Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1025 On December - 15 basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies
1072 On December - 15 death of alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)
1230 Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.
1263 On December - 15 death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
1515 Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies on December - 15.
1576 Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on December - 15.
1598 Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on December - 15.
1621 On this day in history 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 December - 15 death of margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623)
1675 John Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43 on this day in history.
1683 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
1715 George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 on this day in history.
1753 On this day in history death of richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (b. 1694)
1779 On this day in history manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62
1792 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.
1816 On December - 15 joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44
1817 Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies on December - 15.
1822 On December - 15 ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65
1826 On December - 15 death of william Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC
1831 Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1839 On December - 15 matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66
1855 Death of Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803) on December - 15.
1861 Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
1880 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1889 On December - 15 ferdinand II A F A, king of Portugal, dies at 73
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 On this day in history john GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1901 Elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1909 Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57 on December - 15.
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