Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15
Friday, 18 April 2025
1025 On this day in history basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies
1072 On December - 15 death of alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)
1230 On December - 15 ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies
1263 Death of King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) on this day in history.
1515 On this day in history alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies
1576 On December - 15 joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53
1598 On this day in history philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58
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 On this day in history john Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43
1683 On December - 15 death of izaak Walton, English writer (b. 1593)
1688 On this day in history gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54
1699 On December - 15 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 December - 15.
1715 On this day in history george Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
1753 Death of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (b. 1694) on December - 15.
1779 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1792 On December - 15 joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36
1816 On December - 15 joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44
1817 On December - 15 maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies
1822 Ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1826 Death of William Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC on December - 15.
1831 Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60 on December - 15.
1839 On December - 15 matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66
1855 On this day in history death of jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803)
1861 Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 on December - 15.
1880 On this day in history carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76
1889 Ferdinand II A F A, king of Portugal, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1890 On December - 15 death of sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US
1892 On December - 15 charles Balmer, composer, dies at 75
1896 John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.
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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