1912 deaths

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)

Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)

Emperor of Japan from 1867 until 1912

Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)

British surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)

French economist and statesman (1822-1912)

German author (1842–1912)

Polish novelist (1847–1912)

French composer (1842–1912)

Belgian prime minister and human rights activist (1829-1912)

King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912

captain of the RMS Titanic (1850–1912)

Anglo-Irish innovator (1842-1912)

vice president of the United States from 1909 to 1912 (1855–1912)

American Civil War nurse (1821–1912)

Dutch-born British painter (1836–1912)

German Catholic priest (1831–1912)

Italian poet and classical scholar (1855-1912)

Romanian playwright, writer and poet (1852-1912)

British Methodist preacher (1829-1912)

British Ornithologist and Founder of the Indian National Congress (1829–1912)

Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist (1842–1912)

English newspaper editor (1849–1912)

Czech lyrical poet (1853–1912)

British businessman and shipbuilder (1873–1912)

American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)

American anarchist writer and feminist

Norwegian physician

Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1905 to 1912

Ruler of Bavaria (1821–1912)

English astronomer, mathematician (1845–1912)

Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic (1844–1912)

German writer (1887-1912)

The RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States, with over 2,200 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 on 14 April. She sank two hours and forty minutes later at 02:20 ship's time on 15 April, resulting in the deaths of up to 1,635 people, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

French chemist (1838–1912)

American geneticist (1861–1912)

American aviator, screenwriter (1875-1912)

Spanish scholar (1856–1912)

Russian Physicist (1866–1912)

American architect and urban designer (1846– 1912)

Austro-Hungarian-born French parachuting pioneer

Japanese poet (1886-1912)

Japanese general (1849-1912)

American businessman (1865–1912)

British explorer (1880-1912)

Danish writer (1857-1912)

British philosophical writer (1864–1912)

French pilot, aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer

Belgian political economist and classical liberal theorist (1819–1912)

President of Ecuador (1897 - 1901) / (1906 - 1914)

French politician (1835-1912)

Swiss scientist (1841-1912)

Polish-German botanist (1844–1912)

Russian writer (1852–1912)

Russian Orthodox priest

President of Peru (1847-1912)

British sailor (1873–1912)

British physician and suffragist (1840–1912)

Slovenian writer (1856–1912)