In the year 1919
158 Notable deaths
Louis Botha
South african politician (1862-1919).
Born September 27th, 1862 in Greytown.
Died August 27th, 1919 at 56 years old in Pretoria (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Alfred Deakin
2nd prime minister of australia.
Born August 3rd, 1856 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1919 at 63 years old in Melbourne (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Carl Larsson
Swedish painter (1853-1919).
Born May 28th, 1853 in Storkyrkoförsamlingen. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1919 at 65 years old in Sundborns (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Henry Gantt
American engineer (1861-1919).
Born May 20th, 1861 in Calvert County.
Died November 23rd, 1919 at 58 years old in Montclair.
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian noble (1860-1919).
Born October 3rd, 1860 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died January 30th, 1919 at 58 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (ballistic trauma).
Kurt Eisner
German politician and journalist (1867-1919).
Born May 14th, 1867 in Berlin.
Died February 21st, 1919 at 51 years old in Munich. [ref]
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American author and poet.
Born November 5th, 1850 in Janesville.
Died October 30th, 1919 at 68 years old in New Haven County (cancer).
Mark Sykes
British politician, diplomatic advisor, and traveller (1879-1919).
Born March 16th, 1879 in London.
Died February 16th, 1919 at 39 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic, cyanosis).
Habibullah Khan
Emir of afghanistan (1901-1919).
Born June 3rd, 1872 in Tashkent.
Died February 20th, 1919 at 46 years old in Afghanistan.
James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and united states army officer.
Born February 22nd, 1880 in Mobile.
Died May 9th, 1919 at 39 years old in Boston (stab wound).
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold