- March 8
- Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at age 69. [1]
- March 20
- Venustiano Carranza, President of Mexico (1915-20), murdered at age 60. [1]
- March 21
- Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at age 37. [1]
- March 27
- Johan G Danser, Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at age 26. [1]
- April 8
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer ("White Peacock"), dies at age 35. [1]
- April 10
- Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at age 53. [1]
- April 26
- Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian math genius ('pi', Notebooks), dies at age 32. [1]
- May 1
- Swedish Crown Princess Margareta dies. [7]
- May 10
- John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies. [1]
- May 11
- William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at age 83. [1]
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- May 16
- Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull. [1]
- May 17
- Maitland Hathorn, cricket player (325 runs in 12 Tests South Africa 1901-11), dies. [1]
- August 16
- Norman Lockyer, editor of NATURE, discoverer of helium in Sun, dies. [1]
- August 17
- Ray Chapman, hit in the head by New York Yankees' Carl Mays' pitch, dies. [1]
- October 10
- Hudson Stuck dies in Alaska, USA; first to climb to peak of Mount McKinley, highest point in North America. [129]
- December 12
- Olive Schreiner, South Africa writer (Healing Imagination), dies at age 75. [1]
- December 16
- Ma Mua-Ming-Hsin the Benovelent, Chinese Muslim rebel (holy war), dies. [1]
- December 21
- Claude Tozer, cricket player (dashing New South Wales batsman), is shot to death. [1]
1921
- January 2
- Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German chancellor/Prime Minister (Prussia), referred to the international treaty guaranteeing Belgian neutrality as "a scrap of paper", dies at age 64. [1]
- January 7
- Benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), dies at age 69. [1]
- January 29
- Billy Gunn, cricket player (score 392 runs for England including a century), dies. [1]
- February 8
- Peter Kropotkin, Russian Prince/geologist/revolutionary anarchist, dies at age 78. [1]
- February 12
- Charles Leslie, cricket player (4 Tests England versus Australia 1882-83), dies. [1]
- February 27
- Schofield Haigh, cricket player (England all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies. [1]
- March 1
- Petrovic Njegos, King of Montenegro (1910-18), dies at age 79. [1]
- March 3
- Petrus Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at age 93. [1]
- March 11
- Sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at age 83. [1]
- March 21
- "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, is murdered by Al Capone. [1]
- April 5
- Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at age 58. [1]
- April 11
- Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies. [1]
- April 18
- Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, actor (Inkwartiering), dies at age 70. [1]
- April 29
- Arthur Mold, British cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies. [1]
- May 5
- Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel Prize 1911), dies. [1]
- May 12
- Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies. [1]
- May 28
- Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies. [1]
- October 23
- Death of John Boyd Dunlop in Scotland; invented pneumatic tire. [772.30]
- December 12
- Henrietta Leavitt, dicoverer of relationship between cepheid period and luminosity, dies. [1]
- December 13
- Frederick Martin, cricket player (14 wickets in two Tests for England 1890-92), dies. [1]
- December 16
- Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer (Carnival of the Animals), dies at age 86. [1]
- December 31
- József Kiss, Hungarian literary (A hét), dies at age 78. [1]
1922
- January 3
- Death of Berthold Delbruck in Jena, Germany; linguist, initiated study of Indo-European languages. [37]
- Death of Wilhelm Herrmann in Marburg, Germany; Protestant theologian. [37]
- January 5
- Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer (Endurance), dies aboard his ship at age 47. [1]
- January 15
- John Kirk Barry, Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at age 89. [1]
- January 22
- Benedictus XV [Giacomo Markies D Chiesa], pope (1914-22), dies at age 67. [1]
- January 27
- Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies at age 81. [1]
- February 1
- William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at age 49. [1]
- February 5
- Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer General, dies at age 67. [1]
- February 11
- Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at age 67. [1]
- February 15
- Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at age 36. [1]
- February 23
- Henri Landru is executed in France for having 11 wives. [1]
- February 24
- Alfred Espinas French, sociologist (Sociétes Animales), dies at age 77. [1]
- April 1
- Death of Emperor Karl at age 34 of pneumonia on Madeira island; Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian empire. [1544.30]
- April 5
- Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/minister of Justice, dies at age 85. [1]
- May 19
- Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at age 79. [1]
- May 30
- David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curaçaos poet (Adelfas), dies at age 45. [1]
- June 22
- Field Marshal Sir Henry H Wilson is murdered in London, England. [1]
- June 24
- Dr Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, is killed by anti-semites. [1]
- August 6
- Death of Alexander Graham Bell at age 75 at his home on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada; telephone inventor. [457]
- August 22
- Michael Collins, Sinn Fein leader, is killed by rebels. [1]
- December 16
- Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of Poland (December 7-16, 1922), is assassinated. [1]
1923
- January 2
- Ku Klux Klan makes surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood, Florida, USA; 8 killed including Sam Carter (compensation awarded in 1995). [1]
- January 3
- Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at age 39. [1]
- January 9
- Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at age 34. [1]
- January 11
- Constantine I, king of Greece (1913-17, 1920-22), dies at age 54. [1]
- January 18
- Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at age 31. [1]
- January 22
- Max Nordau [Südfeld], German physician/zionists leader, dies at age 73. [1]
- February 6
- Edward E Barnard, US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at age 65. [1]
- February 10
- Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, physicist (Nobel Prize 1901), dies at age 77. [1]
- March 8
- Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel Prize 1910), dies at age 85. [1]
- March 22
- Theophile Delcassé, French statesman, dies at age 71. [1]
- March 26
- Sarah Bernhardt [Henriette-Rosine Bernard], actress (Queen Elizabeth), dies at age 77. [1]
- April 4
- L Martov [Joulij O Tsederbaum], Russian revolutionary, dies at age 49. [1]
- April 5
- George Edward Stanhope Molyneúx Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon/egyptologist, dies at age 56. [1]
- April 9
- Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies. [1]
- May 10
- Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, is assassinated. [1]
- May 30
- Charles Fichardt, cricket player (South Africa batsman in two Tests 1892-96), dies. [1]
- June 29
- General JC Gomez, Venezuela's first Vice President, is assassinated. [1]
- July 20
- Francisco Pancho Villa is killed in an ambush in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico. [450.86]
- August 2
- Former US President Warren Harding dies at Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California. [1]
- September 22
- Marquess of Ripon, game hunter, dies after shooting 52nd grouse. [1]
- December 4
- [Auguste-]Maurice Barrès, French writer/parliament leader, dies at age 61. [1]
- December 12
- Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at age 20. [1]
- December 28
- Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at age 91. [1]
1924
- January 13
- Georg H Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at age 89. [1]
- January 14
- Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at age 72. [1]
- January 21
- Death of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin at age 54 of a stroke; Soviet premier. [1] [1113.50]
- January 22
- Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Le Feu Sacré), dies at age 59. [1]
- January 28
- Simon Abramsz, Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at age 56. [1]
- February 3
- Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President (1913-21), dies at his home in Washington at age 67. [1]
- February 8
- US mobster Gee John is first executed in gas chamber, in Nevada. [1]
- February 9
- Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at age 53. [1]
- February 15
- Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at age 62. [1]
- February 23
- Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President (1913-21), dies. [1]
- February 24
- Edmond Picard, French/Belgian writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at age 87. [1]
- March 1
- Louise-Marie Amélie, princess of Belgium, dies at age 66. [1]
- March 6
- Meyer E van Beem, actor (Moittige Janus), dies at age 85. [1]
- March 7
- Pat Moran, manager (Cincinnati Reds), dies of Bright's Disease. [1]
- March 12
- Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies. [1]
- March 22
- R G Nivelle, French General (Verdun), dies at age 67. [1]
- March 25
- John Reedman, cricket player (Test for Australia 1894, 17 and 4, 1 for 24), dies. [1]
- April 5
- Death of Victor Barnauskaus AKA Victor David Brenner in New York Hospital, USA; engraver (Lincoln cent coin 1909-), convicted counterfeiter (1889, seal of Lithuanian government official), sculptor (A Song to Nature fountain in Pittsburgh). [1064.1403]
- April 14
- Louis H Sullivan, architect (Wainwright building Saint Louis, Missouri, USA), dies at age 67. [1]
- Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/explorer (Surinam), dies at age 65. [1]
- April 16
- Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (England in six Tests 1898-1906), dies. [1]
- April 21
- Eleanora Duse, Italian actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at age 64. [1]
- April 24
- George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (one Test 1923), dies. [1]
- May 1
- August Cuppens, Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at age 62. [1]
- May 6
- Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism), dies at age 47. [1]
- May 8
- Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at age 23. [1]
- May 10
- Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (L'ave), dies at age 58. [1]
- May 15
- Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at age 71. [1]
- May 19
- Billy Zulch, cricket player (South Africa batsman scored two Test centuries), dies. [1]
- May 29
- Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies. [1]
- June 10
- Giacomo Matteotti, Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists. [1]
- September 20
- Death of Edward D. Putnam, first curator of American Numismatic Association. [549.72]
- December 8
- Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer ("Mataswintha"), dies at age 74. [1]
- December 9
- Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at age 70. [1]
- December 13
- Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at age 74. [1]
- December 27
- William Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at age 68. [1]
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