Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In July - 15

1865  On July - 15 reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55   

1868  On July - 15 william Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies   

1869  On this day in history death of a J Haynes, US army captain and civil war veteren, assassinated by KKK   

1876  On this day in history aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82   

1881  On this day in history death of william "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21   

1883  Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44 on July - 15.   

1885  On this day in history death of rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837)   

1890  On this day in history gottfried Keller, writer, dies at 70   

1898  Death of Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1825) on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44   

1910  Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies on July - 15.   

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  Death of Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) on July - 15.   

1929  On July - 15 hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright/poet, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1934  Jules Renkin, Belgian PM (1931-32), dies on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history alfred Archer, cricketer (England batsman in one Test 1899), dies   

1937  On this day in history walter Gay, artist, dies   

1939  Johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

1940  Donald Calthrop, dies at 52 on July - 15.   

1942  On this day in history denis Moloney, cricketer (during WW II 3 Tests for NZ 1937), dies   

1946  Death of Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877) on this day in history.   

1947  On July - 15 henry Kolker, dies at 76   

1948  John J Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother dies in a car accident   

1953  Death of Servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios (b.1882) on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history george Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74   

1958  On July - 15 julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident   

1959  On July - 15 ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78   

1960  Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63 on this day in history.   

1961  On July - 15 death of john E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884)   

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1273  Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (d. 1352) was born on July - 15.   

1353  On this day in history birth of vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)   

1458  Juan Ponce de Leon, Spanish Explorer (d. 1521) was born on July - 15.   

1471  Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494) was born on July - 15.   

1553  On this day in history birth of archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)   

1573  On July - 15 birth of inigo Jones, London, architect (restored St Paul's Cathedral)   

1606  On this day in history birth of rembrandt van Rijn, Leiden Netherlands, painter (Night Watch)   

1606  On this day in history birth of rembrandt, Dutch artist (d. 1669)