Famous people died in 1909

Leopold II was the second King of the Belgians and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State

Mary MacKillop was an Australian nun who went on to become the first saint from the country

Red Cloud was a war chief who led the Oglala Sioux tribe in what was known as Red Cloud’s War against the United States Army

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Isaac Albeniz was a great musician who revived Spanish music and composed many works based on Spanish folk music

Hermann Minkowski was a prominent German mathematician

Geronimo was a well-known Apache leader and a medicine man