# The Year of Death Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 9, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542 "2016-01-09T00:18:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/1 "2016-01-09T00:18:59Z")
Okay here is how this plays out. We go by each year and name a notable person who died during that year. Once we get to 2016, the poster chooses the year to start again, it could be any year. Wikipedia is your friend in terms of list of people who died during a particular year. Years after 1500 are more preferable and easier than say 24 B.C. I wil, start with 1900 and name a famous person who died in 1900 and the next poster will name someone else who died in 1901. Make sure to list the year along with the name so others would know the next year. 1900: Oscar Wilde ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/2 "2016-01-09T00:27:32Z")
**1901** had at least two major ones. William McKinley (US President) and Queen Victoria (UK Queen) ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/3 "2016-01-09T00:32:46Z")
_1902_- Emile Zola ---
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1903: Judge Roy Bean ---
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1904: Anton Chekhov ---
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1905: Jules Verne ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/7 "2016-01-09T17:53:29Z")
1906: Princess Alexandrine of Prussia ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/8 "2016-01-09T18:07:32Z")
1907: Ida McKinley ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/9 "2016-01-09T18:09:20Z")
1908: Grover Cleveland ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/10 "2016-01-09T19:20:44Z")
1909: Leopold II (King of Belgium) ---
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1910: Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/12 "2016-01-09T19:44:15Z")
Billy O’Brien, infielder who played baseball for the Washington Nationals in 1886-87. ---
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1912: Robert Falcon Scott and party ---
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1913 Francisco Maduro ---
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1914 - Ambrose Bierce ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/16 "2016-01-10T00:04:21Z")
1915: Dikran Chokurian(Armenian writer and teacher, victim of Armenian Genocide) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/17 "2016-01-10T01:05:16Z")
1916: Jack London (American author) P.S.: It would be interesting to learn the most recent year for which Wikipedia lists no notable deaths. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/18 "2016-01-10T04:23:22Z")
1917: Mata Hari ---
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1918: John McCrae (“In Flanders Fields” poet) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542/20 "2016-01-10T14:14:04Z")
1919: Teddy Roosevelt [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-of-death-game/742542.md?page=2)