04 Jan 1908
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death
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Antony Winkler Prins: Writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70
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09 Jan 1908
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death
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Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840) |
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09 Jan 1908
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death
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Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832) |
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10 Jan 1908
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death
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Anna S Barbiers Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65
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14 Jan 1908
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death
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Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846) |
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17 Jan 1908
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death
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Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835) |
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20 Jan 1908
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death
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John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830) |
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23 Jan 1908
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death
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Edward Alexander MacDowell US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47
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25 Jan 1908
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death
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Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850) |
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25 Jan 1908
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death
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Ouida, English-Italian author (b. 1839) |
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01 Feb 1908
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death
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Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863) |
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14 Feb 1908
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death
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Georges Jean Pfeiffer composer, dies at 72
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17 Feb 1908
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death
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Geronimo Apache chief, dies at about 79
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23 Feb 1908
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death
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Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823) |
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24 Feb 1908
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death
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Anatol' Vakhnyanyn composer, dies at 66
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29 Feb 1908
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death
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John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish-Australian politician, 1st Governor-General of Australia (b. 1860) |
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29 Feb 1908
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death
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Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850) |
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11 Mar 1908
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death
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Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839) |
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11 Mar 1908
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death
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Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846) |
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11 Mar 1908
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death
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Peter Milne composer, dies at 83
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12 Mar 1908
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death
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Edmondo de Amicis Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61
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25 Mar 1908
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death
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Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851) |
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28 Mar 1908
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death
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Hermann Clemenz, Estonian chess player (d. 1846) |
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28 Mar 1908
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death
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John Eliot English meteorology, dies at 68
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30 Mar 1908
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death
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Chester Gillette, American murderer (b. 1883) |
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04 Apr 1908
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death
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Josef Sucher: Composer, dies at 64
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05 Apr 1908
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death
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Gaetano Coronaro: Composer, dies at 55
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11 Apr 1908
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death
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Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829) |
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20 Apr 1908
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death
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Henry Chadwick sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85
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22 Apr 1908
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death
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Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836) |
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12 May 1908
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death
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Melesio Morales composer, dies at 69
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18 May 1908
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death
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Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823) |
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23 May 1908
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death
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François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842) |
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23 May 1908
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death
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24 May 1908
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death
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Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821) |
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26 May 1908
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death
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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835) |
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31 May 1908
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death
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Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839) |
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31 May 1908
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death
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C L "Boy" Johnson cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
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01 Jun 1908
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death
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Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867) |
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02 Jun 1908
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death
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Redvers H Buller: English General, dies at 68
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05 Jun 1908
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death
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Luca Fumagalli: Composer, dies at 71
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08 Jun 1908
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death
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Johan Lindegren: Composer, dies at 66
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09 Jun 1908
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death
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Jose FdT Coelho: Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46
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11 Jun 1908
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death
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Georg Adler: German statehouse head, dies at 45
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21 Jun 1908
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death
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Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov: Russian Composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64
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21 Jun 1908
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death
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844) |
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24 Jun 1908
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death
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Grover Cleveland, American politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837) |
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03 Jul 1908
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death
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Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (b. 1845) |
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05 Jul 1908
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death
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Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833) |
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10 Jul 1908
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death
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Eliza Laurillard: Vicar / Poet / writer, dies at 78
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10 Jul 1908
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death
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Phoebe Knapp, American organist and composer (b. 1839) |
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11 Jul 1908
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death
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Friedrich Traun, German tennis player (b. 1876) |
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14 Jul 1908
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death
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William Mason: Composer, dies at 79
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18 Jul 1908
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death
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Jaime Nuno: Composer, dies at 83
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20 Jul 1908
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death
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Federico Chueca: Composer, dies at 62
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20 Jul 1908
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death
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Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835) |
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20 Jul 1908
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death
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Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881) |
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22 Jul 1908
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death
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Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828) |
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24 Jul 1908
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death
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Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. 1867) |
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08 Aug 1908
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death
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Joseph [Maria] Olbrich: Architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40
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11 Aug 1908
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death
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Khudiram Bose, Indian activist (b. 1889) |
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13 Aug 1908
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death
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Ira D Sankey: US evangelist / Composer / singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67
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20 Aug 1908
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death
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Louis Varney: Composer, dies at 64
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31 Aug 1908
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death
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Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875) |
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03 Sep 1908
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death
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Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk: Governor-General (Dutch East-Indies)
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17 Sep 1908
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death
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Thomas E Selfridge: Earlier US aviator, 1st to die in an air crash
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17 Sep 1908
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death
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Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852) |
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17 Sep 1908
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death
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Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882) |
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20 Sep 1908
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death
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Pablo Martin Melitou de Sarasate y Navascuez: Composer, dies at 64
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20 Sep 1908
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death
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Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844) |
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21 Sep 1908
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death
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Pablo de Sarasate: Spanish violinist / Composer (Spanish Dancer)
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26 Sep 1908
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death
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Samuel Duvall, American archer (b. 1836) |
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29 Sep 1908
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death
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Joaquim M Machado de Assis: Brazil writer (Dom Casmurro), dies at 69
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29 Sep 1908
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death
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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839) |
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16 Oct 1908
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death
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Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837) |
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08 Nov 1908
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death
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Victorien Sardou: French opera Author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77
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14 Nov 1908
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death
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Kwang-siu: Emperor of China
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15 Nov 1908
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death
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Cixi [the old Buddha]: Empress-widow of China
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19 Nov 1908
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death
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Albert Dietrich: Composer, dies at 79
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27 Nov 1908
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death
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Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827) |
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30 Nov 1908
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death
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Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855) |
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13 Dec 1908
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death
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Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825) |
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22 Dec 1908
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death
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Marie Jungius Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44
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23 Dec 1908
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death
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Francois A Gevaert: Belg / Dutch Composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68
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23 Dec 1908
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death
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Eduard Wachmann composer, dies at 72
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23 Dec 1908
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death
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24 Dec 1908
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death
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Francois-Auguste Gevaert: Belgian musicologist / composer, dies at 80
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24 Dec 1908
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death
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30 Dec 1908
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death
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Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844) |
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