Famous Deaths In June - 15

0923  Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle on this day in history.   

0948  Romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies on this day in history.   

0991  Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies on this day in history.   

1073  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)   

1246  On June - 15 frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25   

1337  On June - 15 angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies   

1341  Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies on this day in history.   

1381  Death of Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London on this day in history.   

1383  Death of John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine Emperor on June - 15.   

1389  On this day in history lazar I, Serbian prince, dies in battle   

1397  On June - 15 count of Eu, French knight, dies in Turkish captivity   

1467  On June - 15 philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 70   

1521  Death of Tamás Bakócz. Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. 1442) on June - 15.   

1557  On this day in history sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies   

1580  On June - 15 nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Haarlem, dies at 70   

1614  On June - 15 death of henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (b. 1540)   

1666  Pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies on this day in history.   

1677  On this day in history giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer, dies at 67   

1679  On June - 15 death of guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)   

1702  Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1703  On June - 15 gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58   

1708  Death of Romeyn de Hooghe, painter/goldsmith, buried at 62 on June - 15.   

1724  On this day in history death of henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)   

1750  On this day in history death of marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (b. 1684)   

1760  On June - 15 antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69   

1768  On June - 15 death of james Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)   

1772  On June - 15 louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77   

1814  Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician, dies at 84 on June - 15.   

1828  On June - 15 brizio Petrucci, composer, dies at 91   

1831  On this day in history peter Fuchs, composer, dies at 78   

1839  Hans Skramstad, composer, dies at 41 on June - 15.   

1844  Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 60   

1849  On June - 15 james Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849), dies in Nashville, Tenn at 53   

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1221  On June - 15 birth of frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria   

1330  On June - 15 birth of edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376)   

1542  On June - 15 birth of richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke)   

1553  Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands was born on June - 15.   

1594  On June - 15 birth of nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)   

1623  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham)   

1624  Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704) was born on June - 15.   

1636  On June - 15 birth of johann David Mayer, composer