 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg (cancer).
Oscar Blumenthal
German playwright and drama critic (1852–1917).
Born March 13th, 1852 in Berlin. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1917 at 65 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Duncan Mackinnon
British rower (1887–1917).
Born September 29th, 1887 in Paddington.
Died October 9th, 1917 at 30 years old in Ypres.
Nikolay Dukhonin
Russian general (1876–1917).
Born December 13th, 1876.
Died December 3rd, 1917 at 40 years old in Mogilev.
Deaths 111 to 120 of 138
Do not fear death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light. But, if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity. Laughing Bull