Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 15

1857  Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on February - 15.   

1864  Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies on this day in history.   

1865  Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies on February - 15.   

1869  Death of Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

1885  On February - 15 leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52   

1887  On February - 15 alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

1896  On February - 15 e J Nicholson, writer, dies   

1902  Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1903  On February - 15 julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69   

1905  Lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77 on February - 15.   

1910  Albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history death of theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)   

1916  On February - 15 nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73   

1917  Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1919  Pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66 on February - 15.   

1921  Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36   

1923  Josephine B Willson Bruce, US black theorist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1924  On February - 15 lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62   

1928  On February - 15 hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75   

1932  On this day in history minnie Maddern Fiske, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66   

1933  Death of Anton J Cermak, (Mayor-D-Chicago), assassinated in Miami on this day in history.   

1939  On February - 15 foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47   

1942  On February - 15 guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91   

1943  On February - 15 william Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73   

1955  On February - 15 s Z Sakall, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 71   

1959  On this day in history owen W Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69   

1961  Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72   

1964  On this day in history ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chic Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22   

1965  On this day in history nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49   

1966  Camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies on this day in history.   

1967  Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1968  Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on this day in history.   

1458  Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on this day in history.   

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

1483  On February - 15 birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on February - 15.   

1519  On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

1524  On February - 15 birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  On this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer