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 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.  

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0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21  

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  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.  

1157  On this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince  

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

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.