Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 15

1856  On this day in history david Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73   

1858  On June - 15 ary Scheffer, painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 63   

1865  Death of Edmun Ruffin, US secessionist/writer, commits suicide on June - 15.   

1869  Albert Grisar, composer, dies at 60 on June - 15.   

1875  On June - 15 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 this day in history.   

1905  On June - 15 hermann von Wissmann, German African expl/gov East-Africa, dies   

1907  William Le Baron Jenney, US architect, dies on June - 15.   

1914  A G Steel, cricketer (13 Tests, 29 wkts, Eng capt 1886), dies on June - 15.   

1917  Death of Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

1920  On June - 15 michel-Gaston Carraud, composer, dies at 55   

1923  Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies on June - 15.   

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

1938  On June - 15 ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58   

1941  Death of Evelyn Underhill, British writer (b. 1875) on June - 15.   

1942  Vera Figner, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1943  Cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies on June - 15.   

1952  On this day in history 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 June - 15 alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84   

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

1967  On this day in history edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at 69   

1968  Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 on June - 15.   

1969  On June - 15 georges Pompidou, president of France, dies   

1971  On June - 15 death of wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)   

1976  On this day in history death of jimmy Dykes, baseball player and manager (b. 1896)   

1978  On this day in history anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83   

1979  Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history 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 June - 15.   

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

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1221  On this day in history birth of frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria   

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

1542  Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke) was born on this day in history.   

1553  On June - 15 birth of ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands   

1594  Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665) was born on June - 15.   

1623  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham)   

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