Famous Deaths Happened In 1915

Jan 02 On this day in history karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84  

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

Jan 06 On this day in history reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies  

Jan 13 Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848) died in the year 1915.  

Jan 14 Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 28 Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846) died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 07 On this day in history 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 in the year 1915.  

Feb 16 On this day in history emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies  

Feb 19 Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 23 Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC on this day in history.  

Feb 25 George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 04 On this day in history death of william Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856)  

Mar 11 In the year 1915 death of thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (b. 1826)  

Mar 13 In the year 1915 sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65  

Mar 17 In the year 1915 walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69  

Mar 21 On this day in history death of frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (b. 1856)  

Mar 24 In the year 1915 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 On this day in history johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82  

Apr 03 Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (England capt at turn of century), suicide died in the year 1915.  

Apr 14 James Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies in the year 1915.  

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 in the year 1915.  

Apr 23 Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1915 alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania  

May 08 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82 in the year 1915.  

May 09 In the year 1915 death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)  

May 10 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle in the year 1915.  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of francois Bondy, writer  

Jan 01 In the year 1915 birth of lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner  

Jan 02 John Hope Franklin, historian was born in the year 1915.  

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 On this day in history birth of arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004)  

Jan 06 In the year 1915 birth of alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )