What happened on July 15 ?

518 - Roman Emperor Anastasius I

1085 - Robert Guiscard, French adventurer

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

1410 - Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (killed in battle) (b. 1360)

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

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)

1782 - Farinelli, Italian castrato (b. 1705)

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)

1933 - Irving Babbitt, American literary critic (b. 1865)

1933 - Freddie Keppard, American musician (b. 1890)

1946 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)

1947 - Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893)

1948 - John J. Pershing, U.S. general (b. 1860)

1957 - James M. Cox, American politician (b. 1870)

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)

1986 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (b. 1923)

1991 - Bert Convy, American actor (b. 1933)

1992 - Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (b. 1922)

1996 - Dana Hill, American actress (b. 1964)

1997 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (b. 1946)

2003 - Roberto Bolaño, Chilean writer (b. 1953)

2003 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b. 1920)