Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
1025 Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on this day in history.
1072 On this day in history death of alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)
1230 Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.
1263 On this day in history death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
1515 Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies on this day in history.
1576 On this day in history joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53
1598 Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1621 On December - 15 charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43
1626 Adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 on December - 15.
1673 On this day in history death of margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623)
1675 John Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43 on this day in history.
1683 Death of Izaak Walton, English writer (b. 1593) on this day in history.
1688 On this day in history gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54
1699 On this day in history henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63
1712 Sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1715 On December - 15 george Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
1753 On this day in history death of richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (b. 1694)
1779 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62 on December - 15.
1792 On December - 15 joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36
1816 On December - 15 joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44
1817 Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies on this day in history.
1822 On December - 15 ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65
1826 Death of William Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC on December - 15.
1831 On this day in history paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
1839 Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66 on December - 15.
1855 On this day in history death of jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803)
1861 On this day in history gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45
1880 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76 on December - 15.
1889 On December - 15 ferdinand II A F A, king of Portugal, dies at 73
1890 Death of Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US on this day in history.
1892 On December - 15 charles Balmer, composer, dies at 75
1896 John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1901 Elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1909 Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
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