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Deaths on February 15

1043 : Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52
1145 : Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies
1152 : Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58
1400 : Richard II, British King (1377-99), murdered at Pontefract Castle
1503 : Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies
1568 : Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36
1580 : Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies
1597 : Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66
1600 : Jos‚ the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)
1621 : Michael Praetorius, German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at 50
1637 : Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hun/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58
1660 : Klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72
1680 : Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41
1680 : John Swammerdam, anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43
1686 : Mathias Rauchmller, German sculptor (Piasten mausoleum Poland), dies
1701 : Adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80
1713 : Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies
1744 : Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer, dies at 49
1744 : John Hadley, inventor (sextant), dies
1759 : Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89
1761 : Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54
1778 : Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80
1779 : James Cook, explorer, murdered by natives in Hawaii
1780 : William Blackstone, jurist, dies
1781 : G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52
1781 : Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Saxon playwright/critic, dies
1818 : Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69
1820 : Pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63
1820 : William Ellery, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 92
1831 : Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies
1832 : Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer, dies at 85
1835 : Henry Hunt, British politican, dies
1841 : Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53
1844 : Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86
1849 : Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44
1857 : Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies
1857 : Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Russian composer, dies at 53
1864 : Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies
1864 : William Dyce, painter, dies
1865 : Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies
1885 : Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52
1887 : Alexander Borodin, composer, dies
1891 : William Sherman, Union General in Civil War, dies
1896 : E J Nicholson, writer, dies
1902 : Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68
1903 : Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69
1905 : Lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77
1910 : Albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51
1916 : Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73
1917 : Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60
1919 : Pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66
1921 : Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60
1922 : Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36
1923 : Josephine B Willson Bruce, US black theorist, dies at 69
1924 : Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62
1928 : Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75
1932 : Minnie Maddern Fiske, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66
1933 : Anton J Cermak, (Mayor-D-Chicago), assassinated in Miami
1939 : Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47
1939 : Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1926-31), dies at 68
1942 : Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91
1942 : Stanislav Binicki, composer, dies at 69
1943 : Thomas "Fats" Waller, US jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38
1943 : William Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73
1955 : S Z Sakall, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 71
1959 : Owen W Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69
1961 : Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59
1961 : Marubel Vinaon Owen, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1932), dies
1962 : Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72
1964 : Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chic Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22
1965 : Nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49
1966 : Camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies
1967 : Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79
1967 : William C Bullitt, 1st US ambassador in USSR, dies at 76
1968 : Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37
1971 : Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer, dies at 63
1972 : Edgar P Snow, US author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66
1972 : Jef [Josephus CF] Last, Dutch poet/Indonesian politician, dies at 73
1973 : Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55
1973 : Wally Cox, actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood Squares), dies at 48
1974 : Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer, dies at 86
1975 : Julian Huxley, biologist, dies
1975 : Pelham G Wodehouse, writer, dies
1978 : Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72
1979 : Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51
1979 : Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/milt governor of Teheran, executed
1981 : Jack Crapp, cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies
1981 : Mike Bloomfield, rocker (Electric Flag), dies of drug overdose at 36
1981 : Thomas Beversdorf, composer, dies at 56
1982 : Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show), dies at 86
1984 : Avon Long, dancer/actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies of cancer at 73
1984 : Ethel Merman, singer/actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76
1984 : Leamon Hunt, US director-General in Sinai, killed by communists
1987 : Jimmy Holiday, US singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42
1987 : Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer, dies at 57
1988 : Frederick [Fritz] Loewe, composer, dies
1988 : Gardiner Means, US economist, dies at 91
1988 : Gerard Holt, architect, dies at 83
1988 : Neil R[onald] Jones, sf writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78
1988 : Richard P Feynman, physicist (Nobel 1965, Physical Law), dies at 69
1990 : Henry Brandon, actor (Assault on Precinct 13), dies at 77
1990 : Jack Fletcher, actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at 68
1991 : Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack
1991 : Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at 78
1992 : William H Schuman, US composer (Pulitzer)/Pres of Julliard, dies at 81
1993 : George Wallington, [Giacinto Figlia], Italian bebop-pianist/, dies
1994 : Andrei Tsjikatilo, [Rostov Ripper], Russian mass murdered, executed
1994 : Tiger Haynes, US actor (Moscow on the Hudson, Cosby Show), dies at 79
1995 : Francis Taylor, builder, dies at 90
1995 : Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist/rebel, dies at 77
1995 : Lord Taylor of Hadfield, Brit pres of Taylor Woodrow Group, dies at 90
1995 : Nabila Diahnine, Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at 33
1995 : Sahnoun Jawhari, Tunisian Annahda-leader, dies at 40 in jail
1995 : Viscount Camrose, British large landowner/Conservative, dies
1996 : Bruno Ferenc Straub, Hungarian statesman, dies
1996 : Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies at 72
1996 : McLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H, Hello Larry), dies at 66
1996 : Oscar Abrams, community organiser, dies at 58
1996 : Tommy Rettig, actor (Lassie)/computer programmer (Clipper), dies at 54
1998 : Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondents, dies at 89

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