Famous Deaths Happened In 1915

Jan 02 Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 03 James E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30 on this day in history.  

Jan 06 In the year 1915 reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies  

Jan 13 Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14 Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824) died in the year 1915.  

Jan 15 Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1915.  

Jan 28 Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846) died on this day in history.  

Feb 05 In the year 1915 death of ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850)  

Feb 07 Wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Feb 10 Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65 in the year 1915.  

Feb 12 On this day in history charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77  

Feb 16 In the year 1915 emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies  

Feb 19 In the year 1915 gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies  

Feb 23 On this day in history robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC  

Feb 25 George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 04 In the year 1915 death of william Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856)  

Mar 11 On this day in history death of thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (b. 1826)  

Mar 13 Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65 in the year 1915.  

Mar 17 On this day in history walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69  

Mar 21 Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (b. 1856) died on this day in history.  

Mar 24 Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (b. 1846) died in the year 1915.  

Mar 31 On this day in history death of wyndham Halswelle, Scottish athlete (b. 1882)  

Apr 01 Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1915.  

Apr 03 In the year 1915 death of andrew Stoddart, cricketer (England capt at turn of century), suicide  

Apr 14 James Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 16 Nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (b. 1841) died in the year 1915.  

Apr 17 In the year 1915 johannes P Kelly, [Kellij], Dutch actor/operetta writer, dies at 60  

Apr 23 On this day in history rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27  

Apr 25 Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Apr 27 On this day in history alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43  

May 07 In the year 1915 alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania  

May 08 On this day in history henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82  

May 09 On this day in history death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)  

May 10 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle in the year 1915.  

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Jan 01 In the year 1915 birth of francois Bondy, writer  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner  

Jan 02 John Hope Franklin, historian was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 In the year 1915 birth of mabel Leigh, potter  

Jan 05 Uta Graf, singer/teacher was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo)  

Jan 06 Don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- ) was born in the year 1915.