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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 15th of June 0923 | EVENT | Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy. |
| 15th of June 1184 | EVENT | King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite. |
| 15th of June 1215 | EVENT | King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta. |
| 15th of June 1246 | EVENT | With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria. |
| 15th of June 1389 | EVENT | Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians. |
| 15th of June 1520 | EVENT | Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine. |
| 15th of June 1580 | EVENT | Philip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw. |
| 15th of June 1667 | EVENT | The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys. |
| 15th of June 1752 | EVENT | Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity. |
| 15th of June 1775 | EVENT | American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. |
| 15th of June 1776 | EVENT | Delaware Separation Day : Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania. |
| 15th of June 1785 | EVENT | Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel. |
| 15th of June 1804 | EVENT | New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document. |
| 15th of June 1808 | EVENT | Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain. |
| 15th of June 1836 | EVENT | Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state. |
| 15th of June 1844 | EVENT | Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber. |
| 15th of June 1846 | EVENT | The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. |
| 15th of June 1859 | EVENT | Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers. |
| 15th of June 1864 | EVENT | Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. |
| 15th of June 1864 | EVENT | American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg begins. |
| 15th of June 1867 | EVENT | Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana. |
| 15th of June 1877 | EVENT | Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy. |
| 15th of June 1888 | EVENT | Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. |
| 15th of June 1896 | EVENT | The most destructive tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people. |
| 15th of June 1904 | EVENT | A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000. |
| 15th of June 1905 | EVENT | Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden. |
| 15th of June 1909 | EVENT | Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference. |
| 15th of June 1911 | EVENT | Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated. |
| 15th of June 1913 | EVENT | The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends. |
| 15th of June 1916 | EVENT | U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter. |
| 15th of June 1919 | EVENT | John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland. |
| 15th of June 1920 | EVENT | A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark. |
| 15th of June 1920 | EVENT | Duluth lynchings in Minnesota. |
| 15th of June 1934 | EVENT | The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded. |
| 15th of June 1937 | EVENT | A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak. |
| 15th of June 1944 | EVENT | World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Saipan. |
| 15th of June 1944 | EVENT | In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America. |
| 15th of June 1945 | EVENT | The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
| 15th of June 1954 | EVENT | UEFA (Union des Associations Europeennes de Football) is formed in Basel, Switzerland. |
| 15th of June 1955 | EVENT | The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack. |
| 15th of June 1978 | EVENT | King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor. |
| 15th of June 1985 | EVENT | Rembrandt's painting Danae is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife. |
| 15th of June 1992 | EVENT | The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Alvarez-Machain that it is permissible for the USA to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries. |
| 15th of June 1994 | EVENT | Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations. |
| 15th of June 1996 | EVENT | The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England. |
| 15th of June 2002 | EVENT | Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. |
| 15th of June 1330 | BIRTHDAY | Edward of Woodstock ("The Black Prince"), son of King Edward III of England and father of King Richard II of England (d. 1376) |
| 15th of June 1519 | BIRTHDAY | Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1536) |
| 15th of June 1594 | BIRTHDAY | Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665) |
| 15th of June 1623 | BIRTHDAY | Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672) |
| 15th of June 1624 | BIRTHDAY | Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704) |
| 15th of June 1640 | BIRTHDAY | Bernard Lamy, French mathematician (d. 1715) |
| 15th of June 1755 | BIRTHDAY | Antoine Francois, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (d. 1809) |
| 15th of June 1765 | BIRTHDAY | Martin Baum, American businessman and politician (d. 1831) |
| 15th of June 1765 | BIRTHDAY | Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (d. 1831) |
| 15th of June 1767 | BIRTHDAY | Rachel Donelson Jackson, First Lady of the United States (d. 1828) |
| 15th of June 1777 | BIRTHDAY | David Daniel Davis, British politician (d. 1841) |
| 15th of June 1789 | BIRTHDAY | Josiah Henson, American minister and abolitionist (d. 1883) |
| 15th of June 1801 | BIRTHDAY | Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (d. 1883) |
| 15th of June 1805 | BIRTHDAY | William Butler Ogden, American politician (d. 1877) |
| 15th of June 1809 | BIRTHDAY | Francois-Xavier Garneau, French-Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866) |
| 15th of June 1843 | BIRTHDAY | Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (d. 1907) |
| 15th of June 1848 | BIRTHDAY | Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian-born Syrian religious figure (d. 1902) |
| 15th of June 1875 | BIRTHDAY | Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-born Canadian cross-country skier and supercentenarian (d. 1987) |
| 15th of June 1882 | BIRTHDAY | Ion Antonescu, Romanian politician (d. 1946) |
| 15th of June 1884 | BIRTHDAY | Harry Langdon, American actor (d. 1944) |
| 15th of June 1888 | BIRTHDAY | Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (d. 1921) |
| 15th of June 1894 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and arranger (d. 1981) |
| 15th of June 1894 | BIRTHDAY | Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1947) |
| 15th of June 1900 | BIRTHDAY | Otto Luening, German-born American composer (d. 1996) |
| 15th of June 1900 | BIRTHDAY | Gotthard Gunther, German philosopher (d. 1984) |
| 15th of June 1902 | BIRTHDAY | Erik Erikson, German-born psychoanalyst (d. 1994) |
| 15th of June 1906 | BIRTHDAY | Leon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994) |
| 15th of June 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Sam Giancana, American mafioso (d. 1975) |
| 15th of June 1910 | BIRTHDAY | David Rose, American songwriter, composer and orchestra leader (d. 1990) |
| 15th of June 1911 | BIRTHDAY | W.V. Awdry, British children's writer (d. 1997) |
| 15th of June 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (d. 1984) |
| 15th of June 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Hilda Terry, American cartoonist (d. 2006) |
| 15th of June 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Saul Steinberg, Romanian-born American cartoonist (d. 1999) |
| 15th of June 1915 | BIRTHDAY | Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008) |
| 15th of June 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Olga Erteszek, American lingerie company owner (d. 1989) |
| 15th of June 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2001) |
| 15th of June 1917 | BIRTHDAY | Lash La Rue, American actor (d. 1996) |
| 15th of June 1917 | BIRTHDAY | John Bennett Fenn, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2010) |
| 15th of June 1917 | BIRTHDAY | Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer and composer (d. 2005) |
| 15th of June 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Alla Kazanskaya, Russian stage and film actress (d. 2008) |
| 15th of June 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Alberto Sordi, Italian actor and director (d. 2003) |
| 15th of June 1921 | BIRTHDAY | Erroll Garner, American musician (d. 1977) |
| 15th of June 1922 | BIRTHDAY | John Veale, English composer (d. 2006) |
| 15th of June 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Ezer Weizman, Israeli politician (d. 2005) |
| 15th of June 1926 | BIRTHDAY | Mac McGarry, American quiz show host |
| 15th of June 1926 | BIRTHDAY | Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (d. 2006) |
| 15th of June 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humourist and Urdu poet (d. 1978) |
| 15th of June 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Hugo Pratt, Italian comic book creator (d. 1995) |
| 15th of June 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Marcel Pronovost, Canadian professional ice hockey player |
| 15th of June 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Mario Cuomo, American politician |
| 15th of June 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (d. 2005) |
| 15th of June 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Mark Jones, English footballer (d. 1958) |
| 15th of June 1934 | BIRTHDAY | Mikel Laboa, Spanish Basque singer and songwriter (d. 2008) |
| 15th of June 1934 | BIRTHDAY | Jerry Buss, American basketball team owner |
| 15th of June 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Claude Brasseur, French actor |
| 15th of June 1936 | BIRTHDAY | William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate |
| 15th of June 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Waylon Jennings, American singer (d. 2002) |
| 15th of June 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Billy Williams, American baseball player |
| 15th of June 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Ward Connerly, American political figure |
| 15th of June 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Brian Jacques, English novelist (d. 2011) |
| 15th of June 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Harry Nilsson, American singer and composer (d. 1994) |
| 15th of June 1942 | BIRTHDAY | John E. McLaughlin, American former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
| 15th of June 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Xaviera Hollander, Dutch author |
| 15th of June 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician |
| 15th of June 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor |
| 15th of June 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Muff Winwood, British songwriter and bassist (Spencer Davis Group) |
| 15th of June 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Lee Shallat-Chemel, American television director |
| 15th of June 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Keppel, American criminologist |
| 15th of June 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Filipino senator |
| 15th of June 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Nicola Pagett, British actress |
| 15th of June 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Lawrence Wilkerson, American military officer |
| 15th of June 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Horner, American paleontologist |
| 15th of June 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Noddy Holder, British singer (Slade) |
| 15th of June 1947 | BIRTHDAY | John Hoagland, American photographer |
| 15th of June 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Lee Purcell, American actress |
| 15th of June 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Holmgren, American football coach |
| 15th of June 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager |
| 15th of June 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer (Air Supply) |
| 15th of June 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Simon Callow, British actor |
| 15th of June 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Jim Varney, American actor (d. 2000) |
| 15th of June 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist |
| 15th of June 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Vance A. Larson, American artist (d. 2000) |
| 15th of June 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Steve Walsh, American singer (Kansas) |
| 15th of June 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Rita Lee, American model |
| 15th of June 1954 | BIRTHDAY | James Belushi, American actor |
| 15th of June 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan hotel manager and humanitarian |
| 15th of June 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (d. 1996) |
| 15th of June 1955 | BIRTHDAY | David Kennedy, American son of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy (d. 1984) |
| 15th of June 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Julie Hagerty, American actress |
| 15th of June 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Ava Cadell, American actress |
| 15th of June 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Robin Curtis, American actress |
| 15th of June 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Polly Draper, American actress |
| 15th of June 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Seppo Paakkonen, Finnish actor |
| 15th of June 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Wade Boggs, American baseball player |
| 15th of June 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (d. 1982) |
| 15th of June 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Eileen Davidson, American actress |
| 15th of June 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Alan Brazil, British footballer |
| 15th of June 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player |
| 15th of June 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Michele Laroque, French actress |
| 15th of June 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Kai Eckhardt, German bassist and composer (Garaj Mahal, Vital Information) |
| 15th of June 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer |
| 15th of June 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Yoshimi Iwasaki, Japanese singer and actress |
| 15th of June 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Scott Norton, American professional wrestler |
| 15th of June 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor |
| 15th of June 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano |
| 15th of June 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Blanca Portillo, Spanish actress |
| 15th of June 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Helen Hunt, American actress |
| 15th of June 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Mario Gosselin, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 15th of June 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Nigel Walker, Welsh athlete and rugby union player |
| 15th of June 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Gavin Greenaway, British composer |
| 15th of June 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer |
| 15th of June 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Courteney Cox, American actress |
| 15th of June 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower |
| 15th of June 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Adam Smith, American politician |
| 15th of June 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Tory Burch, American fashion designer |
| 15th of June 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Idalis DeLeon, American actress and singer |
| 15th of June 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Yuji Ueda, Japanese voice actor |
| 15th of June 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Oh Dal-su, South Korean actor |
| 15th of June 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Karoly Guttler, Hungarian swimmer |
| 15th of June 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer |
| 15th of June 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player |
| 15th of June 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Ice Cube, American rapper and actor |
| 15th of June 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Cedric Pioline, French tennis player |
| 15th of June 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Oliver Kahn, German footballer |
| 15th of June 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Leah Remini, American actress |
| 15th of June 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Gaelle Mechaly, French soprano |
| 15th of June 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Zan Tabak, Croatian basketball player |
| 15th of June 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Christian Bauman, American novelist and essayist |
| 15th of June 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Nathan Astle, New Zealand Cricket player |
| 15th of June 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Edwin Brienen, Dutch director |
| 15th of June 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Jake Busey, American actor |
| 15th of June 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Bif Naked, Canadian singer, poetess and actress |
| 15th of June 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player |
| 15th of June 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Justin Leonard, American golfer |
| 15th of June 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Andy Pettitte, American baseball player |
| 15th of June 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Marcus Hahnemann, American footballer |
| 15th of June 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Hank Von Helvete, Norwegian vocalist (Turbonegro) |
| 15th of June 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Chloe Dao, American fashion designer |
| 15th of June 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Pia Miranda, Australian actress |
| 15th of June 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Neil Patrick Harris, American actor |
| 15th of June 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Greg Vaughan, American actor |
| 15th of June 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Tore Andre Flo, Norwegian footballer |
| 15th of June 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Rachel Wacholder, American beach volleyballer |
| 15th of June 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Elizabeth Reaser, American actress |
| 15th of June 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Gary Lightbody, Northern Irish singer and songwriter (Snow Patrol) |
| 15th of June 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Doleac, American basketball player |
| 15th of June 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Nina Liu, Australian actress |
| 15th of June 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer |
| 15th of June 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Zach Day, American baseball player |
| 15th of June 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Danielle Lineker, Welsh model |
| 15th of June 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian athlete |
| 15th of June 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Zwolsman Jr., Dutch racing driver |
| 15th of June 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Julia Schultz, American model |
| 15th of June 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Mary Carey, American pornographic actress |
| 15th of June 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Almudena Cid Tostado, Spanish gymnast |
| 15th of June 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Christopher Castile, American actor |
| 15th of June 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Cara Zavaleta, American model |
| 15th of June 1981 | BIRTHDAY | John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer |
| 15th of June 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Jeremy Reed, American baseball player |
| 15th of June 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Jordi Vilasuso, American actor |
| 15th of June 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Daniel Vosovic, American fashion designer |
| 15th of June 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer |
| 15th of June 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player |
| 15th of June 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Haley Scarnato, American singer |
| 15th of June 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Katie Chapman, English footballer |
| 15th of June 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Derek Anderson, American football player |
| 15th of June 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Julia Fischer, German violinist |
| 15th of June 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Laura Imbruglia, Australian musician |
| 15th of June 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer |
| 15th of June 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Luke Hodge, Australian footballer |
| 15th of June 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Tim Lincecum, American baseball player |
| 15th of June 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Mauro Rizzo, Italian footballer |
| 15th of June 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Nadine Coyle, Northern Irish singer (Girls Aloud) |
| 15th of June 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Miku Ishida, Japanese teen idol |
| 15th of June 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Denzel Whitaker, American actor |
| 15th of June 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Miwa, Japanese singer-songwriter |
| 15th of June 0923 | DEATH | King Robert I of France (Born 866) |
| 15th of June 0991 | DEATH | Empress Theophanu, Byzantine wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (Born 960) |
| 15th of June 1073 | DEATH | Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan (Born 1034) |
| 15th of June 1246 | DEATH | Duke Frederick II of Austria (Born 1219) |
| 15th of June 1341 | DEATH | Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (Born 1297) |
| 15th of June 1381 | DEATH | John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England (Born c. 1346) |
| 15th of June 1381 | DEATH | Wat Tyler, English rebel (Born 1341) |
| 15th of June 1383 | DEATH | John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine Emperor (Born c. 1292) |
| 15th of June 1389 | DEATH | Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (Born 1326) |
| 15th of June 1389 | DEATH | Prince Lazar, Serbian Orthodox saint (Born 1329) |
| 15th of June 1467 | DEATH | Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (Born 1396) |
| 15th of June 1521 | DEATH | Tamas Bakocz, Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (Born 1442) |
| 15th of June 1560 | DEATH | William Sommers, Best known court jester of Henry VIII of England (Born1525) |
| 15th of June 1614 | DEATH | Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (Born 1540) |
| 15th of June 1679 | DEATH | Guillaume Courtois, French painter (Born 1628) |
| 15th of June 1724 | DEATH | Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (Born 1674) |
| 15th of June 1768 | DEATH | James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (Born 1710) |
| 15th of June 1772 | DEATH | Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (Born 1694) |
| 15th of June 1844 | DEATH | Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (Born 1777) |
| 15th of June 1849 | DEATH | James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (Born 1795) |
| 15th of June 1858 | DEATH | Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter (Born 1795) |
| 15th of June 1888 | DEATH | Emperor Friedrich III of Germany (Born 1831) |
| 15th of June 1889 | DEATH | Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (Born 1850) |
| 15th of June 1890 | DEATH | Unryu Kyukichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (Born 1822) |
| 15th of June 1917 | DEATH | Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (Born 1867) |
| 15th of June 1934 | DEATH | Alfred Bruneau, French composer (Born 1857) |
| 15th of June 1941 | DEATH | Evelyn Underhill, British writer (Born 1875) |
| 15th of June 1941 | DEATH | Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (Born 1873) |
| 15th of June 1961 | DEATH | Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (Born 1923) |
| 15th of June 1962 | DEATH | Alfred Cortot, French-Swiss pianist (Born 1877) |
| 15th of June 1965 | DEATH | E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (Born 1902) |
| 15th of June 1965 | DEATH | Steve Cochran, American actor (Born 1917) |
| 15th of June 1968 | DEATH | Sam Crawford, American baseball player (Born 1880) |
| 15th of June 1968 | DEATH | Wes Montgomery, American jazz guitarist (Born 1925) |
| 15th of June 1971 | DEATH | Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel laureate (Born 1904) |
| 15th of June 1976 | DEATH | Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (Born 1896) |
| 15th of June 1983 | DEATH | Srirangam Srinivasarao (Sri Sri), Indian Telugu poet (Born 1910) |
| 15th of June 1984 | DEATH | Meredith Willson, American composer (Born 1902) |
| 15th of June 1985 | DEATH | Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (Born 1927) |
| 15th of June 1985 | DEATH | Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver murdered by terrorists on TWA Flight 847 (Born 1961) |
| 15th of June 1989 | DEATH | Victor French, American actor (Born 1934) |
| 15th of June 1989 | DEATH | Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (Born 1912) |
| 15th of June 1991 | DEATH | Arthur Lewis, British economist, Nobel laureate (Born 1915) |
| 15th of June 1991 | DEATH | Happy Chandler, American politician and commissioner of baseball (Born 1898) |
| 15th of June 1993 | DEATH | James Hunt, English racing driver and 1976 Formula One world champion (Born 1947) |
| 15th of June 1993 | DEATH | John Connally, American politician (Born 1917) |
| 15th of June 1994 | DEATH | Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (Born 1925) |
| 15th of June 1995 | DEATH | John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (Born 1903) |
| 15th of June 1996 | DEATH | Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (Born 1917) |
| 15th of June 1996 | DEATH | Dick Murdoch, American professional wrestler (Born 1946) |
| 15th of June 2000 | DEATH | Jules Roy, French writer (Born 1907) |
| 15th of June 2001 | DEATH | Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (Born 1909) |
| 15th of June 2001 | DEATH | Maria Foka, Greek actress (Born 1917) |
| 15th of June 2002 | DEATH | Choi Hong Hi, South Korean founder of Taekwondo (Born 1918) |
| 15th of June 2003 | DEATH | Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (Born 1911) |
| 15th of June 2005 | DEATH | Suzanne Flon, French actress (Born 1918) |
| 15th of June 2006 | DEATH | Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (Born 1910) |
| 15th of June 2006 | DEATH | Raymond Devos, French humourist (Born 1922) |
| 15th of June 2007 | DEATH | Claudia Cohen, American gossip columnist and socialite (Born 1950) |
| 15th of June 2007 | DEATH | Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler and valet (Born 1958) |
| 15th of June 2008 | DEATH | Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist, and film director (Born 1946) |