- February 20
- Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, is murdered. [1]
- March 10
- Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at age 65. [1]
- March 25
- Kálmán Mikszáth, Hungarian author (Szent Péter Esernyöje), dies at age 63. [1]
- April 2
- Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), is murdered at age 37. [1]
- April 12
- William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at age 69. [1]
- April 21
- Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens], author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn), dies in Redding, Connecticut, USA at age 74. [1]
- April 26
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel Prize 1903), dies at age 77. [1]
- May 6
- King Edward VII of England (1901-10), dies suddenly after short illness at age 68. [1] [859.33]
- May 10
- William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies. [1]
- May 22
- Jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at age 46. [1]
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- May 27
- Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (Tuberculosis, Cholera, Nobel Prize), dies. [1]
- May 29
- Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Russian composer (Islamej), dies at age 73. [1]
- July 10
- Johann Galle, discoverer of Neptune with telescope, dies. [1]
- October 15
- Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, heavyweight boxing champ, is shot and killed. [1]
- October 17
- Julia Ward Howe, composer ("Battle Hymn of the Republic"), dies at age 91. [1]
- November 20
- Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at age 82. [1] [5]
- December 3
- Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science Monitor), dies. [1]
1911
- January 26
- Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at age 67. [1]
- February 4
- Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer General, dies at about age 75. [1]
- February 7
- Harry Graham, cricket player (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies. [1]
- February 8
- Gustaf Fröding, Swedish poet (Grabstänk), dies at age 50. [1]
- February 11
- Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at age 66. [1]
- February 18
- Bill Murdoch, cricket player, dies while watching Australia versus South Africa Test. [1]
- March 1
- Jacobus H van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist/physicist (Nobel Prize 1901), dies at age 58. [1]
- March 7
- Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at age 68. [1]
- March 24
- Matthew Stanley Robison, president (Saint Louis Cardinals), dies. [1]
- May 18
- Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at age 50. [1]
- May 20
- E M Grace, cricket player (one Test versus Australia 1880, 36 and 0), dies. [1]
- May 23
- Death of Louis Oscar Roty in Paris, France; medalist and designer (La Semeuse on 1897+ French coins, 1890s Chile coins, 1880s Haiti coins, 1875 Grand Prix de Rome winner, 1885 Knight of the Legion of Honour). [520.66]
- May 28
- Stephanus J du Toit, South African theologist/journalist (African Bond), dies. [1]
- May 29
- William Schwenck Gilbert of England, writer (Gilbert and Sullivan), dies at age 74. [1]
- July 2
- Austrian conductor Felix Mottl dies in Munich at age 55 while conducting Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. [467]
- September 14
- Piotr Stolypin, Russia's Prime Minister, is assassinated by Mordka Bogrov. [1]
- October 29
- Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, South Carolina. [1]
- December 13
- Reg Duff, cricket player (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies. [1]
1912
- January 14
- Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant and Epigones), dies at age 71. [1]
- February 10
- Joseph Lister, first Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies. [1]
- February 16
- Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies. [1]
- February 17
- Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at age 57. [1]
- L Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), dies. [1]
- February 22
- Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at age 76. [1]
- February 28
- Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies. [1]
- March 29
- Robert F Scott, British pole explorer (Antarctica), dies. [1]
- March 30
- Karl May, German writer (Winnetou, Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at age 70. [1]
- April 12
- Clara Barton, organized American Red Cross, dies at age 90. [1]
- April 20
- Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies. [1]
- April 24
- Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at age 81. [1]
- May 14
- August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at age 63. [1]
- King Frederik VIII of Denmark (1906-12), dies at age 68. [1]
- May 26
- Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at age 61. [1]
- May 30
- Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies. [1] [5]
- June 11
- Death of Arthur Welsh AKA Laibel Wellcher, Russian-American aviator, in a military plane accident at College Park airfield, Maryland; .Welsh set many flight records, including 2-man altitude record of 1860 feet. [848.50]
- September 14
- Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson opens night club Cabaret de Champion in Chicago, Illinois. Upstairs, his wife Etta Duryea shoots and kills herself. [1302.47]
- October 4
- Nicaraguan General Zeledon, opponent of US occupation, is executed. [1]
- October 9
- Millie and Christine, Siamese twins, die at age 61. [1]
- December 7
- George Darwin, who theorized that the Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies. [1]
- December 12
- Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at age 91. [1]
- December 30
- Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at age 60. [1]
1913
- January 2
- Léon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at age 57. [1]
- January 4
- Death of Alfred Graf von Schlieffen in Berlin, Germany, at age 79; Prussian General-field marshal, developed "Schlieffen Plan" used in World War I. [1] [37]
- January 13
- Thomas P Krag, Norwegian author/novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at age 44. [1]
- January 18
- Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician, dies at age 49. [1]
- January 23
- Turkish Prime Minister Nazim Pasha is assassinated. [1]
- February 17
- Death of Edward Stanley Gibbons in London, England; chemist, postage stamp dealer. [1016.95] [1249.926]
- February 22
- Mexican President Francisco Indalecio Madero is assassinated in military coup at age 39. [1] [446.50]
- Mexican vice president José María Pino Suárez is assassinated in a military coup. [1]
- February 23
- Jimmy Sinclair, cricket player (3 centuries in 25 Test South Africa career), dies. [1]
- February 27
- Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at age 58. [1]
- March 10
- Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground railroad, dies in New York. [1]
- March 18
- George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at age 67. [1]
- March 20
- Song Jiao-ren, leader of Chinese Guomindang-Party, dies. [1]
- March 31
- John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at age 75. [1]
- April 14
- Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren), dies at age 68. [1]
- May 28
- Lord Avebury [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies. [1]
- October 7
- Death of Belisario Domínguez in Mexico, murdered for criticism of President Victoriano Huerta. [446.50]
- December 22
- Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at age 69. [1]
- December 23
- James Middleton, cricket player (24 wicket of lefty pace South Africa 1895-1903), dies. [1]
1914
- January 4
- Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at age 84. [1]
- February 6
- J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at age 69. [1]
- February 25
- John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at age 93. [1]
- March 12
- George Westinghouse, US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at age 67. [1]
- March 16
- Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Madame Caillaux at age 55. [1]
- March 25
- Frédéric Mistral, French poet (Nobel Prize-1904), dies. [1]
- April 8
- Jakub Arbes, Czechoslovakia author (Andél Miru), dies at age 73. [1]
- April 16
- George W Hill, US astronomer (moon orbit), dies at age 76. [1]
- May 13
- R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket and soccer, dies. [1]
- May 17
- Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at age 79. [1]
- June 28
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by Bosnian Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. [1] [129]
- July 30
- Jean Jaurés, leading socialist, is assassinated in Paris, France. [1]
- August 6
- Ellen Louise Wilson, US President Woodrow Wilson's wife, dies at age 54. [1] [5]
- August 20
- September 1
- Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo. [1]
- December 21
- A O Jones, cricket player (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies. [1]
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