Famous Deaths In June - 15

0923  On this day in history robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle   

0948  Romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies on June - 15.   

0991  Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies on this day in history.   

1073  On June - 15 death of emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)   

1246  On this day in history frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25   

1337  Angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies on June - 15.   

1341  On June - 15 andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies   

1381  On this day in history death of wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London   

1383  Death of John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine Emperor on June - 15.   

1389  Lazar I, Serbian prince, dies in battle on June - 15.   

1397  Count of Eu, French knight, dies in Turkish captivity on June - 15.   

1467  Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 70 on June - 15.   

1521  On June - 15 death of tamás Bakócz. Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. 1442)   

1557  Sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies on this day in history.   

1580  Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Haarlem, dies at 70 on June - 15.   

1614  Death of Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (b. 1540) on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies   

1677  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1679  On this day in history death of guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)   

1702  Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1703  On June - 15 gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58   

1708  On this day in history death of romeyn de Hooghe, painter/goldsmith, buried at 62   

1724  On June - 15 death of henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)   

1750  On June - 15 death of marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (b. 1684)   

1760  On June - 15 antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69   

1768  Death of James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710) on this day in history.   

1772  On June - 15 louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77   

1814  On this day in history charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician, dies at 84   

1828  Brizio Petrucci, composer, dies at 91 on June - 15.   

1831  Peter Fuchs, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1839  Hans Skramstad, composer, dies at 41 on June - 15.   

1844  On June - 15 thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66   

1845  Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1849  On June - 15 james Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849), dies in Nashville, Tenn at 53   

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1221  Frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria was born on this day in history.   

1330  On June - 15 birth of edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376)   

1542  On this day in history birth of richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke)   

1553  On this day in history birth of ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands   

1594  On this day in history birth of nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)   

1623  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham)   

1624  Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1636  On June - 15 birth of johann David Mayer, composer