Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15
Friday, 18 July 2025
1025 Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on this day in history.
1072 Death of Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) on this day in history.
1230 Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.
1263 On this day in history death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
1515 On December - 15 alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies
1576 On this day in history joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53
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 Death of Margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623) on this day in history.
1675 John Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43 on December - 15.
1683 On December - 15 death of izaak Walton, English writer (b. 1593)
1688 On December - 15 gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54
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 December - 15.
1715 George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 on December - 15.
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 December - 15.
1816 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44 on December - 15.
1817 Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies on December - 15.
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 Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60 on this day in history.
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 On December - 15 gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45
1880 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76 on December - 15.
1889 On this day in history ferdinand II A F A, king of Portugal, dies at 73
1890 On this day in history death of sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US
1892 Charles Balmer, composer, dies at 75 on December - 15.
1896 On December - 15 john GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1901 On this day in history elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67
1909 Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57 on December - 15.
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