Deaths Date 1914 | History by KabAstro

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Jan 11 American writer and satirist (Devil's Dictionary, Nuggets & Dust), dies at 71

Jan 11 Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (b. 1842)
Jan 13 Bernardus Hermanus Heldt, Dutch trade union leader and politician, dies at 72
Jan 13 Valentin Zubiaurre Spanish composer (Ferdinand Set), and educator, dies at 76
Jan 20 (Henry Southwick) H.S. Perkins, American hymn composer, lyricist, conductor, and teacher, dies at 80
Jan 20 Emil Liebling, German-American composer, dies at 62
Jan 20 Henry Southwick Perkins, American composer, educator, and founder of Music Teachers' National Association, dies at 80
Jan 21 Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)
Jan 22 Frederik Rung, Danish composer, dies at 60
Feb 6 Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter of peasant families (Laren School), dies at 69
Feb 13 Alphonse Bertillon, French police officer and anthropologist (devised crime ID system), dies at 60
Feb 22 Valliamma Mudaliar, took part in Indian passive resistance, dies of a fever contracted in prison
Feb 24 Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg
Feb 25 John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93
Mar 1 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, dies at 63
Mar 1 Tor Aulin, Swedish composer, dies at 47

George Westinghouse (1846-1914)

Mar 12 American entrepreneur and engineer (air brakes, alternating current system) who was a pioneer of the electrical industry (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67 [1]

Mar 16 Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician, recipient of the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize, dies at 70
Mar 16 Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55
Mar 16 John Murray, Canadian-British oceanographer, marine biologist (Challenger Expedition, 1872-76), and writer (The Depths of the Ocean), dies in a car wreck at 73
Mar 19 Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)
Mar 23 Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (Saint Rebecca) Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
Mar 23 Teunis Stoel, Dutch actor and director (Small Theater), dies at 62

Frederic Mistral (1830-1914)

Mar 25 French Provencal poet (Nobel 1904), dies at 83

Mar 28 Hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55
Mar 31 Christian Morgenstern, German poet (Ich und die Welt), dies at 42
Apr 1 Rube Waddell, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Triple Crown, AL wins leader 1905; ERA leader 1900, 05; strikeout leader 1902–07; Philadelphia A's), dies from tuberculosis at 37
Apr 2 Paul von Heyse, German writer (Nobel Prize for Literature 1910), dies at 84
Apr 9 Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician (44th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 55
Apr 12 Josef Nešvera, Czech composer, dies at 71
Apr 14 Hubert Bland, English author and socialist (co-founder of the Fabian Society), dies of a heart attack at 59
Apr 14 Paul Ehrenreich, German ethnologist and mythologist, dies at 58
Apr 16 George William Hill, American astronomer (calculated Moon's orbit) and considered to be the greatest master of celestial mechanics of his time, dies at 76
Apr 16 S. R. Crockett, Scottish novelist (The Stickit Minister), dies at 54
Apr 19 Charles Peirce, American scientist and philosopher known as "the father of pragmatism", dies at 74
May 3 Daniel E. Sickles, American lawyer, politician (US Representative from New York, 1857-61 and 1893-95), diplomat, and Major General (Union Army), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 94 [1]
May 7 Edward Mollenhauer, American composer, dies at 87
May 9 C. W. Post, American food manufacturer of breakfast cereals, commits suicide at 59
May 10 Augustine Sackett, American inventor of drywall, dies at 73 [1]
May 10 Sir William Alexander Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade, dies at 59
May 13 R. E. Foster, English cricket batsman (8 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 287 on debut 1903; Worcestershire CCC) and soccer forward (5 caps; Corinthian FC, Old Malvernians FC; only man to captain England in both sports), dies of diabetes at 36
May 17 Peter Leyten, Bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79
May 25 Paolo Giorza, Italian-Australian composer, dies at 81
May 26 Jacob Riis, Danish-American social reformer and "muck raking" reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun), dies at 65
May 27 Joseph Swan, English physicist and chemist (incandescent light bulb), dies at 85
May 28 Adolf Sonnenfeld, Polish violinist and composer, dies at 76
May 29 Paul von Mauser, German weapon designer, dies at 75
May 31 Angelo Moriondo, Italian inventor (patented earliest known espresso machine, 1884), dies at 62
Jun 6 Walter T Watts-Dunton, English lawyer, poet and writer (Aylwin), dies at 81
Jun 11 Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
Jun 14 Adlai Stevenson I, American politician (D), 23rd Vice President of the United States (1893-97), dies at 78
Jun 15 A G Steel, cricketer (13 Tests, 29 wkts, Eng captain 1886), dies
Jun 21 Bertha von Suttner, Austrian writer and pacifist, 1st woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1905), dies at 71
Jun 21 Glauco Velasquez, Brazilian composer, dies at 30

Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914)

Jun 28 Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, leads to declarations of war in WWI

Jun 28 Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, assassinated with her husband Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, at 46
Jun 30 Bai Long [White Wolf], Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies
Jul 2 Joseph Chamberlain, British statesman, (Secretary of State for the Colonies), dies at 78
Jul 6 Delmira Agustini, Uruguayan poet (El Libro Blanco), murdered at 27
Jul 11 Julius Rodenberg [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies at 83
Jul 19 Alexander Conze, German archaeologist, dies at 82
Jul 20 Leo van Gheluwe, Belgian composer, dies at 76
Jul 30 Albert Trott, cricketer (3 Tests for Aus, 2 for Eng), commits suicide
Jul 30 Jean Jaurès, leading socialist, assassinated in Paris
Jul 31 A J Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité/Les Preuves), murdered=
Aug 2 Gabriel Édouard Xavier Dupont, French composer, dies of tuberculosis at 36
Aug 4 Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist, dies at 61
Aug 6 Ellen Axson Wilson (née Ellen Louise Axson), American artist and First Lady (US, 1913-14; New Jersey, 1911-13), dies of Bright's Disease during President Woodrow Wilson's 1st term, at 54
Aug 7 Boleslaw Dembinski, Polish composer, dies at 81
Aug 7 Bransby Cooper, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 2 dismissals; Middlesex CCC, Kent CCC, Victoria), dies at 70
Aug 9 Roque Saenz Pena, Argentine politician and lawyer (President of Argentina 1910-14), dies in office at 63

John Philip Holland (1840-1914)

Aug 12 Irish engineer and father of the modern submarine, dies at 74

Aug 15 Anatoly Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59
Aug 17 James Grierson, British general, dies of an aneurism at 55
Aug 19 Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus, dies at 69
Aug 20 Pius X [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Italian Roman Catholic Pope (1903-14 - lowered age of Communion from 12 to 7,) and saint, dies at 79
Aug 22 Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi Italian religious figure
Aug 22 James Dickson Innes, British painter, dies of tuberculosis at 27
Aug 22 Léon Amédée François Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WWI), dies during Battle of Rossignol at 58
Aug 22 Rondony, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WWI), dies during Battle of Rossignol at 58
Aug 23 Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks
Aug 23 George Ambrose Pogson, British consul in Hamburg (1880-1914), dies
Aug 24 Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar, dies at 50
Aug 28 Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer (From the Apocalypse; Bewitched Lake), conductor, and pedagogue (St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1878-1914), dies at 59
Aug 30 Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
Aug 30 Alexander Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide after Russian defeat at the Battle of Tannenberg at 54
Aug 30 Lucy Lloyd, English-born creator (with Wilhelm Bleek) of archive of Bushman ǀxam and !kun texts, dies at 79 [1]
Sep 1 Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Sep 3 Albéric Magnard, French composer (Guercœur), dies defending his property against invading Germans in WWI at 49
Sep 5 Charles Péguy, French poet, essayist and editor (b. 1873)
Sep 7 Peter O'Brien, Irish lawyer and judge, dies at 73
Sep 8 William Erasmus Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, subject of his father's psychological studies, dies at 74

Koos de la Rey (1847-1914)

Sep 15 Boer leader and general in the South African War (1899–1902), shot and killed by police after refusing to stop at a checkpoint at 66

Sep 16 James Edward Sullivan, American sports official and founder (Amateur Athletic Union), dies at 51
Sep 22 Alain-Fournier, French writer (Le Grand Meaulnes), dies in battle at 27
Sep 25 Alfred Lichtenstein, German writer, dies at 25
Sep 25 Jan Stobbaerts, Flemish painter, dies at 76
Sep 28 Richard Warren Sears, American businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company), dies at 50
Sep 28 Stevan Mokranjac [Stojanović], Serbian cellist, educator and composer of choral music (Garlands), dies at 58
Sep 28 Þorsteinn Erlingsson, Icelandic poet (Pyrnar), dies at 56
Sep 29 Jean Bouin, French middle distance runner (Olympic silver 1912), dies fighting in WWI at 25
Oct 10 Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies at 75
Oct 10 Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch politician (Mayor of Amsterdam, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1891-1894), dies at 73
Oct 10 Karol I, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies
Oct 12 Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (flat-bottomed paper bag), described as a "female Thomas Edison", dies at 76
Oct 15 Aleksander Różycki, Polish pianist, composer, and music teacher dies at 59
Oct 28 Adelgunde of Bavaria, German princess and wife of Duke of Modena, dies at 91
Oct 28 Richard Heuberger, Austrian opera composer, dies at 64
Oct 30 Ernst Stadler, German poet (Der Aufbruch), dies fighting in WWI at 31
Nov 1 Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle
Nov 2 Jack Sheridan, American Baseball Hall of Fame umpire (World Series 1905, 07-08, 10), dies from effects of sunstroke at 52
Nov 3 Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (Totentag) dies of a cocaine overdose at 27
Nov 6 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist (Dante), dies at 79
Nov 14 Frederick Roberts "Bobs", British military commander and governor of Natal (Second Afghan War, Boer War), dies at 82
Nov 14 Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
Nov 24 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist and founder of the Flemish People Party, dies at 44
Nov 25 Davorin Jenko, Slovene-Serbian composer, dies at 79
Nov 25 Jan Stobbaerts, Belgian painter, dies at 76
Dec 1 Alfred Thayer Mahan, American naval officer (Influence of Sea Power), dies at 74
Dec 6 Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47
Dec 8 Maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (b. 1861)
Dec 12 Watkins Lewis Africa American lynched in Shrevport, Louisiana
Dec 14 Giovanni Sgambati, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 73
Dec 16 Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer and conductor, dies at 82
Dec 19 Johann Friedrich von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer, dies at 87
Dec 21 Arthur Jones, England cricket all-rounder and captain (12 Tests, 3 wickets, 15 catches; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies from tuberculosis at 42