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In the year 1922
146 Notable deaths
Aleksandr Stepanovich Antonov
Member:socialist revolutionary party/one of the leaders:tambov rebellion against the soviet regime (1889-1922).
Born August 7th, 1889 in Moscow.
Died June 24th, 1922 at 32 years old in Tambov Governorate (killed in action).
Jacobus Kapteyn
Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the milky way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922).
Born January 19th, 1851 in Barneveld, Utrecht. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1922 at 71 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Arthur Nikisch
Hungarian conductor (1855-1922).
Born October 12th, 1855 in Mosonszentmiklós, Lébény. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1922 at 66 years old in Leipzig. [ref]
Max Abraham
German physicist (1875-1922).
Born March 26th, 1875 in Gdańsk.
Died November 16th, 1922 at 47 years old in Munich (brain cancer).
Dimitrios Gounaris
Greek politician (1866-1922).
Born January 17th, 1866 in Patras.
Died November 28th, 1922 at 56 years old in Memorial of the Six, Goudi (ballistic trauma).
Yevgeny Vakhtangov
Russian and soviet actor, theatre director (1883-1922).
Born February 13th, 1883 in Vladikavkaz. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1922 at 39 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Thomas Nelson Page
American lawyer, author, and diplomat (1853-1922).
Born April 23rd, 1853 in Hanover County.
Died November 1st, 1922 at 69 years old in Hanover County.
A. D. Gordon
Russian-jewish philosopher, worker, and educator.
Born June 9th, 1856 in Troianiv. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1922 at 65 years old in Degania Alef (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Emil Doepler
German artist (1855-1922).
Born October 29th, 1855 in Munich. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1922 at 67 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Higashifushimi Yorihito
Japanese prince.
Born September 19th, 1867 in Kyoto. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1922 at 54 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 146
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