On this day: December 15
Events
Battle of TricamarumDecember 15, AD 533 · Wars & Conflicts
Battle of KesselsdorfDecember 15, 1745 · Wars & Conflicts
First Italo-Ethiopian WarDecember 15, 1894 – October 23, 1896 · Wars & Conflicts
Moldavian Democratic RepublicDecember 15, 1917 – March 27, 1918 · World History
Pahlavi IranDecember 15, 1925 – March 31, 1979 · World History
Release of Gone with the WindDecember 15, 1939 · Film
Netherlands AntillesDecember 15, 1954 – October 10, 2010 · World History
Release of The Man with the Golden ArmDecember 15, 1955 · Film
Release of ExodusDecember 15, 1960 · Film- Release of The Who Sell OutDecember 15, 1967 · Music
Romanian Revolution (1989)December 15, 1989 – December 27, 1989 · Wars & Conflicts
Release of The ChronicDecember 15, 1992 · Music
Founding of Bugatti AutomobilesDecember 15, 2000 · Companies
Release of Animal CrossingDecember 15, 2001 · Gaming
Founding of AERO Vodochody AerospaceDecember 15, 2011 · Companies
Release of SimCity BuildItDecember 15, 2014 · Gaming
Release of The PinkprintDecember 15, 2014 · Music- Release of RevivalDecember 15, 2017 · Music
Born on this day
NeroDecember 15, AD 37 – June 9, AD 68 · World History
Lucius VerusDecember 15, AD 130 – January 23, AD 169 · World History
Michel Richard DelalandeDecember 15, 1657 – June 18, 1726 · Music
Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-DarmstadtDecember 15, 1667 – September 12, 1739 · Music
Louis IX of Hesse-DarmstadtDecember 15, 1719 – April 6, 1790 · Music
Carl Gotthard LanghansDecember 15, 1732 – October 1, 1808 · Culture
George RomneyDecember 15, 1734 – November 15, 1802 · Art
Uthman Dan FodioDecember 15, 1754 – April 20, 1817 · Culture
János BolyaiDecember 15, 1802 – January 27, 1860 · Science
Juliusz KossakDecember 15, 1824 – February 3, 1899 · Art
Gustave EiffelDecember 15, 1832 – December 27, 1923 · Culture
Charles Augustus YoungDecember 15, 1834 – January 3, 1908 · Science
Antoine Henri BecquerelDecember 15, 1852 – August 25, 1908 · Science
Julius PopperDecember 15, 1857 – June 6, 1893 · Exploration
L. L. ZamenhofDecember 15, 1859 – April 14, 1917 · Technology
Niels Ryberg FinsenDecember 15, 1860 – September 24, 1904 · Science
Josef HoffmannDecember 15, 1870 – May 7, 1956 · Art
Sergei YutkevichDecember 15, 1904 – April 23, 1985 · Film
Oscar NiemeyerDecember 15, 1907 – December 5, 2012 · Culture- Gordon DouglasDecember 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993 · Film
Yevgeny VuchetichDecember 15, 1908 – April 12, 1974 · Art
Stan KentonDecember 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979 · Music
Anatole AbragamDecember 15, 1914 – June 8, 2011 · Science
Maurice WilkinsDecember 15, 1916 – October 5, 2004 · Science
Freeman DysonDecember 15, 1923 – February 28, 2020 · Science
Uziel GalDecember 15, 1923 – September 7, 2002 · Technology
Friedensreich HundertwasserDecember 15, 1928 – February 19, 2000 · Art
Henri B. KaganDecember 15, 1930 – present · Science
Klaus RifbjergDecember 15, 1931 – April 4, 2015 · Film
Tim ConwayDecember 15, 1933 – May 14, 2019 · Film
Stanislaw ShushkievichDecember 15, 1934 – May 3, 2022 · Science
Curtis FullerDecember 15, 1934 – May 8, 2021 · Music- Tamara SmirnovaDecember 15, 1935 – September 5, 2001 · Science
Usha MangeshkarDecember 15, 1935 – present · Music
Joe D'AmatoDecember 15, 1936 – January 23, 1999 · Film
Carmine AppiceDecember 15, 1946 – present · Music
Pascal BrucknerDecember 15, 1948 – present · Culture
Don JohnsonDecember 15, 1949 – present · Film
Allan SimonsenDecember 15, 1952 – present · Sports
Julie TaymorDecember 15, 1952 – present · Film
Paul SimononDecember 15, 1955 – present · Music
William OrbitDecember 15, 1956 – July 23, 2026 · Music
John Lee HancockDecember 15, 1956 – present · Film
David ČernýDecember 15, 1967 – present · Art
Michael ShanksDecember 15, 1970 – present · Film
Lee Jung-jaeDecember 15, 1972 – present · Film
Stuart TownsendDecember 15, 1972 – present · Film
Mark JansenDecember 15, 1978 – present · Music
Camilla LuddingtonDecember 15, 1983 – present · Film
Jenifer BreningDecember 15, 1996 – present · Music