Famous Deaths In June - 15

1856  On June - 15 david Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73   

1858  Ary Scheffer, painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1865  On June - 15 death of edmun Ruffin, US secessionist/writer, commits suicide   

1869  On June - 15 albert Grisar, composer, dies at 60   

1875  On this day in history johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72   

1888  On June - 15 frederik III NK van Hohenzollern, German Emperor/king of Prussia, dies   

1889  On June - 15 mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39   

1895  Richard Genee, composer, dies at 72 on June - 15.   

1905  Hermann von Wissmann, German African expl/gov East-Africa, dies on June - 15.   

1907  On this day in history william Le Baron Jenney, US architect, dies   

1914  A G Steel, cricketer (13 Tests, 29 wkts, Eng capt 1886), dies on this day in history.   

1917  On June - 15 death of kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867)   

1920  On this day in history michel-Gaston Carraud, composer, dies at 55   

1923  On this day in history alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies   

1934  Alfred Bruneau, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1938  Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1941  On June - 15 death of evelyn Underhill, British writer (b. 1875)   

1942  On June - 15 vera Figner, writer, dies   

1943  Cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies on this day in history.   

1952  On June - 15 jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70   

1958  On this day in history francois de Vries, economist, dies at 74   

1961  Death of Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923) on June - 15.   

1962  On this day in history alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84   

1965  On June - 15 death of e. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902   

1967  On June - 15 edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at 69   

1968  On June - 15 samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

1969  Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies on June - 15.   

1971  On this day in history death of wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)   

1976  On June - 15 death of jimmy Dykes, baseball player and manager (b. 1896)   

1978  On June - 15 anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83   

1979  On June - 15 ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67   

1982  On June - 15 art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist, dies at 56   

1983  Death of Srirangam Srinivasarao, also known as Sri Sri, Telugu poet (b. 1910) on this day in history.   

1984  Meredith Willson, composer (Meredith Willson Show), dies at 82 on June - 15.   

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1221  Frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria was born on June - 15.   

1330  Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376) was born on this day in history.   

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

1553  On this day in history birth of ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands   

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

1623  Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham) was born on June - 15.   

1624  Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1636  On this day in history birth of johann David Mayer, composer