In the year 1918
228 Notable deaths
Samuel Wendell Williston
American paleontologist (1851-1918).
Born July 10th, 1851 in Boston. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1918 at 67 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Édouard Chavannes
French sinologist.
Born October 5th, 1865 in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1918 at 52 years old in Paris, Fontenay-aux-Roses (disease).
Helene von Druskowitz
Austrian writer and philosopher.
Born May 2nd, 1858 in Hietzing.
Died May 31st, 1918 at 60 years old (dysentery).
Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea
Romanian writer.
Born April 11th, 1858 in Bucharest.
Died April 29th, 1918 at 60 years old in Iași. [ref]
Bohumil Kubišta
Czech graphic, painter and art reviewer (1884-1918).
Born August 21st, 1884 in Praskačka. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1918 at 34 years old in Prague (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Michel Oreste
President of haiti (1859-1918).
Born April 8th, 1859 in Jacmel.
Died October 29th, 1918 at 59 years old in New York City.
Ester Ellqvist
Swedish painter (1880-1918).
Born October 4th, 1880 in Ausås.
Died November 20th, 1918 at 38 years old in Vättern.
Hedwig Lachmann
German author, translator and poet (1865-1918).
Born August 21st, 1865 in Słupsk.
Died September 21st, 1918 at 53 years old in Krumbach (1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Alexander Taneyev
Russian composer.
Born January 17th, 1850 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 25th, 1918 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Alexei Khvostov
Russian statesman and politician (1872-1918).
Died September 5th, 1918 at 46 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Deaths 141 to 150 of 228
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving