Famous Deaths In December - 15

1025  Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on December - 15.  

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 December - 15 death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)  

1515  On this day in history alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies  

1576  On December - 15 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  On this day in history death of margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623)  

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1675  John Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43 on December - 15.  

1683  Death of Izaak Walton, English writer (b. 1593) on this day in history.  

1688  On December - 15 gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54  

1699  On December - 15 henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63  

1712  On this day in history sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67  

1715  George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1753  Death of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (b. 1694) on December - 15.  

1779  On this day in history manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62  

1792  On December - 15 joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36  

1816  Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies  

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 December - 15.  

1839  Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66 on December - 15.  

1855  On December - 15 death of jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803)  

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  Death of Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US on December - 15.  

1892  On this day in history charles Balmer, composer, dies at 75  

1896  John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on December - 15.  

1901  On December - 15 elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67  

1909  Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57 on December - 15.  

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1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer  

1567  On this day in history birth of christoph Demantius, composer  

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on December - 15.  

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on December - 15.  

1648  On this day in history birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)  

1657  On December - 15 birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer  

1667  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on December - 15.  

1720  On December - 15 birth of j F Beck, writer