Famous Deaths In January - 15

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70 on this day in history.  

0570  On this day in history death of saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475)  

0936  Death of King Rudolph of France on this day in history.  

1208  Death of Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered on January - 15.  

1345  Death of Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler on January - 15.  

1481  Death of Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) on January - 15.  

1595  On January - 15 death of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)  

1672  On January - 15 death of john Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)  

1683  Death of Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609) on this day in history.  

1684  Caspar Netscher, Dutch portrait painter, dies at about 48 on January - 15.  

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1705  Walraad, the Young, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nijmegen, dies on this day in history.  

1744  On January - 15 charles-Hubert Gervais, composer, dies at 72  

1755  On January - 15 azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83  

1765  Carlmann Kolb, composer, dies at 61 on January - 15.  

1775  Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1781  Death of Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1788  On January - 15 gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77  

1790  On January - 15 death of john Landen, English mathematician (b. 1719)  

1804  On January - 15 death of dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725)  

1812  On this day in history johannes Herbst, composer, dies at 76  

1815  Death of Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Lord Nelson (b. 1761 on January - 15.  

1816  Henry Harington, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1844  On January - 15 joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78  

1864  On this day in history death of isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792)  

1866  M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies on January - 15.  

1876  On January - 15 death of eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810)  

1893  Death of Fanny Kemble, British actress and author (b. 1809) on this day in history.  

1896  Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 on this day in history.  

1904  On January - 15 eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73  

1909  On this day in history ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85  

1911  On January - 15 wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49  

1915  Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1916  Death of Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) on January - 15.  

1919  On January - 15 death of karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47  

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1432  Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on this day in history.  

1481  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)  

1507  On January - 15 birth of johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)  

1538  Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on January - 15.  

1567  Black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation) was born on this day in history.  

1622  Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.  

1671  Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  

1674  On January - 15 birth of prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)