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Polk saw Texas join the Union in his first year in office, one of the precipitating causes that soon led the U.
Notable Deaths on June 15
1849 — James K. Polk
American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (born 1795)
June 15 has 88 recorded notable deaths across history, from 923 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
88 source records
923 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on June 15
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- 1944 In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America. Source
- 1219 Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia. Source
- 1859 Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers. Source
- 1846 The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean. Source
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Cronyn was the husband of actress Jessica Tandy, with whom he was presented the Kennedy Center Honor in 1986 and National Medal of Arts in 1990.
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A member of the Labour Party, she served continuously as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 23 years, first for Hampstead and Highgate from 1992 to 2010, and then, following boundary changes, for Hampstead and Kilburn from 2010 to 2015.
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Wes Montgomery is most known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound.
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John VI Kantakouzenos served as grand domestic under Andronikos III Palaiologos and regent for John V Palaiologos before reigning as Byzantine emperor in his own right from 1347 to 1354.
More major people who died on June 15
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2003
Hume Cronyn
Canadian-American actor (born 1911)
Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. was a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter and playwright.
2023
Glenda Jackson
English actress and politician (born 1936)
Glenda May Jackson was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career she received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, making her one of…
1968
Wes Montgomery
American guitarist and songwriter (born 1925)
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. He is most known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a…
1383
John VI Kantakouzenos
Byzantine emperor (born 1292)
John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene was a Byzantine emperor and nobleman, statesman, and general.
1389
Lazar of Serbia (born 1329)
Lazar Hrebeljanović was a medieval Serbian ruler who created the largest and most powerful state on the territory of the disintegrated Serbian Empire.
1889
Mihai Eminescu
Romanian journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)
Mihai Eminescu was a Romanian Romantic poet, novelist, and journalist from Moldavia, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet.
991
Theophanu
Byzantine wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 960)
Theophanu Skleraina was empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Otto II, and regent of the Empire during the minority of their son, Emperor Otto III, from 983 until her death in 991.
1389
Miloš Obilić
Serbian knight.
Miloš Obilić is a legendary Serbian knight and saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church traditionally said to have served Prince Lazar during the Ottoman invasion of Serbia in the late 14th century.
1994
Manos Hatzidakis
Greek composer and theorist (born 1925)
Manos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer and theorist of Greek music, widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek composers of all time.
1614
Henry Howard
1st Earl of Northampton, English courtier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1540)
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton was an English aristocrat and courtier.
2000
Jules Roy
French author, poet, and playwright (born 1907)
Jules Roy was a French writer. "Prolific and polemical" Roy, born an Algerian pied noir and sent to a Roman Catholic seminary, used his experiences in the French colony and during his service in the Royal Air Force…
1858
Ary Scheffer
Dutch-French painter and academic (born 1795)
Ary Scheffer was a Dutch-French Romantic painter. He was known mostly for his works based on literature, with paintings based on the works of Dante, Goethe, Lord Byron and Walter Scott, as well as religious subjects.
1961
Peyami Safa
Turkish journalist and author (born 1899)
Peyami Safa was a Turkish journalist, columnist and novelist. He came to the fore in the Turkish literature of the Republican era with his psychological works such as Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu.
2008
Ray Getliffe
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1914)
Raymond Getliffe was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens.
1938
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German painter and illustrator (born 1880)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker.
1941
Otfrid Foerster
German neurologist and physician (born 1873)
Otfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon, who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery, such as rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity, anterolateral cordotomy for pain, the…
960
Eadburh of Winchester
English princess and saint
Eadburh was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England and his third wife, Eadgifu of Kent. She lived most of her life as a nun known for her singing ability.
1917
Kristian Birkeland
Norwegian physicist and academic (born 1867)
Kristian Olaf Bernhard Birkeland was a Norwegian space physicist, inventor, and professor of physics at the Royal Fredriks University in Oslo.
1341
Andronikos III Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor (born 1297)
Andronikos III Palaiologos, commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341. He was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia.