1919
- July 15 - Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
- July 26 - Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836)
- August 9 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (b. 1857)
- August 11 - Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born businessman and philanthropist (b. 1835)
- October 7 - Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
- October 13 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
- October 18 - Viscount William Astor, American financier and statesman (b. 1848)
- November 9 - Eduard Müller, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1848)
- November 15 - Alfred Werner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
- December 3 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter (b. 1841)
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Nobel prizes
- Physics - Johannes Stark
- Chemistry - not awarded
- Physiology or Medicine - Jules Bordet
- Literature - Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler
- Peace - Woodrow Wilson
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See also
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Notes
- ^ "Calendar in year 1919 (Romania)" (Julian calendar, starting Tuesday), webpage: Julian-1919 (Romania used Julian in 1919, when Russia adopted Gregorian).
- ^ Eclipse that Changed the Universe - Einstein's Theory of Relativity
- ^ Chicago Public Library Archive
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External links
- Margaret MacMillan, Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, 2002, Random House.
- Paula Phelan, 1919 Misfortune's End, 2007, ZAPmedia.
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