Famous Birthdays In May - 15

1565  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam  

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  On May - 15 birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)  

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 this day in history.  

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer  

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.  

1773  Clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince was born on this day in history.  

1786  On May - 15 birth of general Dimitris Plapoutas, a Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1864)  

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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 this day in history.  

1802  Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 was born on May - 15.  

1807  Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer was born on this day in history.  

1808  On May - 15 birth of gottfried Herrmann, composer  

1808  Michael William Balfe, composer was born on May - 15.  

1810  On this day in history birth of jacob Thompson, (Confederacy), died in 1885  

1813  Stephen Heller, composer was born on this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history 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 May - 15 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  On May - 15 birth of giovanni Bolzoni, composer  

1845  Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908) was born on May - 15.  

1848  Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926) was born on May - 15.  

1855  Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) was born on May - 15.  

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 this day in history birth of williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (d. 1911)  

1859  Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903) was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 15 birth of albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion)  

1873  Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [NS] was born on May - 15.  

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0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.  

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on May - 15.  

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz  

1036  On May - 15 death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)  

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince  

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.  

1381  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron  

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)