Search examples: Microsoft | 2015 | 2014/10 | 4.12 | 04/20 | 05/26/1980 | Galileo Galilei

Deaths on the 15th of December in history

Deaths
Date Text
15 Dec 1025 Basil II, Byzantine emperor (b. 958)
0
15 Dec 1025 Basilius II the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies
0
15 Dec 1072 Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan (b. 1029)
0
15 Dec 1230 Ottokar I of Bohemia (b. 1155)
0
15 Dec 1515 Alfonso de Albuquerque viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies
0
15 Dec 1574 Selim II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1524)
0
15 Dec 1576 Joachim Hopperus [Hoppers] Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53
0
15 Dec 1598 Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde (b. 1540)
0
15 Dec 1598 Philip van Marnix Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58
0
15 Dec 1621 Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, French courtier, Constable of France (b. 1578)
0
15 Dec 1626 Adriaen de Vries Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
0
15 Dec 1673 Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (b. 1623)
0
15 Dec 1675 Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (b. 1632)
0
15 Dec 1675 John Vermeer Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43
0
15 Dec 1683 Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)
0
15 Dec 1688 Gaspar Fagel, Dutch politician (b. 1634)
0
15 Dec 1699 Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein Dutch botanist, dies at about 63
0
15 Dec 1712 Sidney 1st Earl of Godolphine English minister of Finance, dies at 67
0
15 Dec 1715 George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
0
15 Dec 1753 Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694)
0
15 Dec 1779 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila composer, dies at 62
0
15 Dec 1792 Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
0
15 Dec 1816 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz composer, dies at 44
0
15 Dec 1817 Maria Walewska [Leszczinska] lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies
0
15 Dec 1822 Ferenc Verseghy composer, dies at 65
0
15 Dec 1826 William Browser revolting slave, executed in New York NY
0
15 Dec 1831 Paul R Cantzlaar: Gov of Saba / Curacao / Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
0
15 Dec 1839 Matthijs I van Bree Flemish court-painter, dies at 66
0
15 Dec 1855 Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
0
15 Dec 1861 Gualtiero Sanelli composer, dies at 45
0
15 Dec 1878 Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
0
15 Dec 1880 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello Italian minister of Justice, dies at 76
0
15 Dec 1889 Ferdinand II king of Portugal, dies at 73
0
15 Dec 1890 Sitting Bull, American tribal chief (b. 1831)
0
15 Dec 1892 Charles Balmer composer, dies at 75
0
15 Dec 1896 John GR Acquoy: Dutch Theologist / church historian, dies at 67
0
15 Dec 1896 John Acquoy Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
0
15 Dec 1901 Elias Alvares Lobo composer, dies at 67
0
15 Dec 1909 Francisco Tarrega y Eixea composer, dies at 57
0
15 Dec 1934 Maggis Lena Walker 1st US (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69
0
15 Dec 1939 Tom McKibbin cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1895-1898, 17 wickets), dies
0
15 Dec 1943 Thomas W "Fats" Waller: Jazz pianist, dies at 39 in Kansas City, Missouri
0
15 Dec 1943 Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
0
15 Dec 1944 Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
0
15 Dec 1946 Conrad Haebler historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89
0
15 Dec 1946 Gordon Frederic Norton composer, dies at 77
0
15 Dec 1947 Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
0
15 Dec 1950 Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
0
15 Dec 1950 Robert Muller-Hartmann composer, dies at 66
0
15 Dec 1951 Eric Drummond 1st Secretary-General League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75
0
15 Dec 1953 Robert Stangland, American jumper (b. 1881)
0
15 Dec 1953 Kishio Hirao composer, dies at 46
0
15 Dec 1958 Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
0
15 Dec 1961 William "Dummy" Hoy: Professional baseball player, dies at 99
0
15 Dec 1961 William "Dummy" Hoy professional baseball player, dies at 99
0
15 Dec 1962 Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
0
15 Dec 1965 M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
0
15 Dec 1966 Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1901)
0
15 Dec 1968 Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (b. 1899)
0
15 Dec 1968 Jess Willard, American boxer and actor (b. 1881)
0
15 Dec 1969 Karl Theodor Bleek, German politician, 12th Mayor of Marburg (b. 1898)
0
15 Dec 1971 Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1886)
0
15 Dec 1972 Edward Earle actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90
0
15 Dec 1972 Herbert Eimert German composer (Glockenspiel), dies at 75
0
15 Dec 1973 Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov composer, dies at 61
0
15 Dec 1974 Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
0
15 Dec 1974 Harry Hershfield cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at 89
0
15 Dec 1974 Erich Walter Sternberg composer, dies at 83
0
15 Dec 1975 Mukhtar Ashrafi composer, dies at 63
0
15 Dec 1977 Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
0
15 Dec 1978 Chill Wills, American actor and singer (b. 1903)
0
15 Dec 1979 Bern Hoffman actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66
0
15 Dec 1984 James Nimmo, Australian public servant (b. 1912)
0
15 Dec 1984 Lennard Pearce, English actor and jockey (b. 1915)
0
15 Dec 1984 Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (b. 1904)
0
15 Dec 1984 Avon Long actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74
0
15 Dec 1985 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (b. 1900)
0
15 Dec 1989 Arnold Moss, American actor (b. 1910)
0
15 Dec 1989 Edward Underdown, English actor (b. 1908)
0
15 Dec 1989 Ali Şen, Turkish actor (b. 1918)
0
15 Dec 1990 Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico) dies
0
15 Dec 1990 Jean Paige actress (Captain Blood, Black Beauty), dies
0
15 Dec 1991 Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (b. 1915)
0
15 Dec 1991 Horatio Luro US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90
0
15 Dec 1991 Ray Smith British actor (And Then You Die), dies at 55
0
15 Dec 1992 Fr
0
15 Dec 1993 William Dale Phillips, American chemist and engineer (b. 1925)
0
15 Dec 1994 Hans de Jong musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86
0
15 Dec 1994 Harry Tobias songwriter, dies at 99
0
15 Dec 1994 Henry Phelps Brown historian/economist, dies at 88
0
15 Dec 1994 Mollie Doreen Phillips British figure skater (Eur-bronze-33), dies at 87
0
15 Dec 1995 Manuel Gutierrez Mellado: Prime Minister of Defense of Spain (1977-81), dies at 83
0
15 Dec 1995 James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88
0
15 Dec 1996 Gerald Moverley priest, dies at 74
0
15 Dec 1996 Guiseppe Dossetti politician/priest, dies at 83
0
15 Dec 1996 Laurens jan van der Post explorer/conservationist, dies at 90
0
15 Dec 1997 Lillian Disney widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
0
15 Dec 1997 Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis middle east scholar, dies at 69
0
15 Dec 2000 Haris Brkić, Bosnian-Serbian basketball player (b. 1974)
0
15 Dec 2001 Russ Haas, American wrestler (b. 1974)
0
15 Dec 2001 Rufus Thomas, American singer and comedian (b. 1917)
0
15 Dec 2003 George Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1923)
0
15 Dec 2003 Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1947)
0
15 Dec 2004 Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan educator and politician, Speaker of the Nuru Parliament (b. 1943)
0
15 Dec 2004 Pauline LaFon Gore, American lawyer (b. 1912)
0
15 Dec 2005 Heinrich Gross, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (b. 1914)
0
15 Dec 2005 Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (b. 1915)
0
15 Dec 2005 William Proxmire, American soldier, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
0
15 Dec 2005 Darrell Russell, American football player (b. 1976)
0
15 Dec 2006 Clay Regazzoni, Swiss race car driver (b. 1939)
0
15 Dec 2006 Mary Stolz, American author (b. 1920)
0
15 Dec 2007 John Berg, American actor (b. 1949)
0
15 Dec 2007 Julia Carson, American politician (b. 1938)
0
15 Dec 2008 León Febres Cordero, Ecuadorian politician, 46th President of Ecuador (b. 1931)
0
15 Dec 2009 Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (b. 1918)
0
15 Dec 2010 Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
0
15 Dec 2010 Bob Feller, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)
0
15 Dec 2010 Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (b. 1940)
0
15 Dec 2011 Bob Brookmeyer, American trombone player and composer (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra) (b. 1929)
0
15 Dec 2011 Christopher Hitchens, English-American journalist and author (b. 1949)
0
15 Dec 2011 Frank X. McDermott, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
0
15 Dec 2011 Jason Richards, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1976)
0
15 Dec 2012 Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (b. 1952)
0
15 Dec 2012 Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1955)
0
15 Dec 2012 Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian politician, 18th Governor of Kaduna State (b. 1948)
0
15 Dec 2012 Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (b. 1929)
0
15 Dec 2013 Sandeep Acharya, Indian singer (b. 1984)
0
15 Dec 2013 Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (b. 1921)
0
15 Dec 2013 Joan Fontaine, Japanese-American actress and singer (b. 1917)
0
15 Dec 2013 Gennaro Langella, American mob boss (b. 1938)
0
15 Dec 2013 Dyron Nix, American basketball player (b. 1967)
0
15 Dec 2014 Chakri, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1974)
0
15 Dec 2014 Booth Colman, American actor (b. 1923)
0
15 Dec 2014 Donald Metcalf, Australian physiologist and immunologist (b. 1929)
0
15 Dec 2014 Fausto Zapata, Mexican journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor of San Luis Potosí (b. 1940)
0
14th December 16th December
© 2016 OnThisDay.net All rights reserved.
Loaded in 0.0625s.