Famous Deaths for Year 1912
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Months in Year 1912: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 76 of 76
Jan 3rd - Felix Dahn, writer, dies at 77
Jan 14th - Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant & Epigones), dies at 71
Jan 16th - Georg Heym, writer, dies at 24
Jan 28th - Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)
Jan 29th - Hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54
Feb 10th - Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies
Feb 16th - Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
Feb 16th - St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836)
Feb 17th - Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57
Feb 17th - Lawrence Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
Feb 22nd - Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at 76
Feb 25th - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
Feb 28th - Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
Mar 1st - George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer (b. 1847)
Mar 29th - Robert Falcon Scott, British pole explorer, dies in Antarctica at 43
Mar 30th - Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70
Apr 12th - Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90
Apr 13th - Ishikawa Takuboku, Japanese author (b. 1886)
Apr 14th - Henri Brisson, French statesman (b. 1835)
Humanitarian Clara Barton (Apr 12th)
Apr 15th - Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850)
Apr 15th - John Jacob Astor IV, billionaire (b. 1864)
Apr 15th - William T. Stead American author and journalist. (b. 1849)
Apr 20th - Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64
Apr 24th - Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81
Apr 30th - František Kmoch, Czech composer, dies at 63
May 14th - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
May 14th - Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
May 19th - Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847)
May 25th - Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)
May 26th - Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61
May 30th - Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies
Jun 9th - Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian writer (b. 1852)
Jun 10th - Anton Aškerc, Slovenian poet (b. 1856)
Jun 11th - Leon Dierx, French poet (Amants), dies at 74
Jun 12th - Frederic Passy, French economist/pacifist (Nobel 1901), dies
Jun 25th - Louis Antoine, Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65
Jun 27th - George Bonnor, cricketer (once ran three before he was caught), dies
Jul 2nd - Tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies
Jul 2nd - Tom Richardson, English cricket player (b. 1870)
Jul 15th - Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21
Jul 17th - J-Henri Poincaré, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58
Jul 25th - Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter, dies at 76
Jul 30th - Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912), dies at 60
Aug 7th - François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841)
Aug 13th - Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70
Aug 19th - Alfonse Hasselmans, composer, dies at 67
Aug 20th - William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies
Sep 1st - Sam[uel E] van Beem, actor (Dollar Princess), dies at 62
Sep 1st - Samuel Coleridge Taylor, African-British composer, dies at 37
Sep 5th - Arthur MacArthur, Jr., U.S. Army general (b. 1845)
Sep 12th - Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon
Sep 13th - Maresuke Nogi, Japanese general (b. 1849)
Sep 30th - Mary Frances Allitsen, composer, dies at 63
Oct 3rd - Guido Papini, composer, dies at 65
Oct 4th - Gen Zeledon, Nicaraguan opponent of US occupation, is executed
Oct 6th - August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94, Nobel 1909), dies at 83
Oct 8th - Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88
Oct 9th - Millie & Christine, Siamese twins, dies at 61
Oct 19th - J E B B P Q C Dwyer, cricketer (Aus-born Sussex bowler 1906-09), dies
Oct 24th - Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83
Oct 30th - Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56
Oct 30th - Preston Lockwood, British(?) actor/writer, dies
Oct 30th - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (b. 1855)
Nov 6th - Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko, composer, dies at 70
Nov 10th - Louis Cyr, Canadian strongman (b. 1863)
Nov 11th - Joseph Wieniawski, composer, dies at 75
Nov 11th - Jose Canalejas Y Mendez, premier Spain, murdered
Nov 12th - Jose Canalejas bon Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58
Nov 28th - Heinz Galinski, chairman (Central Council for Jews in Germany), dies
Nov 28th - Walter Benona Sharp, American oil tycoon (b. 1870)
Dec 3rd - Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (b. 1841)
Dec 7th - George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies
Dec 12th - Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91
Dec 14th - Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, British Army lieutenant (b. 1887)
Dec 23rd - Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (b. 1850)
Dec 30th - Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60
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