Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 15

1857  On February - 15 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

1864  Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies on February - 15.   

1865  On this day in history nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies   

1869  On this day in history death of mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)   

1885  Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1887  Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on February - 15.   

1896  On this day in history e J Nicholson, writer, dies   

1902  Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1903  Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1905  Lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77 on February - 15.   

1910  Albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51 on February - 15.   

1911  Death of Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859) on this day in history.   

1916  Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1917  On February - 15 charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60   

1919  Pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66 on February - 15.   

1921  Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1922  Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1923  On February - 15 josephine B Willson Bruce, US black theorist, dies at 69   

1924  On February - 15 lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62   

1928  Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 on February - 15.   

1932  Minnie Maddern Fiske, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66 on February - 15.   

1933  Death of Anton J Cermak, (Mayor-D-Chicago), assassinated in Miami on February - 15.   

1939  On February - 15 foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47   

1942  On February - 15 guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91   

1943  On February - 15 william Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73   

1955  S Z Sakall, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 71 on February - 15.   

1959  On February - 15 owen W Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69   

1961  On February - 15 jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59   

1962  Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72 on February - 15.   

1964  On this day in history ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chic Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22   

1965  Nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies   

1967  Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79 on February - 15.   

1968  On this day in history little Walter, rocker, dies at 37   

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1368  On February - 15 birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on February - 15.   

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on February - 15.   

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on this day in history.   

1497  On February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  On February - 15 birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

1524  On February - 15 birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  On this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer