Famous Birthdays In May - 15
Thursday, 23 March 2023
1565 Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.
1567 On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)
1608 On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)
1720 Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.
1749 On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)
1754 Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.
1759 On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer
1764 On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer
1773 Clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince was born on this day in history.
1786 On this day in history birth of general Dimitris Plapoutas, a Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1864)
1791 On this day in history birth of baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance
1795 On this day in history birth of adolf B Marx, German music theorist
1802 On this day in history birth of isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
1807 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer was born on this day in history.
1808 Gottfried Herrmann, composer was born on May - 15.
1808 Michael William Balfe, composer was born on this day in history.
1810 Jacob Thompson, (Confederacy), died in 1885 was born on May - 15.
1813 Stephen Heller, composer was born on this day in history.
1817 Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.
1819 On May - 15 birth of thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers)
1830 On this day in history birth of laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
1830 On May - 15 birth of martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor (The Time)
1841 Giovanni Bolzoni, composer was born on May - 15.
1845 On this day in history birth of ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)
1848 On May - 15 birth of viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
1855 On May - 15 birth of eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)
1855 On this day in history birth of graf Keyserling, writer
1856 Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1873 Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [NS] was born on May - 15.