Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1025 Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on this day in history.
1072 Death of Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) on December - 15.
1230 Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on December - 15.
1263 On this day in history death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
1515 On this day in history alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies
1576 On this day in history joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53
1598 Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on December - 15.
1621 On December - 15 charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43
1626 Adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 on this day in history.
1673 On this day in history death of margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623)
1675 John Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43 on December - 15.
1683 Death of Izaak Walton, English writer (b. 1593) on this day in history.
1688 Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54 on December - 15.
1699 On this day in history henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63
1712 Sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1715 On December - 15 george Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
1753 Death of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (b. 1694) on this day in history.
1779 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62 on December - 15.
1792 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36 on December - 15.
1816 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44 on December - 15.
1817 Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65
1826 Death of William Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC on December - 15.
1831 On this day in history paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
1839 Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66 on December - 15.
1855 On December - 15 death of jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803)
1861 Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 on December - 15.
1880 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1889 On December - 15 ferdinand II A F A, king of Portugal, dies at 73
1890 On December - 15 death of sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US
1892 Charles Balmer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1896 On this day in history john GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1901 On this day in history elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67
1909 Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
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