Who died in 1912?

Answer 1

Lawrence Alma-Tadema Painter 8-Jan-1836 25-Jun-1912 Classicist painter John Jacob Astor Philanthropist 13-Jul-1864 15-Apr-1912 Died aboard the Titanic Clara Barton Activist 25-Dec-1821 12-Apr-1912 Co-Founder of the American Red Cross Auguste Beernaert Diplomat 26-Jul-1829 6-Oct-1912 Belgian Prime Minister, Nobel recipient Daniel H. Burnham Architect 4-Sep-1846 1-Jun-1912 Built skyscrapers and planned cities Voltairine de Cleyre Anarchist 17-Nov-1866 20-Jun-1912 Anarchist without an adjective George Darwin Astronomer 9-Jul-1845 7-Dec-1912 Evolution of the Sun-Earth-Moon system Frederick VIII Royalty 3-Jun-1843 14-May-1912 King of Denmark, 1906-12 Georg Heym Poet 30-Oct-1887 16-Jan-1912 Der ewige Tag John Percival Jones Politician 27-Jan-1829 12-Nov-1912 US Senator from Nevada, 1873-1903 Andrew Lang Author 31-Mar-1844 20-Jul-1912 Scottish man of letters, historian, author Joseph Lister Doctor 5-Apr-1827 10-Feb-1912 Pioneer of antiseptic surgery Jules Massenet Composer 12-May-1842 13-Aug-1912 Manon Karl May Author 25-May-1842 30-Mar-1912 Bestselling German novelist Emperor Meiji Royalty 3-Nov-1852 30-Jul-1912 Emperor of Japan, 1867-1912 Joseph E. Nathan Business 2-Mar-1835 2-May-1912 Founder of Glaxo Frédéric Passy Economist 20-May-1822 12-Jun-1912 International League for Permanent Peace Henri Poincaré Mathematician 29-Apr-1854 17-Jul-1912 Poincaré ConjectureWhitelaw Reid Journalist 27-Oct-1837 15-Dec-1912 Editor of the New York Tribune, 1872-1905 Robert Falcon Scott Explorer 6-Jun-1868 29-Mar-1912 Led 2 expeditions to Antarctica Richard Norman Shaw Architect 7-May-1831 17-Nov-1912 Late 19th c. British architect James S. Sherman Politician 24-Oct-1855 30-Oct-1912 Vice President under Taft W. T. Stead Journalist 5-Jul-1849 15-Apr-1912 Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 1883-89 Nettie Stevens Biologist 7-Jul-1861 4-May-1912 X and Y chromosomes Bram Stoker Author 8-Nov-1847 20-Apr-1912 Dracula August Strindberg Playwright 22-Jan-1849 14-May-1912 Röda Rummet James B. Weaver Politician 12-Jun-1833 6-Feb-1912 Congressman from Iowa, 1885-89 Wilbur Wright Aviator 16-Apr-1867 30-May-1912 Co-Inventor of the airplane

And many more people...

Answer 2

There were many disastrous events in 1912. Some include:

The Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die

King Vittorio Emanuel III of Italy is injured in an assassination attempt

Capt Robert Scott, died, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole

The Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields in Siberia

Steamers collide on the Nile, drowning 200

The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

War between Turkey & Montenegro breaks out in Albania

The SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die and

Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire.