Joseph Lister (1827-1912)
Feb 10 British surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic surgery), dies at 84
- Feb 12 Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (1st to identify leprosy as bacteria), dies at 70 [1]
- Feb 16 St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836)
- Feb 17 Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Austrian diplomat (Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary 1906-12), dies at 57
- Feb 17 Edgar Evans, Welsh explorer (part of Robert Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica), dies attempting to return from the Pole at 35
- Feb 22 Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at 76
- Feb 25 Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1905-12), dies at 59
- Feb 28 Bill Storer, English cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
- Mar 1 George Grossmith, British actor, comedian and writer (The Diary of a Nobody, A Society Clown), dies at 64
- Mar 1 Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician (Council President of Denmark), dies at 72
- Mar 6 August Toepler, German physicist, dies at 75
- Mar 15 Louis van Westerhoven, Dutch actor, singer and opera director (Youth), dies at 58
- Mar 17 Lawrence "Titus" Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), sacrifices himself during the Terra Nova Expedition at 32
- Mar 22 Henry Harrison Walker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 79
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)
Mar 29 British explorer and leader of the ill-fated south pole expedition, dies in Antarctica at 43
Clara Barton (1821-1912)
Apr 12 American nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, dies of tuberculosis at 90
Edward Smith (1850-1912)
Apr 15 English naval captain of the RMS Titanic, dies when the ship sinks in the Atlantic Ocean aged 62
John Jacob Astor IV (1864-1912)
Apr 15 American business magnate, real estate developer (Astoria Hotel) and soldier (richest passenger aboard the Titanic), dies aboard the Titanic at 47, presumed drowned
- Apr 15 William T. Stead, British newspaper editor (The Pall Mall Gazette), dies in the sinking of the Titanic at 62
Bram Stoker (1847-1912)
Apr 20 Irish theater manager and author (Dracula), dies at 64
- Apr 20 H. H. Holmes [Herman Webster Mudgett], American serial killer associated with 27 deaths, dies at 64
- Apr 24 Justin M'Carthy, Irish politician and novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81
- Apr 30 František Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 63
- May 4 Nettie Stevens, American geneticist (discovered sex chromosomes), dies of cancer at 51 [1]
- May 14 August Strindberg 'Father of modern Swedish Literature', Swedish dramatist and writer (Miss Julie), dies at 63
- May 14 Frederik VIII, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
- May 19 Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (The Outpost), dies at 64
- May 19 Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist who discovered that the nucleus of plant cells divides during cell division, dies at 68
- May 25 Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (Governor of Maryland, 1908-12), dies at 52
- May 26 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61
- May 28 Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist, dies at 74
- Jun 1 Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban designer (built skyscrapers), dies at 65
- Jun 3 Julius A. De Lagnel, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 84
- Jun 9 Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor and playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa), dies at 60
- Jun 10 Anton Aškerc, Slovenian poet and priest (Primoz Trubar), dies at 56
- Jun 11 Léon Dierx, French poet (Aspirations; Les Amants), dies at 74
- Jun 12 Frédéric Passy, French economist and pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1901 for European Peace Movement), dies at 90
- Jun 25 Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch-British painter, dies at 76
- Jun 25 Louis Antoine, Belgian miner and sect leader, dies at about 65
- Jun 27 Frank Furness, American architect (University of Pennsylvania Library; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), dies at 72 [1]
- Jun 27 George Bonnor, Australian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128; NSW CA, Victoria CA), dies from a heart attack at 57
Harriet Quimby (1875-1912)
Jul 1 American pioneering aviator, 1st woman in the US to receive a pilot certificate and to cross the English Channel, dies in a plane crash at 37 after her biplane unexpectedly pitched forward and threw her and her passenger to their deaths [1]
- Jul 2 Tom Richardson, England cricket fast bowler (14 Tests, 88 wickets, BB 8/94; Surrey CCC), dies of a heart attack at 41
- Jul 3 Robert Hoke, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 75
- Jul 15 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (1912 Olympics), dies of electrolyte imbalance after smearing his body with suet during Olympic marathon in Stockholm at 24
- Jul 17 Dorothy Goetz Berlin, newlywed bride of songwriter Irving Berlin, dies of typhoid fever contracted during their Havana honeymoon at 20
- Jul 17 Henri Poincaré, French mathematician (Poincaré conjecture), dies at 58
- Jul 20 Andrew Lang, Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and anthropologist (Andrew Lang's Fairy Books), dies at 68
- Jul 30 Emperor Meiji [Mutsuhito], 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912), dies at 60
- Aug 7 François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841)
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Aug 13 French opera composer (Werther; Manon), dies of abdominal cancer at 70
William Booth (1829-1912)
Aug 20 English preacher and founder of the Salvation Army, dies at 83 [1]
- Aug 24 Alfred Berger, Austrian playwright, dies at 59
- Sep 1 Samuel "Sam" van Beem, Flemish actor (Fanfan la Tulipe), dies at 62
- Sep 1 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, African-British composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast), dies at 37
- Sep 5 Arthur MacArthur, Jr, American career military officer (US Army - Civil War, American Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Philippine–American War), dies at 67
- Sep 12 Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon
- Sep 13 Maresuke Nogi, Japanese general (b. 1849)
- Oct 1 Mary Frances Allitsen, Nritish mezzo-soprano, voice coach, and composer (Psalm 27: "The Lord is My Light"), dies at 63
- Oct 3 Guido Papini, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 65
- Oct 4 Gen Zeledon, Nicaraguan opponent of US occupation, is executed
- Oct 6 Auguste Beernaert, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium (1884-94) and Nobel Peace Prize laureare 1909, dies at 83
- Oct 8 Wilhelm Kuhe, German composer, dies at 88
- Oct 9 Millie & Christine McCoy, American Siamese twins born slaves, die at 61
- Oct 19 E. B. Dwyer, Austalian-born cricketer (Sussex bowler 1906-09), dies at 36
- Oct 24 Louis van Haecke, Belgian chaplain and author (Zeesterre), dies at 83
- Oct 30 James S. Sherman, 27th Vice President of the United States (1909-1912), dies at 57
- Oct 30 Jan Karol Gall, Polish conductor and composer of mostly vocal pieces (Mizerna, cicha), dies at 55
- Nov 6 Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (Taras Bulba), conductor and ethnomusicologist, dies at 70
- Nov 10 Louis Cyr, French Canadian strongman (lifting 500 pounds (227 kg) with one finger and backlifting 4,337 pounds (1,967 kg)), dies at 49
- Nov 11 Jose Canalejas Y Mendez, premier Spain, murdered
- Nov 11 Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher, dies at 75
- Nov 12 Jose Canalejas bon Mendez, Spanish politician, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58
- Nov 28 Otto Brahm, German critic, theatre director (founded Neue Deutsche Rundschau), dies at 56
- Nov 28 Walter Benona Sharp, American oil tycoon, dies at 41
- Dec 3 Prudente José de Morais Barros, 3rd President of Brazil (1894-98), dies at 61
- Dec 7 George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies
- Dec 12 Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (regent for nephews King Ludwig II and King Otto), dies at 91
- Dec 14 Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, British Army lieutenant, Antarctic explorer, and dog handler (Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic expedition), dies after falling into a deep crevasse at 25
- Dec 23 Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist, dies at 62
- Dec 30 Alfred von Kiderlen-Wächter, German foreign minister, dies at 60
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