In the year 1917
138 Notable deaths
Edward Thomas
British poet and journalist (1878–1917).
Born March 3rd, 1878 in Lambeth.
Died April 9th, 1917 at 39 years old in Arras.
Ranavalona III
Last sovereign of the kingdom of madagascar (1861-1917).
Born November 22nd, 1861 in Amparibe.
Died May 23rd, 1917 at 55 years old in Algiers (embolism).
Dragutin Dimitrijević
Serbian military commander.
Born August 17th, 1876 in Belgrade.
Died June 24th, 1917 at 40 years old in Thessaloniki (ballistic trauma).
Emil von Behring
German physiologist who received the first nobel prize in physiology or medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin.
Born March 15th, 1854 in Ławice.
Died March 31st, 1917 at 63 years old in Marburg (pneumonia).
Albert Ball
British aviator killed in wwi.
Born August 14th, 1896 in Nottingham.
Died May 7th, 1917 at 20 years old in Annœullin. [ref]
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
English actor and theatre manager (1852–1917).
Born December 17th, 1852 in London, Kensington.
Died July 2nd, 1917 at 64 years old in Marylebone.
Hussein Kamel of Egypt
Sultan of egypt (1853–1917).
Born October 21st, 1853 in Cairo.
Died October 9th, 1917 at 63 years old in Cairo.
Werner Voß
German flying ace.
Born April 13th, 1897 in Krefeld.
Died September 23rd, 1917 at 20 years old in Second Battle of Ypres (killed in action).
Leander Starr Jameson
Prime minister of the cape colony (1853-1917).
Born February 9th, 1853 in Stranraer.
Died November 26th, 1917 at 64 years old in London.
Frederick Selous
British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917).
Born December 31st, 1851 in London.
Died January 4th, 1917 at 65 years old in Beho-Beho.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine