In the year 1915
297 Notable deaths
Félix de Blochausen
Prime minister of luxembourg (1834-1915).
Born March 5th, 1834 in Birtrange Castle.
Died November 15th, 1915 at 81 years old in Birtrange Castle.
Charles-Joseph Bouchard
French pathologist (1837–1915).
Born September 6th, 1837 in Montier-en-Der.
Died October 28th, 1915 at 78 years old in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon. [ref]
Antonio Agliardi
Italian cardinal and apostolic nuncio (1832–1915).
Born September 4th, 1832 in Cologno al Serio.
Died March 19th, 1915 at 82 years old in Rome.
Frederick Manson Bailey
Australian botanist (1827-1915).
Born March 8th, 1827 in London.
Died June 25th, 1915 at 88 years old in Brisbane.
Heinrich Brunner
Austrian legal scholar (1840–1915).
Died August 11th, 1915 at 75 years old in Bad Kissingen.
Marie de Castellane
French princess (1840–1915).
Born February 19th, 1840 in Paris, 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 10th, 1915 at 75 years old in Otyń.
Emile Amagat
French physicist (1841-1915).
Born January 2nd, 1841 in Saint-Satur.
Died February 15th, 1915 at 74 years old in Saint-Satur.
James Geikie
British geologist (1839–1915).
Born August 23rd, 1839 in Edinburgh.
Died March 1st, 1915 at 75 years old in Edinburgh.
Albert Weisgerber
Painter from germany (1878-1915).
Born April 21st, 1878 in Sankt Ingbert. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1915 at 37 years old in Fromelles. [ref]
Enrico Canfari
Italian association football player and association football referee (1877-1915).
Born April 16th, 1877 in Genoa.
Died October 22nd, 1915 at 38 years old in Monte San Michele.
Hans Dülfer
German alpinist (1892-1915).
Born May 23rd, 1892 in Barmen.
Died June 15th, 1915 at 23 years old in Arras.
Raphael Meldola
British chemist and entomologist (1849-1915).
Born July 19th, 1849 in London Borough of Islington.
Died November 16th, 1915 at 66 years old in London.
Isaac Rice
German american musicologist, lawyer, inventor and capitalist, and chess writer (1850–1915).
Born February 22nd, 1850 in Wachenheim.
Died November 2nd, 1915 at 65 years old in New York City.
Arthur Auwers
German astronomer (1838–1915).
Born September 12th, 1838 in Göttingen.
Died January 24th, 1915 at 76 years old in Groß-Lichterfelde.
Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero
Spanish politician (1832–1915).
Born September 4th, 1832 in Manila.
Died May 30th, 1915 at 82 years old in Madrid.
Jan Hřímalý
Czech musician (1844–1915).
Born April 13th, 1844 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died January 24th, 1915 at 70 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Wolfgang Helbig
German classical archaeologist (1839–1915).
Born February 2nd, 1839 in Dresden.
Died October 6th, 1915 at 76 years old in Rome.
Otto Malling
Danish composer, organist and educator (1848–1915).
Born June 1st, 1848 in Copenhagen.
Died October 5th, 1915 at 67 years old in Copenhagen.
Raffaello Giovagnoli
Italian writer and politician (1838-1915).
Born March 13th, 1838 in Rome.
Died July 15th, 1915 at 77 years old in Rome.
Jaroslav Věšín
Czech painter (1860-1915).
Born May 23rd, 1860 in Vraný. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1915 at 54 years old in Sofia.
Leonard Melki
Roman catholic priest.
Born October 1st, 1881 in Baabdat.
Died June 11th, 1915 at 33 years old in Mardin.
Jules Lermina
French writer (1839-1915).
Born March 27th, 1839 in Paris.
Died June 23rd, 1915 at 76 years old in Paris.
José María Usandizaga
Spanish composer (1887-1915).
Born March 31st, 1887 in San Sebastián.
Died October 5th, 1915 at 28 years old in San Sebastián (tuberculosis).
Gabriel Gustafson
Swedish-norwegian archaeologist.
Born August 8th, 1853 in Visby.
Died April 16th, 1915 at 61 years old in Christiania.
João Zeferino da Costa
Brazilian painter, teacher and decorator (1840-1915).
Born August 25th, 1840 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died August 24th, 1915 at 74 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
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Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi