02 Jan 1915
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death
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Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830) |
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03 Jan 1915
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death
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James E Flecker: British diplomat / Novelist (Hassan), dies at 30
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03 Jan 1915
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death
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James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884) |
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13 Jan 1915
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death
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Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848) |
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14 Jan 1915
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death
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Richard Meux Benson, English priest, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824) |
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15 Jan 1915
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death
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Guillaume Couture composer, dies at 63
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05 Feb 1915
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death
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Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850) |
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07 Feb 1915
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death
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Wladyslaw Gorski: Composer, dies at 68
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08 Feb 1915
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death
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François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838) |
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12 Feb 1915
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death
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Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837) |
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12 Feb 1915
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death
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Charles Emile Waldteufel composer, dies at 77
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16 Feb 1915
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death
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Emil Waldteufel [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies
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19 Feb 1915
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death
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866) |
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23 Feb 1915
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death
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Robert Smalls Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in South Carolina
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25 Feb 1915
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death
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Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist, author, and academic (b. 1845) |
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25 Feb 1915
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death
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George Mimot physician (Nobel-1934), dies
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04 Mar 1915
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death
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William Willett, English founder of British Summer Time (b. 1856) |
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11 Mar 1915
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death
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Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826) |
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13 Mar 1915
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death
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Sergei J Witte Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65
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17 Mar 1915
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death
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Walter Crane English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69
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21 Mar 1915
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death
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Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856) |
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24 Mar 1915
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death
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Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1846) |
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24 Mar 1915
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death
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Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Irish-English astronomer (b. 1848) |
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27 Mar 1915
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death
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Liu Shifu, Chinese anarchist (b. 1884) |
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31 Mar 1915
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death
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Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882) |
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01 Apr 1915
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death
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Johann Joseph Abert: Composer, dies at 82
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01 Apr 1915
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death
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Theodor Altermann, Estonian actor and director (b. 1885) |
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09 Apr 1915
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death
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Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883) |
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14 Apr 1915
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death
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James Hutton Brew "Pioneer of West African Journalism", dies
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16 Apr 1915
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death
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Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841) |
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17 Apr 1915
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death
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Johannes P Kelly [Kellij] Dutch actor/operetta writer, dies at 60
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23 Apr 1915
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death
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Rupert Brooke, English soldier and poet (b. 1887) |
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23 Apr 1915
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death
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Rupert Chawner Brooke English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27
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25 Apr 1915
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death
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Frederick W. Seward, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1830) |
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25 Apr 1915
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death
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Nicola d' Arienzo composer, dies at 72
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26 Apr 1915
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death
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John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863) |
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27 Apr 1915
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death
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Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872) |
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27 Apr 1915
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death
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John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838) |
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27 Apr 1915
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death
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Alexander N Skriabin Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43
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07 May 1915
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death
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Alfred G Vanderbilt: US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania
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07 May 1915
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death
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Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr.: US Lusitania officer
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07 May 1915
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death
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Charles Frohman: Dies aboard Lusitania
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08 May 1915
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death
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Henry McNeal Turner: 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
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09 May 1915
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death
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Tony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883) |
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09 May 1915
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death
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François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887) |
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10 May 1915
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death
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Albert Weisgerber German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle
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19 May 1915
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death
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John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (b. 1892) |
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21 May 1915
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death
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Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875) |
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24 May 1915
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death
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John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896) |
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04 Jun 1915
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death
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William Charles Denis Browne: Composer, dies at 26
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05 Jun 1915
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death
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Brzeska: Sculptor
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07 Jun 1915
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death
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Benjamin Lambord: Composer, dies at 35
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07 Jun 1915
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death
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Charles Reed Bishop, American banker and politician, founded the First Hawaiian Bank (b. 1822) |
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18 Jun 1915
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death
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Eufemio Zapata, Mexican brother of Emiliano Zapata (b. 1873) |
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19 Jun 1915
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death
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Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev: Russian Composer (Oresteia), dies at 58
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20 Jun 1915
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death
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Emil Rathenau: German industrialist (AEG)
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28 Jun 1915
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death
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Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (b. 1877) |
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02 Jul 1915
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death
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Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830) |
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10 Jul 1915
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death
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Hendrik W Mesdag: Painter (Panorama Mesdag)
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15 Jul 1915
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death
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Ludwik Grossman: Composer, dies at 80
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16 Jul 1915
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death
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Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827) |
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17 Jul 1915
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death
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Francesco Fanciulli: Composer, dies on 62nd birthday
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18 Jul 1915
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death
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George William Louis Marshall-Hall: Composer, dies at 53
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22 Jul 1915
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death
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Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (b. 1827) |
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26 Jul 1915
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death
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James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837) |
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28 Jul 1915
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death
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Vilbrun G Sam: Rebellion leader / President of Haiti, lynched
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04 Aug 1915
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death
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Richard Kiepert: German cartographer (Africa), dies at 68
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09 Aug 1915
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death
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Henry Longbottom: English lieutenant, dies in battle
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10 Aug 1915
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death
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Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887) |
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15 Aug 1915
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death
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Albert Siegfried Bettelheim: Jew convicted of murder, lynched
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17 Aug 1915
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death
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Leo Frank lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia
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20 Aug 1915
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death
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Paul Ehrlich: German geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908)
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02 Sep 1915
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death
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August Stramm: Writer, dies at 41
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09 Sep 1915
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death
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Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded Spalding (b. 1850) |
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10 Sep 1915
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death
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Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec (b. 1822) |
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10 Sep 1915
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death
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Bagha Jatin, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1879 ) |
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11 Sep 1915
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death
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William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1830) |
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11 Sep 1915
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death
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William Cornelius Van Horne, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1843) |
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13 Sep 1915
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death
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Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (b. 1835) |
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15 Sep 1915
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death
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Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834) |
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21 Sep 1915
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death
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Anthony Comstock: Anti-vice crusader, dies at 71 in New York City
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27 Sep 1915
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death
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Conrad T van Deventer: Dutch jurist / MP (liberal), dies at 57
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27 Sep 1915
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death
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Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch: German / Austrian sculptor, dies at 84
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27 Sep 1915
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death
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Remy de Gourmont, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1858) |
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28 Sep 1915
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death
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Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844) |
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29 Sep 1915
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death
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Luther Orlando Emerson: Composer, dies at 95
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29 Sep 1915
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death
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Rudi Stephan: Composer, dies at 28
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02 Oct 1915
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death
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Russell Alexander: Composer, dies at 38
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05 Oct 1915
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death
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Jose Maria Usandizaga: Composer, dies at 28
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05 Oct 1915
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death
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Otto Valdemar Malling: Composer, dies at 67
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07 Oct 1915
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death
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Samuel Prowse Warren: Composer, dies at 74
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09 Oct 1915
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death
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Constant A M Cap: Flemish Poet / etcher, dies at 73
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12 Oct 1915
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death
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Edith L Cavell: British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WWII)
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12 Oct 1915
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death
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Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865) |
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23 Oct 1915
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death
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W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848) |
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24 Oct 1915
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death
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Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828) |
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30 Oct 1915
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death
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Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821) |
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14 Nov 1915
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death
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Booker T Washington: Educator / organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee, Alabama
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14 Nov 1915
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death
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Theodor Leschetizky: Composer, dies at 85
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19 Nov 1915
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death
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Joe Hill: Labor leader / songwriter, executed for murder
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19 Nov 1915
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death
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Solomon Schechter: Theologist, dies at about 64
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27 Nov 1915
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death
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Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba: Composer, dies at 54
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28 Nov 1915
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death
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Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1896) |
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02 Dec 1915
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death
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Jan Malat: Composer, dies at 72
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04 Dec 1915
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death
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Gustav Hollaender: Composer, dies at 60
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18 Dec 1915
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death
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19 Dec 1915
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death
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Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864) |
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20 Dec 1915
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death
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Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863) |
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23 Dec 1915
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death
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Roland Leighton dies at 20
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28 Dec 1915
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death
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Gerrit Jan van Heek Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78
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29 Dec 1915
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death
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Charles Beach Hawley composer, dies at 57
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