July 15th All Events |
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| July 15th, 2008 (July 15 2008) | Death | Gyorgy Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist (born in 1972) | |
| July 15th, 2006 (July 15 2006) | Death | Robert H. Brooks, founder of Hooters of America (born in 1937) | |
| July 15th, 2003 (July 15 2003) | Event | AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day. | |
| July 15th, 2003 (July 15 2003) | Death | Roberto Bolano, Chilean writer (born in 1953) | Roberto Bolano Quotes |
| July 15th, 2003 (July 15 2003) | Death | Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (born in 1920) | |
| July 15th, 2002 (July 15 2002) | Event | "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony. | |
| July 15th, 2002 (July 15 2002) | Event | Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. | |
| July 15th, 2000 (July 15 2000) | Death | Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (born in 1925) | |
| July 15th, 1997 (July 15 1997) | Event | In Miami, Florida, serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home. | |
| July 15th, 1997 (July 15 1997) | Death | Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (born in 1946) | |
| July 15th, 1996 (July 15 1996) | Event | A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport. | |
| July 15th, 1996 (July 15 1996) | Death | Dana Hill, American actress (born in 1964) | |
| July 15th, 1994 (July 15 1994) | Event | The new Ivybridge railway station, costing ?380,000, opens in the town of Ivybridge, Devon, England. | Devo Quotes |
| July 15th, 1993 (July 15 1993) | Death | David Brian, American actor (born in 1914) | |
| July 15th, 1993 (July 15 1993) | Death | Bobby Kent, alleged Florida bully murdered by his friends (born in 1973) | |
| July 15th, 1992 (July 15 1992) | Birth | Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) | |
| July 15th, 1992 (July 15 1992) | Death | Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijan s most noted journalist (born in 1960) | |
| July 15th, 1992 (July 15 1992) | Death | Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (born in 1922) | |
| July 15th, 1991 (July 15 1991) | Death | Bert Convy, American actor (born in 1933) | |
| July 15th, 1990 (July 15 1990) | Death | Margaret Lockwood, British actress (born in 1916) | |
| July 15th, 1989 (July 15 1989) | Birth | Tristan Wilds, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1989 (July 15 1989) | Death | Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (born in 1956) | |
| July 15th, 1986 (July 15 1986) | Death | Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (born in 1923) | |
| July 15th, 1984 (July 15 1984) | Birth | Vice Cooler, American musician | |
| July 15th, 1983 (July 15 1983) | Birth | Nelson Merlo, Brazilian racing driver | |
| July 15th, 1982 (July 15 1982) | Death | Bill Justis, American musician and producer (born in 1926) | |
| July 15th, 1980 (July 15 1980) | Birth | Jonathan Cheechoo, professional ice hockey player | |
| July 15th, 1980 (July 15 1980) | Birth | Reggie Abercrombie, professional baseball player | |
| July 15th, 1980 (July 15 1980) | Birth | Jasper Paakkonen, Finnish actor and film producer | |
| July 15th, 1979 (July 15 1979) | Event | U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his famous "malaise" speech, where he characterizes the greatest threat to the country as "this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation." | Jimmy Carter Quotes |
| July 15th, 1979 (July 15 1979) | Birth | Laura Benanti, American musical theatre actress | |
| July 15th, 1979 (July 15 1979) | Birth | Alexander Frei, Swiss footballer | |
| July 15th, 1979 (July 15 1979) | Death | Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (born in 1911) | |
| July 15th, 1978 (July 15 1978) | Birth | Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player | |
| July 15th, 1977 (July 15 1977) | Birth | Ray Toro, American musician (My Chemical Romance) | |
| July 15th, 1977 (July 15 1977) | Birth | Kitana Baker, American model (Miller Light Catfight commercial) | |
| July 15th, 1977 (July 15 1977) | Birth | Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab) | |
| July 15th, 1977 (July 15 1977) | Birth | Lana Parrilla, American actress | |
| July 15th, 1977 (July 15 1977) | Birth | Andre Nel, South African Cricketer | |
| July 15th, 1976 (July 15 1976) | Birth | Jim Jones, African Puerto Rican American rapper | Jim Jones Quotes |
| July 15th, 1976 (July 15 1976) | Birth | Diane Kruger, German actress and former fashion model | |
| July 15th, 1975 (July 15 1975) | Birth | Kara Drew, An American professional wrestler better known as Cherry | |
| July 15th, 1975 (July 15 1975) | Birth | Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player | |
| July 15th, 1974 (July 15 1974) | Event | In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d etat, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president. | |
| July 15th, 1974 (July 15 1974) | Birth | Chot Ulep, Filipino musician | |
| July 15th, 1974 (July 15 1974) | Death | Christine Chubbuck, television news reporter (b.1944) | |
| July 15th, 1973 (July 15 1973) | Birth | John Dolmayan, Lebanese-born drummer (System of a Down) | John Dolmayan Quotes |
| July 15th, 1973 (July 15 1973) | Birth | Brian Austin Green, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1973 (July 15 1973) | Birth | Chris Taylor, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser | |
| July 15th, 1972 (July 15 1972) | Birth | Michael Barnett, UK musician / producer | |
| July 15th, 1972 (July 15 1972) | Birth | Scott Foley, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1972 (July 15 1972) | Birth | Beth Ostrosky, American model | |
| July 15th, 1971 (July 15 1971) | Birth | Danijela, Croatian singer | |
| July 15th, 1970 (July 15 1970) | Birth | Chi Cheng, American musician (Deftones) | |
| July 15th, 1968 (July 15 1968) | Birth | Eddie Griffin, American comedian | |
| July 15th, 1968 (July 15 1968) | Birth | Stan Kirsch, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1967 (July 15 1967) | Birth | Adam Savage, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1966 (July 15 1966) | Birth | Jason Bonham, English drummer; son of John Bonham | |
| July 15th, 1966 (July 15 1966) | Birth | Irene Jacob, French-born Swiss actress | |
| July 15th, 1965 (July 15 1965) | Birth | David Miliband, British politician | |
| July 15th, 1965 (July 15 1965) | Death | Francis Cherry, American politician (born in 1908) | |
| July 15th, 1963 (July 15 1963) | Birth | Steve Thomas, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| July 15th, 1963 (July 15 1963) | Birth | Brigitte Nielsen, Danish-born actress | |
| July 15th, 1962 (July 15 1962) | Birth | Steve Brown, American darts player | |
| July 15th, 1961 (July 15 1961) | Birth | Lolita Davidovich, Canadian-born actress | |
| July 15th, 1961 (July 15 1961) | Birth | Jean-Christophe Grange, French writer and screenwriter | |
| July 15th, 1961 (July 15 1961) | Birth | Scott Ritter, UN weapons inspector in Iraq | Scott Ritter Quotes |
| July 15th, 1961 (July 15 1961) | Birth | Forest Whitaker, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1961 (July 15 1961) | Death | John E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (born in 1884) | |
| July 15th, 1960 (July 15 1960) | Birth | Kim Alexis, American supermodel and actress | |
| July 15th, 1960 (July 15 1960) | Birth | Willie Aames, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1960 (July 15 1960) | Death | Lawrence Tibbett, American opera singer and actor (born in 1896) | |
| July 15th, 1960 (July 15 1960) | Death | Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (born in 1897) | |
| July 15th, 1959 (July 15 1959) | Event | The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history. | |
| July 15th, 1959 (July 15 1959) | Birth | Vincent Lindon, French actor | |
| July 15th, 1959 (July 15 1959) | Birth | Shep Pettibone, American record producer | |
| July 15th, 1959 (July 15 1959) | Death | Ernest Bloch, Swiss composer (born in 1880) | |
| July 15th, 1958 (July 15 1958) | Birth | Gary Heale, former professional English soccer player | |
| July 15th, 1958 (July 15 1958) | Birth | Mac Thornberry, American politician | |
| July 15th, 1958 (July 15 1958) | Death | Julia Lennon, mother of John Lennon (born in 1914) | John Lennon Quotes |
| July 15th, 1957 (July 15 1957) | Death | James M. Cox, American politician (born in 1870) | |
| July 15th, 1957 (July 15 1957) | Death | Vasily Maklakov, Russian orator and liberal politician (born in 1869) | |
| July 15th, 1956 (July 15 1956) | Birth | Ian Curtis, British musician (died in 1980) | |
| July 15th, 1956 (July 15 1956) | Birth | Barry Melrose, Canadian hockey player, coach, and commentator | |
| July 15th, 1956 (July 15 1956) | Birth | Marky Ramone, American musician (Ramones) | |
| July 15th, 1956 (July 15 1956) | Birth | Joe Satriani, American guitarist | Joe Satriani Quotes |
| July 15th, 1956 (July 15 1956) | Birth | Wayne Taylor, South African race car driver | |
| July 15th, 1955 (July 15 1955) | Event | Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others. | |
| July 15th, 1954 (July 15 1954) | Event | First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series. | |
| July 15th, 1954 (July 15 1954) | Birth | Mario Kempes, Argentine football player | |
| July 15th, 1953 (July 15 1953) | Birth | Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former President of Haiti | |
| July 15th, 1953 (July 15 1953) | Birth | John Denham, British politician | John Denham Quotes |
| July 15th, 1953 (July 15 1953) | Death | Servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios (b.1882) | |
| July 15th, 1952 (July 15 1952) | Birth | Johnny Thunders, American musician (died in 1991) | Johnny Thunders Quotes |
| July 15th, 1952 (July 15 1952) | Birth | Terry O Quinn, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1952 (July 15 1952) | Birth | Judy McGrath, American television executive | |
| July 15th, 1951 (July 15 1951) | Birth | Jesse Ventura, professional wrestler and former Governor of Minnesota | Jesse Ventura Quotes |
| July 15th, 1950 (July 15 1950) | Birth | Arianna Huffington, Greek-born newspaper columnist | Arianna Huffington Quotes |
| July 15th, 1949 (July 15 1949) | Birth | Carl Bildt, Swedish politician | |
| July 15th, 1949 (July 15 1949) | Birth | Trevor Horn, British music producer | |
| July 15th, 1948 (July 15 1948) | Birth | Alicia Bridges, American singer | |
| July 15th, 1948 (July 15 1948) | Birth | Artimus Pyle, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) | |
| July 15th, 1948 (July 15 1948) | Death | John J. Pershing, U.S. general (born in 1860) | |
| July 15th, 1947 (July 15 1947) | Birth | Peter Banks, British guitarist (Yes) | |
| July 15th, 1947 (July 15 1947) | Death | Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (born in 1893) | |
| July 15th, 1946 (July 15 1946) | Birth | Linda Ronstadt, American singer | |
| July 15th, 1946 (July 15 1946) | Birth | Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei | |
| July 15th, 1946 (July 15 1946) | Death | Razor Smith, English cricketer (born in 1877) | |
| July 15th, 1945 (July 15 1945) | Birth | Jurgen Mollemann, German politician (died in 2003) | |
| July 15th, 1944 (July 15 1944) | Birth | Millie Jackson, American singer | |
| July 15th, 1944 (July 15 1944) | Birth | Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1944 (July 15 1944) | Death | Marie-Victorin, French Canadian Christian Brother and botanist (born in 1885) | |
| July 15th, 1943 (July 15 1943) | Birth | Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Irish astrophysicist | |
| July 15th, 1942 (July 15 1942) | Birth | Mil Mascaras, Mexican professional wrestler | |
| July 15th, 1942 (July 15 1942) | Death | Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (bayoneted to death) (born in 1910) | |
| July 15th, 1941 (July 15 1941) | Birth | Denis Heroux, French Canadian film director and producer | |
| July 15th, 1940 (July 15 1940) | Death | Robert Pershing Wadlow, American--at 8 ft. 11.1 in, the tallest human ever known (born in 1918) | |
| July 15th, 1939 (July 15 1939) | Birth | Anibal Cavaco Silva, President of Portugal and former Prime Minister | |
| July 15th, 1939 (July 15 1939) | Birth | Patrick Wayne, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1938 (July 15 1938) | Birth | Ernie Barnes, American artist and football player | |
| July 15th, 1935 (July 15 1935) | Birth | Donn Clendenon, baseball player (died in 2005) | |
| July 15th, 1935 (July 15 1935) | Birth | Ken Kercheval, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1935 (July 15 1935) | Birth | Alex Karras, American football player and actor | |
| July 15th, 1934 (July 15 1934) | Event | Continental Airlines commences operations. | |
| July 15th, 1934 (July 15 1934) | Birth | Harrison Birtwistle, English composer | |
| July 15th, 1934 (July 15 1934) | Birth | Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (died in 1977) | |
| July 15th, 1933 (July 15 1933) | Birth | Julian Bream, English guitarist and lutenist | Julian Quotes |
| July 15th, 1933 (July 15 1933) | Birth | Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist (died in 2003) | |
| July 15th, 1933 (July 15 1933) | Death | Irving Babbitt, American literary critic (born in 1865) | |
| July 15th, 1933 (July 15 1933) | Death | Freddie Keppard, American musician (born in 1890) | |
| July 15th, 1932 (July 15 1932) | Birth | Ed Litzenberger, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| July 15th, 1932 (July 15 1932) | Death | Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African politician and writer (born in 1873) | |
| July 15th, 1931 (July 15 1931) | Event | Kid Chocolate becomes Cuba s first world boxing champion. | |
| July 15th, 1931 (July 15 1931) | Birth | Clive Cussler, American author | |
| July 15th, 1931 (July 15 1931) | Death | Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (born in 1868) | |
| July 15th, 1930 (July 15 1930) | Birth | Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (died in 2004) | Jacques Derrida Quotes |
| July 15th, 1930 (July 15 1930) | Birth | Stephen Smale, American mathematician | |
| July 15th, 1930 (July 15 1930) | Birth | Richard Garneau, French Canadian sports journalist | |
| July 15th, 1930 (July 15 1930) | Death | Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (born in 1845) | |
| July 15th, 1929 (July 15 1929) | Event | First weekly radio broadcast of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir radio show, Music and the Spoken Word. | |
| July 15th, 1929 (July 15 1929) | Birth | Charles Anthony, American tenor | |
| July 15th, 1929 (July 15 1929) | Death | Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (born in 1874) | |
| July 15th, 1928 (July 15 1928) | Birth | Carl Woese, American microbiologist | |
| July 15th, 1927 (July 15 1927) | Event | Massacre of July 15, 1927: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna. | |
| July 15th, 1926 (July 15 1926) | Birth | Driss Chraibi, Moroccan author | |
| July 15th, 1926 (July 15 1926) | Birth | Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine dictator (died in 2003) | Leopoldo Galtieri Quotes |
| July 15th, 1925 (July 15 1925) | Birth | Philip Carey, American actor | |
| July 15th, 1922 (July 15 1922) | Birth | Leon M. Lederman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| July 15th, 1921 (July 15 1921) | Birth | Robert Bruce Merrifield, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| July 15th, 1921 (July 15 1921) | Birth | Henri Colpi, French film director (died in 2006) | |
| July 15th, 1919 (July 15 1919) | Birth | Iris Murdoch, Irish writer (died in 1999) | |
| July 15th, 1919 (July 15 1919) | Death | Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1852) | |
| July 15th, 1918 (July 15 1918) | Event | World War I: the Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack. | |
| July 15th, 1918 (July 15 1918) | Birth | Bertram N. Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 2003) | |
| July 15th, 1916 (July 15 1916) | Event | In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing). | George Washington Quotes |
| July 15th, 1914 (July 15 1914) | Birth | Akhtar Hameed Khan, pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries (died in 1999) | |
| July 15th, 1914 (July 15 1914) | Birth | Hammond Innes, English writer (died in 1998) | |
| July 15th, 1914 (July 15 1914) | Birth | Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (died in 1996) | |
| July 15th, 1913 (July 15 1913) | Birth | Cowboy Copas, American country singer (died in 1963) | |
| July 15th, 1913 (July 15 1913) | Birth | Dorothy Schwartz, American violinist (died in 2007) | |
| July 15th, 1913 (July 15 1913) | Birth | Abraham Sutzkever, Yiddish language poet and memoirist. | Abraham Quotes |
| July 15th, 1911 (July 15 1911) | Birth | Edward Shackleton, English explorer (died in 1994) | |
| July 15th, 1906 (July 15 1906) | Birth | Rudolf "Rudi" Uhlenhaut, German automotive engineer and test driver (Mercedes Benz) (died in 1989) | |
| July 15th, 1905 (July 15 1905) | Birth | Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (died in 1974) | |
| July 15th, 1904 (July 15 1904) | Birth | Rudolf Arnheim, German-born author (died in 2007) | |
| July 15th, 1904 (July 15 1904) | Death | Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (born in 1860) | |
| July 15th, 1903 (July 15 1903) | Birth | Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician (died in 1975) | |
| July 15th, 1902 (July 15 1902) | Birth | Jean Rey, Belgian politician and President of the European Commission {died in 1983) | |
| July 15th, 1899 (July 15 1899) | Birth | Sean Lemass, Irish leader (died in 1971) | |
| July 15th, 1898 (July 15 1898) | Death | Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (died in 1825) | |
| July 15th, 1894 (July 15 1894) | Birth | Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer and inventor (died in 1989) | |
| July 15th, 1892 (July 15 1892) | Birth | Walter Benjamin, German literary critic and writer (died in 1940) | Walter Benjamin Quotes |
| July 15th, 1890 (July 15 1890) | Death | Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (born in 1819) | |
| July 15th, 1888 (July 15 1888) | Event | The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people. | |
| July 15th, 1885 (July 15 1885) | Death | Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (born in 1837) | |
| July 15th, 1871 (July 15 1871) | Birth | Kunikida Doppo, Japanese writer (died in 1908) | |
| July 15th, 1870 (July 15 1870) | Event | Reconstruction era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union. | |
| July 15th, 1870 (July 15 1870) | Event | Rupert s Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson s Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories are established from these vast territories. | |
| July 15th, 1870 (July 15 1870) | Event | The Kingdom of Prussia and the Second French Empire commence the Franco-Prussian War. | |
| July 15th, 1870 (July 15 1870) | Birth | Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Russian publisher and politician (died in 1922) | Vladimir Nabokov Quotes |
| July 15th, 1865 (July 15 1865) | Birth | Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (died in 1945) | |
| July 15th, 1864 (July 15 1864) | Birth | Marie Tempest, English singer and actress (died in 1942) | |
| July 15th, 1857 (July 15 1857) | Death | Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (born in 1791) | |
| July 15th, 1851 (July 15 1851) | Birth | Eduardo Gutierrez, Argentinian author (died in 1889) | |
| July 15th, 1850 (July 15 1850) | Birth | Mother Cabrini, Italian-born Catholic saint (died in 1917) | |
| July 15th, 1848 (July 15 1848) | Birth | Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist and sociologist (died in 1923) | |
| July 15th, 1844 (July 15 1844) | Death | Claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (born in 1772) | |
| July 15th, 1839 (July 15 1839) | Death | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet (born in 1802) | Winthrop Mackworth Praed Quotes |
| July 15th, 1837 (July 15 1837) | Birth | Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, queen of Portugal (died in 1859) | |
| July 15th, 1828 (July 15 1828) | Death | Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (born in 1741) | |
| July 15th, 1823 (July 15 1823) | Event | A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. | |
| July 15th, 1815 (July 15 1815) | Event | Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| July 15th, 1812 (July 15 1812) | Birth | James Hope-Scott, English barrister (died in 1873) | |
| July 15th, 1808 (July 15 1808) | Birth | Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, English Catholic archbishop (died in 1892) | |
| July 15th, 1806 (July 15 1806) | Event | Pike expedition: near St. Louis, Missouri, United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Belle Fountaine to explore the west. | |
| July 15th, 1799 (July 15 1799) | Event | The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-Francois Bouchard during Napoleon s Egyptian Campaign. | |
| July 15th, 1796 (July 15 1796) | Birth | Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist (died in 1867) | |
| July 15th, 1789 (July 15 1789) | Event | Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris. | |
| July 15th, 1789 (July 15 1789) | Death | Jacques Duphly, French composer (born in 1715) | |
| July 15th, 1779 (July 15 1779) | Birth | Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, author, and poet (died in 1863) | Clement Clarke Moore Quotes |
| July 15th, 1767 (July 15 1767) | Death | Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (born in 1746) | |
| July 15th, 1765 (July 15 1765) | Death | Charles-Andre van Loo, French painter (born in 1705) | |
| July 15th, 1750 (July 15 1750) | Death | Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (born in 1686) | |
| July 15th, 1741 (July 15 1741) | Event | Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska. | |
| July 15th, 1737 (July 15 1737) | Birth | Princess Louise-Marie of France, daughter of king Louis XV (died in 1787) | |
| July 15th, 1704 (July 15 1704) | Birth | August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German religious leader (died in 1792) | |
| July 15th, 1685 (July 15 1685) | Event | James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, England after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemore on 6 July 1685. | |
| July 15th, 1685 (July 15 1685) | Death | James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II of England (born in 1649) | |
| July 15th, 1655 (July 15 1655) | Death | Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (born in 1570) | |
| July 15th, 1631 (July 15 1631) | Birth | Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (died in 1700) | |
| July 15th, 1614 (July 15 1614) | Death | Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantome, French historian and biographer (born in c.1540) | |
| July 15th, 1609 (July 15 1609) | Death | Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (born in 1560) | |
| July 15th, 1606 (July 15 1606) | Birth | Rembrandt, Dutch artist (died in 1669) | |
| July 15th, 1573 (July 15 1573) | Birth | Inigo Jones, English architect (died in 1652) | |
| July 15th, 1571 (July 15 1571) | Death | Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (born in 1514) | |
| July 15th, 1553 (July 15 1553) | Birth | Archduke Ernest of Austria (died in 1595) | |
| July 15th, 1544 (July 15 1544) | Death | Rene of Chalon, Prince of the House of Orange (born in 1519) | |
| July 15th, 1521 (July 15 1521) | Death | Juan Ponce de Leon, Spanish Explorer (born in 1458) | |
| July 15th, 1471 (July 15 1471) | Birth | Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (died in 1494) | |
| July 15th, 1458 (July 15 1458) | Birth | Juan Ponce de Leon, Spanish Explorer (died in 1521) | |
| July 15th, 1410 (July 15 1410) | Event | Battle of Grunwald: allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order. | |
| July 15th, 1410 (July 15 1410) | Death | Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (killed in battle) (born in 1360) | |
| July 15th, 1406 (July 15 1406) | Death | Duke William of Austria (born in c.1370) | |
| July 15th, 1381 (July 15 1381) | Event | John Ball, a leader in the Peasants Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II of England. | |
| July 15th, 1381 (July 15 1381) | Death | John Ball, English priest | |
| July 15th, 1353 (July 15 1353) | Birth | Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (died in 1410) | |
| July 15th, 1291 (July 15 1291) | Death | Rudolph I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1218) | |
| July 15th, 1274 (July 15 1274) | Death | Bonaventure, Italian theologian and saint (born in 1221) | |
| July 15th, 1273 (July 15 1273) | Birth | Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (died in 1352) | |
| July 15th, 1262 (July 15 1262) | Death | Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (born in 1222) | |
| July 15th, 1240 (July 15 1240) | Event | A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva. | |
| July 15th, 1207 (July 15 1207) | Event | John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton. | |
| July 15th, 1099 (July 15 1099) | Event | First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege. | |
| July 15th, 1085 (July 15 1085) | Death | Robert Guiscard, duke of Apulia (born in c.1015) | |
