Notable Deaths - 1912
1912 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 3 |
Felix Dahn, writer, dies at 77 |
Jan 7 |
Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, English Physician and Feminist, dies at 71 |
Jan 14 |
Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant & Epigones), dies at 71 |
Jan 16 |
Georg Heym, writer, dies at 24 |
Jan 16 |
Georg Heym, The Madman |
Jan 27 |
Alexandre Bisson, Madame X |
Jan 28 |
Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819) |
Jan 29 |
Hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54 |
Jan 29 |
Herman Bang, Michael |
Feb 3 |
Felix Dahn, The Last Roman |
Feb 10 |
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies |
Feb 13 |
Gus Ruhlin, Jeffries and Ruhlin Sparring Contest at San Francisco, Cal., November 15, 1901 |
Feb 16 |
Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies |
Feb 16 |
St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836) |
Feb 17 |
Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57 |
Feb 17 |
Lawrence Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), dies |
Feb 22 |
Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at 76 |
Feb 25 |
Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852) |
Feb 28 |
Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies |
Mar 1 |
George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer (b. 1847) |
Mar 1 |
Louis Holstein-Ledreborg, Dr. Cook at Copenhagen |
Mar 1 |
George Grossmith, The Diary of a Nobody: The Domestic Jottings of a City Clerk |
Mar 2 |
Vilém Mrstík, Marysa |
Mar 17 |
Lawrence E.G. Oates, The Undying Story of Captain Scott and Animal Life in the Antarctic |
Mar 24 |
Mace Greenleaf, Falling Leaves |
Mar 29 |
Robert Falcon Scott, British pole explorer, dies in Antarctica at 43 |
Mar 29 |
Robert Falcon Scott, The Great White Silence |
Mar 30 |
Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70 |
Mar 30 |
Karl May, Winnetou |
Apr 6 |
Giovanni Pascoli, quest'atomo opaco del Male |
Apr 11 |
Frederick D. Grant, 25th Infantry |
Apr 12 |
Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 |
Apr 12 |
Clara Barton, The Flag of Humanity |
Apr 13 |
Ishikawa Takuboku, Japanese author (b. 1886) |
Apr 14 |
Henri Brisson, French statesman (b. 1835) |
Apr 15 |
Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) |
Apr 15 |
John Jacob Astor IV, billionaire (b. 1864) |
Apr 15 |
William T. Stead American author and journalist. (b. 1849) |
Apr 15 |
E.J. Smith, |
Apr 15 |
James Moody, |
Apr 15 |
John Jacob Astor, President McKinley's Inspection of Camp Wikoff |
Apr 15 |
Daniel Marvin, RMS Titanic: The Story Biograph Told |
Apr 15 |
Helen Lorraine Allison, |
Apr 15 |
Jacques Futrelle, Cell 13 |
Apr 15 |
Isidor Straus, |
Apr 15 |
Rosalie Ida Straus, |
Apr 20 |
Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 |
Apr 20 |
Bram Stoker, Dracula |
Apr 24 |
Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 |
Apr 29 |
Ferruccio Garavaglia, Othello |
Apr 30 |
František Kmoch, Czech composer, dies at 63 |
May 2 |
Homer Davenport, Homer Davenport, the Cartoonist |
May 2 |
Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo, El verdugo |
May 14 |
August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63 |
May 14 |
Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68 |
May 14 |
August Strindberg, Miss Julie |
May 14 |
King Frederik VIII, Kong Frederik VIII besøger Island |
May 19 |
Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847) |
May 19 |
Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiosperms), dies at 68 |
May 19 |
Boleslaw Prus, Pharaoh |
May 25 |
Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860) |
May 26 |
Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 |
May 26 |
Jan Blockx, Waar het groeide |
May 30 |
Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies at 45 |
May 30 |
Wilbur Wright, The Wright Brothers Aeroplane |
Jun 1 |
Phillip Parmalee, A Dash Through the Clouds |
Jun 9 |
Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian writer (b. 1852) |
Jun 9 |
Benjamin P. Lamberton, Officers of the 'Olympia' |
Jun 10 |
Anton Aškerc, Slovenian poet (b. 1856) |
Jun 10 |
Ion Luca Caragiale, De ce trag clopotele, Mitica? |
Jun 11 |
Leon Dierx, French poet (Amants), dies at 74 |
Jun 12 |
Frederic Passy, French economist/pacifist (Nobel 1901), dies |
Jun 12 |
Zikmund Winter, Nezbedný bakalár |
Jun 25 |
Louis Antoine, Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65 |
Jun 25 |
Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter, dies at 76 |
Jun 27 |
George Bonnor, cricketer (once ran three before he was caught), dies |
Jul 1 |
Harriet Quimby, The Broken Cross |
Jul 2 |
Tom Richardson, English cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies (b. 1870) |
Jul 15 |
Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21 |
Jul 17 |
J-Henri Poincaré, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58 |
Jul 30 |
Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912), dies at 60 |
Aug 7 |
François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841) |
Aug 11 |
Aleksei Sergeevich Suvorin, |
Aug 13 |
Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70 |
Aug 13 |
Jules Massenet, Transamerica |
Aug 19 |
Alfonse Hasselmans, composer, dies at 67 |
Aug 20 |
William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies |
Aug 20 |
William Booth, General and Staff Leaving Strand Hall |
Aug 26 |
Vedah Bertram, Broncho Billy Outwitted |
Sep 1 |
Sam[uel E] van Beem, actor (Dollar Princess), dies at 62 |
Sep 1 |
Samuel Coleridge Taylor, African-British composer, dies at 37 |
Sep 5 |
Arthur MacArthur, Jr., U.S. Army general (b. 1845) |
Sep 5 |
Arthur MacArthur, Major-General Arthur MacArthur and Staff |
Sep 12 |
Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon |
Sep 13 |
Maresuke Nogi, Japanese general (b. 1849) |
Sep 30 |
Mary Frances Allitsen, composer, dies at 63 |
Oct 3 |
Guido Papini, composer, dies at 65 |
Oct 4 |
Gen Zeledon, Nicaraguan opponent of US occupation, is executed |
Oct 6 |
August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94, Nobel 1909), dies at 83 |
Oct 8 |
Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88 |
Oct 9 |
Millie & Christine, Siamese twins, dies at 61 |
Oct 19 |
J E B B P Q C Dwyer, cricketer (Aus-born Sussex bowler 1906-09), dies |
Oct 24 |
Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83 |
Oct 30 |
Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56 |
Oct 30 |
Preston Lockwood, British(?) actor/writer, dies |
Oct 30 |
James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (b. 1855) |
Nov 3 |
Anton von Perfall, Die Hexe von Norderoog |
Nov 6 |
Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko, composer, dies at 70 |
Nov 10 |
Louis Cyr, Canadian strongman (b. 1863) |
Nov 11 |
Joseph Wieniawski, composer, dies at 75 |
Nov 11 |
Jose Canalejas Y Mendez, premier Spain, murdered |
Nov 12 |
Jose Canalejas bon Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58 |
Nov 28 |
Heinz Galinski, chairman (Central Council for Jews in Germany), dies |
Nov 28 |
Walter Benona Sharp, American oil tycoon (b. 1870) |
Nov 28 |
Daniel M. Ransdell, President McKinley Taking the Oath |
Dec 3 |
Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (b. 1841) |
Dec 7 |
George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies |
Dec 11 |
James Otis Kaler, Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus |
Dec 12 |
Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91 |
Dec 14 |
Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, British Army lieutenant (b. 1887) |
Dec 14 |
Harry Cashman, His Birthday Jacket |
Dec 23 |
Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (b. 1850) |
Dec 30 |
Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60 |
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