Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1025 Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on December - 15.
1072 Death of Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) on December - 15.
1230 On December - 15 ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies
1263 On this day in history death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
1515 On December - 15 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 this day in history.
1621 Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on December - 15.
1626 Adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 on December - 15.
1673 Death of Margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623) on this day in history.
1675 John Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1699 Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63 on December - 15.
1712 Sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67 on December - 15.
1715 George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 on December - 15.
1753 On December - 15 death of richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (b. 1694)
1779 On December - 15 manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62
1792 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36 on December - 15.
1816 On this day in history joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44
1817 Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies on this day in history.
1822 Ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1826 On December - 15 death of william Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC
1831 On this day in history paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
1839 On this day in history matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66
1855 Death of Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803) on this day in history.
1861 On this day in history gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45
1880 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1889 Ferdinand II A F A, king of Portugal, dies at 73 on December - 15.
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 December - 15.
1896 John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on December - 15.
1901 On December - 15 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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