Famous Birthdays In May - 15

1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.  

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.  

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  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.  

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.  

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.  

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.  

1773  On May - 15 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.  

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1791  On May - 15 birth of baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance  

1795  On May - 15 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 May - 15.  

1808  Gottfried Herrmann, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1810  On May - 15 birth of jacob Thompson, (Confederacy), died in 1885  

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 May - 15 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  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  On May - 15 birth of lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)  

1857  Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (d. 1911) was born on May - 15.  

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

1873  On May - 15 birth of nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [NS]  

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0392  On this day in history death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21  

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

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.  

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on May - 15.  

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.  

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

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.  

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 15.