Famous Deaths In July - 15

1865  Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55 on July - 15.   

1868  William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies on July - 15.   

1869  Death of A J Haynes, US army captain and civil war veteren, assassinated by KKK on July - 15.   

1876  Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 on July - 15.   

1881  Death of William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44   

1885  On this day in history death of rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837)   

1890  Gottfried Keller, writer, dies at 70 on July - 15.   

1898  On this day in history death of jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1825)   

1904  On July - 15 anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44   

1910  Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies on this day in history.   

1912  On July - 15 francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21   

1915  Ludwik Grossman, composer, dies at 80 on July - 15.   

1919  Death of Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) on July - 15.   

1929  Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright/poet, dies on July - 15.   

1930  Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies on this day in history.   

1931  On July - 15 death of ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (b. 1868)   

1933  On July - 15 irving Babbitt, US writer (Democracy & Leadership), dies at 67   

1934  Jules Renkin, Belgian PM (1931-32), dies on this day in history.   

1935  On July - 15 alfred Archer, cricketer (England batsman in one Test 1899), dies   

1937  Walter Gay, artist, dies on July - 15.   

1939  On this day in history johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies   

1940  On July - 15 donald Calthrop, dies at 52   

1942  On this day in history denis Moloney, cricketer (during WW II 3 Tests for NZ 1937), dies   

1946  On this day in history death of razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)   

1947  On July - 15 henry Kolker, dies at 76   

1948  On this day in history john J Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87   

1952  On this day in history julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother dies in a car accident   

1953  On this day in history death of servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios (b.1882)   

1957  George Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1958  On July - 15 julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident   

1959  Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1960  Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63 on July - 15.   

1961  Death of John E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884) on July - 15.   

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1273  Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (d. 1352) was born on July - 15.   

1353  On this day in history birth of vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)   

1458  Juan Ponce de Leon, Spanish Explorer (d. 1521) was born on July - 15.   

1471  On this day in history birth of eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)   

1553  On this day in history birth of archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)   

1573  Inigo Jones, London, architect (restored St Paul's Cathedral) was born on July - 15.   

1606  On July - 15 birth of rembrandt van Rijn, Leiden Netherlands, painter (Night Watch)   

1606  On July - 15 birth of rembrandt, Dutch artist (d. 1669)