Famous Birthdays In May - 15

1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.  

1567  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer  

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

1764  On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer  

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 May - 15.  

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1791  Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance was born on May - 15.  

1795  Adolf B Marx, German music theorist was born on May - 15.  

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  On May - 15 birth of gottfried Herrmann, composer  

1808  On this day in history birth of michael William Balfe, composer  

1810  Jacob Thompson, (Confederacy), died in 1885 was born on this day in history.  

1813  Stephen Heller, composer was born on May - 15.  

1817  Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.  

1819  Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 15.  

1830  On May - 15 birth of laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907  

1830  On this day in history birth of martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor (The Time)  

1841  On May - 15 birth of giovanni Bolzoni, composer  

1845  On this day in history birth of ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)  

1848  On this day in history birth of viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)  

1855  On this day in history birth of eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)  

1855  Graf Keyserling, writer was born on May - 15.  

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

1857  On May - 15 birth of williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (d. 1911)  

1859  On this day in history birth of pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)  

1860  Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson was born on May - 15.  

1862  On May - 15 birth of arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)  

1865  On this day in history birth of albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion)  

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

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

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies  

0913  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz  

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

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 this day in history.