Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15
Monday, 23 June 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 December - 15.
1230 On this day in history ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies
1263 Death of King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) on this day in history.
1515 Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies on this day in history.
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 Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on December - 15.
1626 On December - 15 adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
1673 On December - 15 death of margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623)
1675 On December - 15 john Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43
1683 On December - 15 death of izaak Walton, English writer (b. 1593)
1688 Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history george Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
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 this day in history.
1822 Ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1826 On December - 15 death of william Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC
1831 On December - 15 paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
1839 On this day in history matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66
1855 On December - 15 death of jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803)
1861 Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 on December - 15.
1880 On this day in history carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76
1889 Ferdinand II A F A, king of Portugal, dies at 73 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1896 John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1901 On this day in history elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67
1909 Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
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