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In the year 1926
190 Notable deaths
Jan Szczepanik
Polish inventor.
Born June 13th, 1872 in Mostyska.
Died April 18th, 1926 at 53 years old in Tarnów (liver cancer).
Gustav Otto
German aerospace engineer.
Born January 12th, 1883 in Cologne.
Died February 28th, 1926 at 43 years old in Munich.
Enrico Toselli
Italian pianist and composer (1883-1926).
Born March 13th, 1883 in Florence. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1926 at 42 years old in Florence. [ref]
Princess Maria Letizia, Duchess of Aosta
Italian noblewoman.
Born December 20th, 1866 in Paris, 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 25th, 1926 at 59 years old in Moncalieri (disease).
Ivana Kobilca
Slovenian realist painter (1861-1926).
Born December 20th, 1861 in Ljubljana. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1926 at 64 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]
Ernest Belfort Bax
British barrister and journalist.
Born July 23rd, 1854 in Royal Leamington Spa.
Died November 26th, 1926 at 72 years old in London.
Adolphe Willette
French artist (1857-1926).
Born July 30th, 1857 in Châlons-en-Champagne. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1926 at 68 years old in rue Lacroix. [ref]
Albion Woodbury Small
American sociologist (1854-1926).
Born May 11th, 1854 in Buckfield.
Died March 24th, 1926 at 71 years old in Chicago.
Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave
President of haiti (1863-1926).
Born April 6th, 1863 in Anse-à-Veau.
Died July 26th, 1926 at 63 years old in Anse-à-Veau.
Srečko Kosovel
Slovene poet.
Born March 18th, 1904 in Sežana. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1926 at 22 years old in Tomaj (meningitis). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 190
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci