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 On this day in history james E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30  

Jan 06 Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies in the year 1915.  

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 in the year 1915.  

Jan 15 In the year 1915 guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63  

Jan 28 Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846) died in the year 1915.  

Feb 05 On this day in history death of ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850)  

Feb 07 On this day in history wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68  

Feb 10 On this day in history albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65  

Feb 12 Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Feb 16 Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies in the year 1915.  

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

Feb 23 In the year 1915 robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC  

Feb 25 George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies in the year 1915.  

Mar 04 In the year 1915 death of william Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856)  

Mar 11 On this day in history death of thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (b. 1826)  

Mar 13 On this day in history sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65  

Mar 17 Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69 in the year 1915.  

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

Mar 24 On this day in history death of karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (b. 1846)  

Mar 31 In the year 1915 death of wyndham Halswelle, Scottish athlete (b. 1882)  

Apr 01 In the year 1915 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 On this day in history james Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies  

Apr 16 On this day in history death of nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (b. 1841)  

Apr 17 On this day in history johannes P Kelly, [Kellij], Dutch actor/operetta writer, dies at 60  

Apr 23 Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 in the year 1915.  

Apr 25 Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1915.  

Apr 27 On this day in history alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43  

May 07 On this day in history alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania  

May 08 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

May 09 François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887) died in the year 1915.  

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

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Jan 01 Francois Bondy, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of john Hope Franklin, historian  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of mabel Leigh, potter  

Jan 05 Uta Graf, singer/teacher was born in the year 1915.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004)  

Jan 06 On this day in history 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- )