In the year 1918
212 Notable deaths
Koloman Moser
Austrian painter (1868-1918).
Born March 30th, 1868 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1918 at 50 years old in Vienna (prostate cancer). [ref]
Randolph Bourne
American writer.
Born May 30th, 1886 in Bloomfield. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1918 at 32 years old in New York City (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Moisei Uritsky
Soviet politician (1873-1918).
Born January 14th, 1873 in Cherkasy.
Died August 30th, 1918 at 45 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Carl Peters
German colonial ruler, explorer, politician, and author (1856-1918).
Born September 27th, 1856 in Amt Neuhaus. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1918 at 61 years old in Bad Harzburg. [ref]
Eusapia Palladino
Italian spiritualist (1854-1918).
Born January 20th, 1854 in Minervino Murge.
Died May 16th, 1918 at 64 years old in Naples.
Fritz von Below
German first world war general.
Born September 23rd, 1853 in Gdańsk.
Died November 23rd, 1918 at 65 years old in Weimar.
Indra Lal Roy
British flying ace (1898-1918).
Born December 2nd, 1898 in Kolkata.
Died July 22nd, 1918 at 19 years old in Carvin (killed in action).
Frank Shuman
American inventor (1862-1918).
Born January 23rd, 1862 in Brooklyn.
Died April 28th, 1918 at 56 years old in Philadelphia.
Ivan Cankar
Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist (1876-1918).
Born May 10th, 1876 in Vrhnika.
Died December 11th, 1918 at 42 years old in Ljubljana (1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Vladimir Paley
Russian writer (1897-1918).
Born January 9th, 1897 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 21 years old in Alapayevsk.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 212
Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes