Famous Deaths Happened In 1915

Jan 02 Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84 in the year 1915.  

Jan 03 In the year 1915 james E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30  

Jan 06 Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 13 On this day in history death of mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)  

Jan 14 On this day in history death of richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)  

Jan 15 Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jan 28 On this day in history death of nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846)  

Feb 05 Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850) died in the year 1915.  

Feb 07 In the year 1915 wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68  

Feb 10 In the year 1915 albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65  

Feb 12 Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Feb 16 Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 19 Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies in the year 1915.  

Feb 23 Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC in the year 1915.  

Feb 25 George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies in the year 1915.  

Mar 04 William Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history death of karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (b. 1846)  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 17 Johannes P Kelly, [Kellij], Dutch actor/operetta writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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 Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 in the year 1915.  

May 07 Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania in the year 1915.  

May 08 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

May 09 François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887) died on this day in history.  

May 10 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 Francois Bondy, writer was born in the year 1915.  

Jan 01 Lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner was born in the year 1915.  

Jan 02 In the year 1915 birth of john Hope Franklin, historian  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of mabel Leigh, potter  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of uta Graf, singer/teacher  

Jan 05 Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004) was born in the year 1915.  

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 on this day in history.