Famous Deaths Happened In 1915

Jan 02 Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84 in the year 1915.  

Jan 03 In the year 1915 james E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30  

Jan 06 Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies in the year 1915.  

Jan 13 Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14 Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824) died in the year 1915.  

Jan 15 Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jan 28 Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846) died on this day in history.  

Feb 05 Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

Feb 07 In the year 1915 wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68  

Feb 10 Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Feb 12 On this day in history charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77  

Feb 16 Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 19 In the year 1915 gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies  

Feb 23 In the year 1915 robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC  

Feb 25 On this day in history george Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies  

Mar 04 William Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856) died in the year 1915.  

Mar 11 In the year 1915 death of thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (b. 1826)  

Mar 13 Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65 in the year 1915.  

Mar 17 Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Mar 21 On this day in history death of frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (b. 1856)  

Mar 24 On this day in history death of karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (b. 1846)  

Mar 31 Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish athlete (b. 1882) died in the year 1915.  

Apr 01 On this day in history johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82  

Apr 03 Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (England capt at turn of century), suicide died on this day in history.  

Apr 14 In the year 1915 james Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies  

Apr 16 In the year 1915 death of nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (b. 1841)  

Apr 17 On this day in history johannes P Kelly, [Kellij], Dutch actor/operetta writer, dies at 60  

Apr 23 Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 on this day in history.  

Apr 25 On this day in history nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72  

Apr 27 Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 in the year 1915.  

May 07 In the year 1915 alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania  

May 08 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82 in the year 1915.  

May 09 In the year 1915 death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)  

May 10 In the year 1915 albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of francois Bondy, writer  

Jan 01 Lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of john Hope Franklin, historian  

Jan 05 In the year 1915 birth of mabel Leigh, potter  

Jan 05 Uta Graf, singer/teacher was born in the year 1915.  

Jan 05 Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004) was born in the year 1915.  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo)  

Jan 06 Don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- ) was born in the year 1915.