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Who died on November 15
120 figures who shaped history died on November 15.
- 120deaths
- 61events
Best known
Best known
Mattathias
2nd century BCE Jewish priest of the Hasmonean Dynasty
Malo (saint)
Founder of Saint-Malo, Brittany (d. 621)
Penda of Mercia
King of Mercia from c. 626 to 655
Leopold III, Margrave of Austria
Margrave of Austria from 1095 to 1136
Frederick of Isenberg
German noble
Albertus Magnus
German Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200 – 1280)
Mattathias — 2nd century BCE Jewish priest of the Hasmonean Dynasty, who died on November 15 165 BC.
Malo (saint) — Founder of Saint-Malo, Brittany (d. 621), who died on November 15 621.
Penda of Mercia — King of Mercia from c. 626 to 655, who died on November 15 655.
Leopold III, Margrave of Austria — Margrave of Austria from 1095 to 1136, who died on November 15 1136.
Frederick of Isenberg — German noble, who died on November 15 1226.
Albertus Magnus — German Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200 – 1280), who died on November 15 1280.
All entries
- 655ÆÆthelhere of East AngliaKing of East Anglia (r. 653–655)
- 1037OOdo II of BloisFrench nobleman (c. 985 – 1037)
- 1194
Margaret I of FlandersCountess of Flanders from 1191 to 1194 - 1347
James I of UrgellCount of Urgell - 1351
Joanna of PfirtCountess of Pfirt and Duchess of Austria (c. 1300–1351) - 1379OOtto V of BavariaElector of Brandenburg from 1356 to 1373
- 1463
Giovanni Antonio Orsini del BalzoItalian nobleman - 1527
Catherine of YorkEnglish princess - 1579
Ferenc DávidHungarian preacher and Unitarian theologian (c. 1520–1579) - 1628
Roque González y de Santa CruzParaguayan missionary - 1630
Johannes KeplerGerman astronomer and mathematician - 1670
John Amos ComeniusCzech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer - 1691
Aelbert CuypDutch landscape painter - 1706
6th Dalai LamaSpiritual leader of Tibet from 1697 to 1706 - 1712
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of HamiltonScottish army officer, politician, courtier and diplomat - 1712
Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun of OkehamptonEnglish Army officer and diplomat - 1787
Christoph Willibald GluckOpera composer - 1794
John WitherspoonAmerican Founding Father and minister - 1795
Charles-Amédée-Philippe van LooFrench painter - 1832
Jean-Baptiste SayFrench economist and businessman - 1836
Herman of AlaskaRussian Orthodox monk and saint (c. 1736 – 1837) - 1845
William KnibbBaptist missionary and slavery abolitionist - 1853
Maria II of PortugalQueen of Portugal (1826–1828, 1834–1853) - 1892
Thomas Neill CreamScottish-Canadian serial murderer - 1897
Alfred KennerleyAustralian politician - 1908
Empress Dowager CixiRegent of China from 1861 to 1908
- 1910
Wilhelm RaabeGerman novelist - 1916
Henryk SienkiewiczPolish epic writer - 1917
Émile DurkheimFrench sociologist - 1919
Mikhail Dolivo-DobrovolskyEngineer - 1919
Mohammad FaridEgyptian politician - 1919
Alfred WernerSwiss chemist - 1921
Tadhg BarryIrish republican - 1922
Dimitrios GounarisGreek politician - 1922
Petros ProtopapadakisGreek politician - 1922
Nikolaos StratosGreek politician - 1941
Wal HandleyBritish motorcycle racer - 1942
Annemarie SchwarzenbachSwiss writer, journalist and photographer - 1945
Frank Chapman (ornithologist)American ornithologist - 1949
Narayan ApteAssassin of Mahatma Gandhi - 1949
Nathuram GodseAssassin of Mahatma Gandhi - 1951
Frank Weston BensonAmerican painter - 1954
Lionel BarrymoreAmerican actor, director, screenwriter - 1956EEmma RichterGerman paleontologist
- 1958
Tyrone PowerAmerican actor - 1959
C. T. R. WilsonBritish meteorologist and physicist - 1960
Robert Raymond CookCanadian mass murderer - 1961
Elsie FergusonAmerican actress - 1961
Johanna WesterdijkDutch plant pathologist - 1963
Fritz ReinerAmerican conductor - 1966
Dimitrios TofalosGreek weightlifter - 1966
William ZorachAmerican sculptor - 1967
Michael J. AdamsAmerican test pilot, engineer and astronaut - 1970
Konstantinos TsaldarisGreek politician - 1971
Rudolf AbelSoviet intelligence officer - 1976
Jean GabinFrench actor and singer - 1978
Margaret MeadAmerican cultural anthropologist - 1980
Bill Lee (singer)American playback singer - 1981SSteve MackoAmerican baseball player
- 1981
Enid MarkeyAmerican actress - 1981
Khawar RizviPakistani poet - 1982
Vinoba BhaveAdvocate of non-violence and human rights - 1982MMartín de Álzaga (racing driver)Argentine racing driver
- 1983JJohn GrimaldiMusical artist
- 1983
Charlie GrimmAmerican baseball player and manager - 1983
John Le MesurierEnglish actor - 1984
Baby FaeAmerican xenotransplantee - 1985
Méret OppenheimGerman-Swiss surrealist artist - 1988
Billo FrómetaDominican orchestra conductor, arranger and composer - 1988
Ieronymos I of Athens - 1994EElizabeth George SpeareAmerican novelist
- 1996
Alger HissAmerican diplomat and accused Soviet spy - 1997
Saul ChaplinAmerican composer and musical director - 1998
Stokely CarmichaelTrinbagonian-American activist - 1998
Ludvík DaněkCzechoslovak discus thrower - 2000
Edoardo AgnelliSon of Italian head of Fiat - 2003RRay Lewis (sprinter)Canadian sprinter
- 2003
Dorothy LoudonAmerican actress, singer, performer - 2003LLaurence TischAmerican billionaire businessman and investor
- 2003
Speedy WestAmerican pedal steel guitarist - 2004
Elmer L. AndersenAmerican politician - 2004JJohn Morgan (comedian)Welsh-born Canadian comedian
- 2005
Adrian RogersAmerican pastor and author - 2005AArto SalminenFinnish writer (born 1959)
- 2006
David K. WyattAmerican historian - 2007
Joe NuxhallAmerican baseball player and broadcaster - 2008
Grace HartiganAmerican painter - 2009
Pavle, Serbian PatriarchPatriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1990 to 2009 - 2010
Larry Evans (chess player)American chess grandmaster - 2010
Ed KirkpatrickAmerican baseball player
- 2010WWilliam Edwin SelfAmerican actor and producer
- 2011
Oba ChandlerAmerican mass murderer and suspected serial rapist - 2012TThéophile AbegaCameroonian footballer and politician
- 2012LLuís CarreiraPortuguese motorcycle racer
- 2012
Maleli KunavoreFiji international rugby union player - 2012
K. C. PantIndian politician - 2012FFrode ThingnæsMusical artist
- 2013SSheila Mathews AllenAmerican actress
- 2013
Glafcos CleridesPresident of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003 - 2013
Mike McCormack (American football)American football player and coach
- 2014JJack Bridger ChalkerBritish artist and teacher
- 2014
Lucien ClergueFrench photographer - 2014VValéry MézagueCameroonian footballer
- 2014
Reg WithersAustralian politician - 2015GGisèle PrassinosFrench writer
- 2015
Herbert ScarfAmerican economist - 2015
Saeed JaffreyBritish-Indian actor - 2016
Mose AllisonAmerican pianist, singer, and songwriter - 2017
Lil PeepAmerican rapper - 2023ŽŽarko LauševićSerbian actor
- 2024CCeleste CaeiroPortuguese restaurant worker during the Carnation Revolution
- 2024
Béla KárolyiRomanian-American gymnastics coach - 2024
Jon KennyIrish comedian and actor - 2024
Yuriko, Princess MikasaJapanese princess
Frequently asked questions
Who died on November 15?
120 people with a Wikipedia article died on November 15, including Mattathias, Malo (saint), Penda of Mercia. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on November 15?
61 documented historical events happened on November 15, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Penda of Mercia and Æthelhere of East Anglia were defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria at the Battle of the Winwaed in Yorkshire, England. On the same day, in another year: The chapel of the newly constructed Castellania in Valletta, Malta, was consecrated. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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