Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 15

1857  On February - 15 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

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

1865  Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies on this day in history.   

1869  On February - 15 death of mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)   

1885  Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

1896  On this day in history e J Nicholson, writer, dies   

1902  Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68 on February - 15.   

1903  On this day in history julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69   

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

1910  On February - 15 albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51   

1911  Death of Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859) on this day in history.   

1916  Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73 on February - 15.   

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

1919  On this day in history pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66   

1921  Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60 on February - 15.   

1922  On February - 15 clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36   

1923  Josephine B Willson Bruce, US black theorist, dies at 69 on February - 15.   

1924  Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62 on February - 15.   

1928  Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1932  Minnie Maddern Fiske, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history death of anton J Cermak, (Mayor-D-Chicago), assassinated in Miami   

1939  On this day in history foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47   

1942  Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1943  William Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1959  On February - 15 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 February - 15 vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72   

1964  Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chic Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22 on this day in history.   

1965  Nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49 on February - 15.   

1966  On this day in history camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies   

1967  Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79 on February - 15.   

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

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1368  On February - 15 birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  On February - 15 birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)   

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

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on February - 15.   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on this day in history.   

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on this day in history.   

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on this day in history.   

1557  On February - 15 birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer