15 July History
- 1099 - Jerusalem falls to the Crusaders.
- 1410 - Poles and Lithuanians defeat the Teutonic knights at Tannenburg, Prussia.
- 1685 - The Duke of Monmouth is executed in Tower Hill in England.
- 1789 - The electors of Paris set up a "Commune" to live without the authority of the government.
- 1806 - Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins his western expedition from Fort Belle Fountaine.
- 1813 - Napoleon Bonaparte's representatives meet with the Allies in Prague to discuss peace terms.
- 1834 - Lord Napier of England arrives at Macao, China, as the first chief superintendent of trade.
- 1863 - Confederate raider Bill Anderson and his Bushwackers attack Huntsville, Missouri, stealing $45,000 from the local bank.
- 1895 - Ex-prime minister of Bulgaria, Stephen Stambulov, is murdered by Macedonian rebels.
- 1901 - Over 74,000 Pittsburgh steel workers go on strike.
- 1938 - Howard Huges and crew set a new world record for an around-the-world flight.
- 1942 - The first supply flight from India to China over the 'Hump' is flown.
- 1958 - President Dwight Eisenhower sends 5,000 Marines to Lebanon to keep the peace.
- 1960 - John F. Kennedy accepts the Democratic nomination for president.
15 July Birthdays
- 1606 - Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch artist.
- 1779 - Clement Moore, American scholar and educator.
- 1796 - Thomas Bulfinch, historian and mythologist (The Age of Fable).
- 1836 - William Winter, drama critic and essayist for The New York Times.
- 1850 - Francis Xavier Cabrini, the first American canonized saint.
- 1904 - Dorothy Fields, songwriter.
- 1906 - Richard W. Armour, humorist and author (Twisted Tales from Shakespeare).
- 1913 - Hammond Innes, English novelist.
- 1914 - Gavin Maxwell, Scottish writer and naturalist (Ring of Bright Water).
- 1919 - Iris Murdoch, British novelist (A Severed Head, The Black Prince).