General Events and Observations of July 15

1085: Robert Guiscard, French adventurer (b. c.1015)
1262: Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1222)
1274: Bonaventure, Italian theologian and saint (b. 1221)
1291: Rudolph I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1218)
1381: John Ball, English priest
1406: Duke William of Austria (b. c.1370)
1410: Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (killed in battle) (b. 1360)
1521: Juan Ponce de León, Spanish Explorer (b. 1458)
1544: René of Châlon, Prince of the House of Orange (b. 1519)
1571: Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514)
1609: Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1560)
1614: Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French historian and biographer (b. c.1540)
1655: Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)
1685: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II of England (b. 1649)
1750: Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
1765: Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)
1767: Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (b. 1746)
1789: Jacques Duphly, French composer (b. 1715)
1828: Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
1839: Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet (b. 1802)
1844: Claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b. 1772)
1857: Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
1890: Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (b. 1819)
1898: Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1825)
1904: Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860)
1919: Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1929: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (b. 1874)
1930: Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1845)
1931: Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (b. 1868)
1932: Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, Foremost promoters (b. 1873)
1933: Freddie Keppard, American musician (b. 1890)
1933: Irving Babbitt, American literary critic (b. 1865)
1940: Robert Wadlow, American--at 8 ft. 11.1 in, the tallest human ever known (b. 1918)
1942: Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (bayoneted to death) (b. 1910)
1944: Marie-Victorin, French Canadian Christian Brother and botanist (b. 1885)
1946: Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1947: Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893)
1948: John J. Pershing, U.S. general (b. 1860)
1953: Servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios (b.1882)
1957: James M. Cox, American politician (b. 1870)
1957: Vasily Maklakov, Russian orator and liberal politician (b. 1869)
1958: Julia Lennon, mother of John Lennon (b. 1914)
1959: Ernest Bloch, Swiss composer (b. 1880)
1960: Lawrence Tibbett, American actor (b. 1896)
1960: Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (b. 1897)
1961: John E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
1965: Francis Cherry, American politician (b. 1908)
1974: Christine Chubbuck, television news reporter (b.1944)
1979: Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (b. 1911)
1982: Bill Justis, American musician and producer (b. 1926)
1986: Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (b. 1923)
1989: Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
1990: Margaret Lockwood, British actress (b. 1916)
1991: Bert Convy, American actor (b. 1933)
1992: Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijan's most noted journalist (b. 1960)
1992: Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (b. 1922)
1993: Bobby Kent, alleged Florida bully murdered by his friends (b. 1973)
1993: David Brian, American actor (b. 1914)
1996: Dana Hill, American actress (b. 1964)
1997: Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (b. 1946)
2000: Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (b. 1925)
2003: Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa and famous Afro-Cuban vocalist (b. 1925)
2003: Roberto Bolaño, Chilean writer (b. 1953)
2003: Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b. 1920)
2006: Robert H. Brooks, founder of Hooters of America (b. 1937)

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