Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In July - 15
Saturday, 28 June 2025
1865 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55 on this day in history.
1868 On July - 15 william Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies
1869 Death of A J Haynes, US army captain and civil war veteren, assassinated by KKK on July - 15.
1876 On July - 15 aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82
1881 Death of William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 on July - 15.
1883 On July - 15 tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44
1885 On this day in history death of rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837)
1890 Gottfried Keller, writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1898 Death of Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1825) on July - 15.
1904 On July - 15 anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44
1910 On this day in history daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies
1912 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21 on July - 15.
1915 On this day in history ludwik Grossman, composer, dies at 80
1919 On this day in history death of hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1929 Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright/poet, dies on this day in history.
1930 On this day in history leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies
1931 On July - 15 death of ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (b. 1868)
1933 Irving Babbitt, US writer (Democracy & Leadership), dies at 67 on July - 15.
1934 Jules Renkin, Belgian PM (1931-32), dies on July - 15.
1935 On July - 15 alfred Archer, cricketer (England batsman in one Test 1899), dies
1937 On July - 15 walter Gay, artist, dies
1939 On July - 15 johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies
1940 On July - 15 donald Calthrop, dies at 52
1942 Denis Moloney, cricketer (during WW II 3 Tests for NZ 1937), dies on July - 15.
1946 On this day in history death of razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1947 Henry Kolker, dies at 76 on July - 15.
1948 On July - 15 john J Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87
1952 Julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother dies in a car accident on July - 15.
1953 On July - 15 death of servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios (b.1882)
1957 On July - 15 george Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74
1958 Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident on this day in history.
1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78 on July - 15.
1960 On this day in history lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63
1961 On July - 15 death of john E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
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