Famous Deaths In October - 15

0412  On this day in history death of theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria  

0892  On October - 15 al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies  

0898  On October - 15 death of lambert, Holy Roman Emperor  

0912  On October - 15 death of abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba  

1002  Death of Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946) on this day in history.  

1080  On October - 15 rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies  

1268  Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies on October - 15.  

1271  Hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies on October - 15.  

1326  Death of Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (b. 1261) on October - 15.  

1389  On October - 15 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  On this day in history joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter, dies at about 45  

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

1595  Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch E indies poet, dies at 48 on October - 15.  

1605  Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, Mogol keizer of India (1556-1605), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1682  On this day in history john Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 56  

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

1730  On October - 15 death of antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b. 1658)  

1788  On this day in history death of samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)  

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

1811  On this day in history death of nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (b. 1735)  

1817  Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies on October - 15.  

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  Death of Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (b. 1760) on this day in history.  

1883  On this day in history francesco Schira, composer, dies at 74  

1891  Death of Gilbert Arthur a Beckett, English writer (b. 1837) on October - 15.  

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

1910  On this day in history death of stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, heavy weight boxing champ, shot & killed  

1914  On this day in history aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69  

1917  On this day in history death of mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris  

1918  On this day in history death of sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian saint (b. circa 1838)  

1930  Death of Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (b. 1866) on this day in history.  

1934  Raymond Poincaré, premier/president France (1913-20), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

1542  On October - 15 birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)  

1550  On this day in history birth of henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange  

1608  On this day in history birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)  

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on this day in history.  

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on October - 15.  

1701  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on October - 15.  

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