Famous Birthdays In May - 15
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1565 Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.
1567 On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)
1608 On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)
1720 Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.
1749 On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)
1754 On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer
1759 On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer
1764 On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer
1773 On this day in history birth of clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince
1786 General Dimitris Plapoutas, a Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.
1791 On this day in history birth of baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance
1795 Adolf B Marx, German music theorist was born on May - 15.
1802 On this day in history birth of isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
1807 On May - 15 birth of luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer
1808 Gottfried Herrmann, composer was born on May - 15.
1808 On May - 15 birth of michael William Balfe, composer
1810 On this day in history birth of jacob Thompson, (Confederacy), died in 1885
1813 On May - 15 birth of stephen Heller, composer
1817 Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905) was born on May - 15.
1819 On this day in history birth of thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers)
1830 Laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 was born on this day in history.
1830 Martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor (The Time) was born on May - 15.
1841 On this day in history birth of giovanni Bolzoni, composer
1845 On this day in history birth of ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)
1848 On this day in history birth of viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
1855 Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) was born on May - 15.
1855 On May - 15 birth of graf Keyserling, writer
1856 On May - 15 birth of lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)
1857 On May - 15 birth of williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (d. 1911)
1859 On May - 15 birth of pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)
1860 On this day in history birth of ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson
1862 On May - 15 birth of arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)
1865 Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion) was born on May - 15.
1873 On May - 15 birth of nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [NS]