Famous Birthdays In May - 15

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 May - 15.  

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)  

1754  On this day in history 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  Clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince was born on this day in history.  

1786  General Dimitris Plapoutas, a Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.  

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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  Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 was born on May - 15.  

1807  Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer was born on May - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

1813  On May - 15 birth of stephen Heller, composer  

1817  On May - 15 birth of debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905)  

1819  On this day in history 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  Martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor (The Time) was born on May - 15.  

1841  Giovanni Bolzoni, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 15 birth of graf Keyserling, writer  

1856  Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) was born on May - 15.  

1857  Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (d. 1911) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)  

1865  Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion) was born on May - 15.  

1873  Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [NS] was born on this day in history.  

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0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.  

0884  On this day in history marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies  

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.  

1036  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)  

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.  

1174  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies  

1381  On May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron  

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.