Famous Birthdays In May - 15

1565  On May - 15 birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam  

1567  On May - 15 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  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 May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer  

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer  

1764  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  On May - 15 birth of gottfried Herrmann, composer  

1808  On May - 15 birth of michael William Balfe, composer  

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

1813  On this day in history birth of stephen Heller, composer  

1817  Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905) was born on May - 15.  

1819  On May - 15 birth of thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers)  

1830  Laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 was born on May - 15.  

1830  Martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor (The Time) was born on this day in history.  

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  Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.  

1855  On May - 15 birth of eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)  

1855  On May - 15 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 this day in history.  

1859  Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903) was born on May - 15.  

1860  On May - 15 birth of ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson  

1862  Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  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)