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In the year 1918
224 Notable deaths
Lili Boulanger
French composer (1893-1918).
Born August 21st, 1893 in Paris. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1918 at 24 years old in Mézy-sur-Seine (tuberculosis). [ref]
Anna Held
French-american stage performer (1872–1918).
Born September 19th, 1878 in Warsaw.
Died August 12th, 1918 at 39 years old in New York City (multiple myeloma).
John Bauer
Swedish painter and illustrator (1882-1918).
Born June 4th, 1882 in Jönköpings Kristina församling. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1918 at 36 years old in Vättern, Sankt Matteus (shipwrecking). [ref]
Georgi Plekhanov
Russian philosopher (1856–1918).
Born December 11th, 1856 in Gudalovka. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1918 at 61 years old in Zelenogorsk (tuberculosis). [ref]
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
British occultist (1854-1918).
Born January 8th, 1854 in London.
Died November 5th, 1918 at 64 years old in Paris (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza).
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
Grand duchess of russia (1864–1918).
Born November 1st, 1864 in Darmstadt.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 53 years old in Alapayevsk (explosion).
Eugene Botkin
Court physician for tsar nicholas ii.
Born June 8th, 1865 in Pushkin.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 53 years old in Yekaterinburg (ballistic trauma).
William Hope Hodgson
British writer (1877–1918).
Born November 15th, 1877 in Blackmore End.
Died April 19th, 1918 at 40 years old in Ypres.
Anna Demidova
Maid of tsarina alexandra of russia. (1878–1918).
Born January 26th, 1878 in Cherepovets.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 40 years old in Yekaterinburg (gunshot wound).
Ferdinand Braun
German inventor and physicist (1909 nobel prize).
Born June 6th, 1850 in Fulda. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1918 at 67 years old in New York City. [ref]
Deaths 31 to 40 of 224
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld