Famous Deaths In July - 15

1865  Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1868  William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies on July - 15.   

1869  Death of A J Haynes, US army captain and civil war veteren, assassinated by KKK on July - 15.   

1876  Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 on July - 15.   

1881  Death of William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 on this day in history.   

1883  Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44 on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history death of rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837)   

1890  On July - 15 gottfried Keller, writer, dies at 70   

1898  On July - 15 death of jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1825)   

1904  Anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies   

1912  On July - 15 francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21   

1915  On July - 15 ludwik Grossman, composer, dies at 80   

1919  On July - 15 death of hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)   

1929  On this day in history hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright/poet, dies   

1930  On July - 15 leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies   

1931  Death of Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (b. 1868) on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history irving Babbitt, US writer (Democracy & Leadership), dies at 67   

1934  On this day in history jules Renkin, Belgian PM (1931-32), dies   

1935  Alfred Archer, cricketer (England batsman in one Test 1899), dies on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history walter Gay, artist, dies   

1939  On July - 15 johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies   

1940  Donald Calthrop, dies at 52 on July - 15.   

1942  On this day in history denis Moloney, cricketer (during WW II 3 Tests for NZ 1937), dies   

1946  Death of Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877) on this day in history.   

1947  Henry Kolker, dies at 76 on July - 15.   

1948  John J Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother dies in a car accident   

1953  On this day in history death of servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios (b.1882)   

1957  On this day in history george Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74   

1958  On this day in history julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident   

1959  On this day in history ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78   

1960  Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63 on this day in history.   

1961  Death of John E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884) on this day in history.   

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1273  On this day in history birth of ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (d. 1352)   

1353  On this day in history birth of vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)   

1458  Juan Ponce de Leon, Spanish Explorer (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1471  Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494) was born on July - 15.   

1553  Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history birth of inigo Jones, London, architect (restored St Paul's Cathedral)   

1606  On this day in history birth of rembrandt van Rijn, Leiden Netherlands, painter (Night Watch)   

1606  Rembrandt, Dutch artist (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.