19th century Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Last survivors === Born on 19 April 1897, Japanese [[Jiroemon Kimura]] died on 12 June 2013, marking the death of the last man verified to have been born in the century.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 April 2013 |title=World's oldest man ever turns 116 in Kyoto as his health is studied |url=http://japandailypress.com/worlds-oldest-man-ever-turns-116-in-kyoto-as-his-health-is-studied-1927336 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605022257/http://japandailypress.com/worlds-oldest-man-ever-turns-116-in-kyoto-as-his-health-is-studied-1927336 |archive-date=5 June 2013 |access-date=19 April 2013 |work=The Japan Daily Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=19 April 2013 |title=World's oldest person turns 116 in Japan |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20130419-worlds-oldest-person-turns-116-japan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616010617/http://www.france24.com/en/20130419-worlds-oldest-person-turns-116-japan |archive-date=16 June 2013 |access-date=19 April 2013 |work=France 24 International News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=World's oldest person Jiroemon Kimura turns 116 in Japan |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/worlds-oldest-person-jiroemon-kimura-turns-116-in-japan/articleshow/19628476.cms |access-date=19 April 2013 |work=The Economic Times |agency=Agence France-Presse}}</ref> Kimura remains the to date date [[List of the verified oldest men|oldest verified man in history]].<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite web |last=Matsuyama |first=Kanoko |date=27 December 2012 |title=Japanese 115-Year-Old Becomes Oldest Man in History |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-28/japanese-115-year-old-becomes-oldest-man-in-recorded-history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229142949/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-28/japanese-115-year-old-becomes-oldest-man-in-recorded-history.html |archive-date=29 December 2012 |access-date=28 December 2012 |work=Bloomberg}}</ref> Subsequently, on 21 April 2018, Japanese [[Nabi Tajima]] (born 4 August 1900) died as the last person to verifiably have been born in the century.<ref name="slate2">{{Cite web |last=Politi |first=Daniel |date=22 April 2018 |title=The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/the-last-known-person-born-in-the-19th-century-died-in-japan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912162416/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/the-last-known-person-born-in-the-19th-century-died-in-japan.html |archive-date=12 September 2023 |access-date=4 October 2019 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page