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In the year 1918
228 Notable deaths
Martin Sheridan
Athletics competitor.
Born March 28th, 1881 in Swinford.
Died March 27th, 1918 at 36 years old in New York City (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Nikolai Ruzsky
Russian general (1854-1918).
Born March 18th, 1854 in Russian Empire.
Died November 1st, 1918 at 64 years old in Pyatigorsk (gunshot wound).
Joseph Deniker
Russian-french naturalist, librarian and anthropologist (1852-1918).
Born March 6th, 1852 in Astrakhan.
Died March 18th, 1918 at 66 years old in Paris.
Carl Schlechter
Austro-hungarian chess player.
Born March 2nd, 1874 in Vienna.
Died December 27th, 1918 at 44 years old in Budapest (tuberculosis).
Schalk Willem Burger
South african politician (1852-1918).
Born September 6th, 1852 in Lydenburg.
Died December 5th, 1918 at 66 years old in Krugerspos.
Ali bin Hamud of Zanzibar
Sultan of zanzibar (1884-1918).
Born June 7th, 1884 in Zanzibar.
Died December 20th, 1918 at 34 years old in Paris.
George Coșbuc
Romanian poet, translator, teacher and journalist (1866-1918).
Born September 20th, 1866 in Coșbuc.
Died May 9th, 1918 at 51 years old in Bucharest.
André-Louis Cholesky
French military officer and mathematician (1875–1918).
Born October 15th, 1875 in Montguyon.
Died August 31st, 1918 at 42 years old in Bagneux.
Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia
Russian prince (1894-1918).
Born June 10th, 1894 in Pavlovsk.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 24 years old in Alapayevsk.
Mikhail Artemyevich Muravyov
Russian general (1880-1918).
Born September 25th, 1880.
Died July 11th, 1918 at 37 years old in Ulyanovsk.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 228
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