Last living person from 19th Century dies aged 117

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Last survivor of the 19th century dies https://t.co/PomfPMpW7k

— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) April 15, 2017

RIP.

There are now no people left living who were born in the 1800s. A last link to another century gone forever.

Born in the Kingdom of Italy in 1899, the country itself had only existed for 38 years.

She was age 15 when World War I started, age 40 when World War II started and age 90 when the Berlin wall came down.

Queen Victoria ruled over a British Empire that spanned a third of the globe.

Lord Curzon becomes Viceroy of India.

America and Spain were still at war against one another.

The humble paperclip is invented.

The drug Aspirin is patented and begins to be sold.

Famous economist Friedrich Hayek is born in Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

She's 5th in the list of people who have made it to the oldest age ever.

[FlyingJesus]

Awww RIP that's a bloody good age to get to though, my Nanna at 92 amazes me

[Brad]

RIP.
That must have been a hard time knowing you've been in a couple centuries.

[FlyingJesus]

I think the hardest thing would be seeing all of your friends and presumably a good chunk of your relatives die before you, we often think of long life being a blessing but that's not always the case sadly

[Brad]

also true.
I guess after a while, death cannot come soon enough.
Hopefully her last years were grand.

[Myself]

That is amazing. I once watched a documentary about the longevity of the people and it was a place in Italy (don't remember the name right now), that came up first in terms of best diet. Its inhabitants were mainly old people and quite healthy for their age.