Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15

1025  Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on this day in history.   

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  On December - 15 death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)   

1515  Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies on this day in history.   

1576  Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1598  On December - 15 philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58   

1621  On this day in history charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43   

1626  On this day in history adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70   

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  Death of Izaak Walton, English writer (b. 1593) on December - 15.   

1688  Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54 on December - 15.   

1699  Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63 on this day in history.   

1712  Sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1715  George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1753  Death of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (b. 1694) on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62   

1792  On December - 15 joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36   

1816  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803) on this day in history.   

1861  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 on December - 15.   

1880  Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76 on December - 15.   

1889  Ferdinand II A F A, king of Portugal, dies at 73 on December - 15.   

1890  Death of Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US on December - 15.   

1892  On this day in history charles Balmer, composer, dies at 75   

1896  On December - 15 john GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67   

1901  On December - 15 elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67   

1909  Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57 on December - 15.   

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1534  Lucas Osiander, composer was born on December - 15.   

1567  Christoph Demantius, composer was born on December - 15.   

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on December - 15.   

1648  On December - 15 birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)   

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on December - 15.   

1667  On this day in history birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

1720  J F Beck, writer was born on December - 15.