Famous Deaths Happened In February - 15
Friday, 17 October 2025
1043 On February - 15 gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52
1145 Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on this day in history.
1152 Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on this day in history.
1503 Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on this day in history.
1568 Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on this day in history.
1580 Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on February - 15.
1597 On this day in history pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66
1600 Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.
1621 On February - 15 michael Praetorius, German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at 50
1637 On February - 15 ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hun/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58
1660 On February - 15 klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72
1680 On February - 15 jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41
1701 On this day in history adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80
1713 On February - 15 anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies
1738 On February - 15 death of matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
1744 Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1759 Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89 on February - 15.
1761 Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54 on February - 15.
1775 On this day in history death of peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian (b. 1690)
1778 Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1780 William Blackstone, jurist, dies on this day in history.
1781 G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52 on February - 15.
1818 Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63
1831 On this day in history henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies
1832 On February - 15 hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer, dies at 85
1835 On this day in history henry Hunt, British politican, dies
1839 On this day in history death of chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)
1841 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53 on February - 15.
1843 Death of Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek military figure (b. 1770) on this day in history.
1844 Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86 on February - 15.
1847 On this day in history death of germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)
1848 Death of Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771) on this day in history.
1849 On February - 15 pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44
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