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In the year 1917
130 Notable deaths
Alexei Mateevici
Romanian writer (1888-1917).
Born March 1st, 1888 in Căinari.
Died August 24th, 1917 at 29 years old in Chișinău.
Axel Olrik
Danish folklorist and scholar of mediaeval historiography.
Born July 3rd, 1864 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1917 at 52 years old in Øverød (pneumonia). [ref]
Maksim Bahdanovič
Belarusian writer.
Born December 9th, 1891 in Minsk.
Died May 25th, 1917 at 25 years old in Yalta (tuberculosis).
Frederick Stanley Maude
British army general.
Born June 24th, 1864 in Gibraltar.
Died November 18th, 1917 at 53 years old in Baghdad (cholera).
Wilhelm Trübner
German artist (1851-1917).
Born February 3rd, 1851 in Heidelberg. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1917 at 66 years old in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Kikuchi Dairoku
Japanese mathematician and bureaucrat (1855-1917).
Born March 17th, 1855 in Edo.
Died August 19th, 1917 at 62 years old in Tokyo.
Frano Supilo
Croatian politician and journalist (1870-1917).
Born November 30th, 1870 in Cavtat.
Died September 25th, 1917 at 46 years old in London.
Ludwig Sütterlin
German artist (1865-1917).
Born July 23rd, 1865 in Lahr/Schwarzwald. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1917 at 52 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Yi Jun-yong
Korean noble (1870-1917).
Born June 25th, 1870 in Seoul.
Died March 22nd, 1917 at 46 years old in Unhyeongung (disease).
Enric Prat de la Riba
Catalan politician (1870-1917).
Born November 29th, 1870 in Castellterçol.
Died August 1st, 1917 at 46 years old in Castellterçol. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 130
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