In the year 1919
180 Notable deaths
James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and united states army officer (1880-1919).
Born February 22nd, 1880 in Mobile.
Died May 9th, 1919 at 39 years old in Boston (stab wound).
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Italian composer.
Born April 23rd, 1857 in Naples. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1919 at 62 years old in Montecatini Terme. [ref]
José Gregorio Hernández
Venezuelan physician and franciscan tertiary, saint in the catholic church.
Born October 26th, 1864 in Isnotú, Trujillo, Venezuela.
Died June 29th, 1919 at 54 years old in Caracas (traffic collision).
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Slovak politician, diplomat, french army general and astronomer (1880-1919).
Born July 21st, 1880 in Košariská, Košařiska. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1919 at 38 years old in Ivanka pri Dunaji. [ref]
Gustav Landauer
German anarchist, editor (1870-1919).
Born April 7th, 1870 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1919 at 49 years old in Munich (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Terauchi Masatake
Japanese general (1852-1919).
Born February 5th, 1852 in Hirakawa.
Died November 3rd, 1919 at 67 years old in Azabu-ku.
Leonid Andreyev
Russian playwright, author and poet.
Born August 21st, 1871 in Oryol.
Died September 12th, 1919 at 48 years old in Repino (heart failure). [ref]
Vasily Chapayev
Red army commander (1887–1919).
Born February 9th, 1887 in Budayka.
Died September 5th, 1919 at 32 years old in Lbishchensky uyezd (drowning).
Leo Jogiches
Marxist revolutionary, editor (1867-1919).
Born July 17th, 1867 in Vilnius.
Died March 10th, 1919 at 51 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Alfred Werner
Swiss chemist nobel laureate (1866-1919).
Born December 12th, 1866 in Mulhouse.
Died November 15th, 1919 at 52 years old in Zurich.
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran