In the year 1941

398 Notable deaths

Ludwig Quidde

German politician (1858-1941).

Born March 23rd, 1858 in Bremen. [ref]

Died March 5th, 1941 at 82 years old in Geneva. [ref]

Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.

United states army general (1884-1941).

Born September 23rd, 1884 in Junction City.

Died August 22nd, 1941 at 56 years old in Massachusetts General Hospital (cancer).

Felipe Agoncillo

Filipino politician (1859-1941).

Born May 26th, 1859 in Taal.

Died September 29th, 1941 at 82 years old in Manila.

Christian Sinding

Norwegian composer.

Born January 11th, 1856 in Kongsberg. [ref]

Died December 3rd, 1941 at 85 years old in Oslo. [ref]

Andrew Jackson Houston

American politician (1854-1941).

Born June 21st, 1854 in Independence.

Died June 26th, 1941 at 87 years old in Baltimore.

Maurice Bavaud

Swiss assassin (1916-1941).

Born January 15th, 1916 in Neuchâtel.

Died May 14th, 1941 at 25 years old in Plötzensee Prison (guillotine). [ref]

Nicolae Titulescu

Romanian diplomat and politician (1882-1941).

Born March 4th, 1882 in Craiova. [ref]

Died March 17th, 1941 at 59 years old in Cannes. [ref]

Emine Nazikeda Kadın

Wife of ottoman sultan mehmed vi (1866–1941).

Born October 9th, 1866 in Sukhumi.

Died April 4th, 1941 at 74 years old in Maadi.

Arkady Gaidar

Soviet children's writer.

Born January 22nd, 1904 in Lgov. [ref]

Died October 26th, 1941 at 37 years old in Lipliave, Kaniv Raion. [ref]

Simon Dubnow

Historian, writer, activist.

Born September 10th, 1860 in Mscislaŭ.

Died December 8th, 1941 at 81 years old in Riga.

Deaths 111 to 120 of 398

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Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi