Famous Deaths In October - 15

0412  Death of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.  

0892  Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.  

0898  Death of Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor on this day in history.  

0912  On this day in history death of abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba  

1002  On this day in history death of otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)  

1080  Rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies on October - 15.  

1268  On this day in history dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies  

1271  On this day in history hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies  

1326  On October - 15 death of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (b. 1261)  

1389  On this day in history urbanus VI, [Bartolomeo Prignano], Italian pope (1378-89), dies  

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1512  On this day in history antoon Keldermans, Flem builder (Middelburg town hall), dies at 72  

1524  Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter, dies at about 45 on this day in history.  

1539  Reynier Brunt, procureur-general of Court of Holland, dies on October - 15.  

1595  On this day in history abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch E indies poet, dies at 48  

1605  Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, Mogol keizer of India (1556-1605), dies at 63 on October - 15.  

1682  On October - 15 john Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 56  

1715  On this day in history death of humphry Ditton, English mathematician (b. 1675)  

1730  Death of Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b. 1658) on this day in history.  

1788  Death of Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735) on October - 15.  

1810  On this day in history death of alfred Moore, American judge (b. 1755)  

1811  Death of Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (b. 1735) on October - 15.  

1817  Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies on this day in history.  

1819  F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48 on October - 15.  

1820  On October - 15 death of karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (b. 1771)  

1837  On October - 15 death of ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (b. 1760)  

1883  On October - 15 francesco Schira, composer, dies at 74  

1891  On October - 15 death of gilbert Arthur a Beckett, English writer (b. 1837)  

1900  On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49  

1910  On October - 15 death of stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, heavy weight boxing champ, shot & killed  

1914  On October - 15 aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69  

1917  Death of Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris on this day in history.  

1918  Death of Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian saint (b. circa 1838) on October - 15.  

1930  On this day in history death of herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (b. 1866)  

1934  On October - 15 raymond Poincaré, premier/president France (1913-20), dies at 74  

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1471  On this day in history birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)  

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on October - 15.  

1550  Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange was born on October - 15.  

1608  On October - 15 birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)  

1674  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)  

1686  On this day in history birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)  

1701  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.  

1711  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)