Famous Deaths In May - 15

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

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

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

1036  On this day in history 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 May - 15.   

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.   

1482  On this day in history paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies   

1585  On May - 15 death of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)   

1591  Death of Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 on May - 15.   

1609  On this day in history death of giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)   

1621  On May - 15 henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56   

1622  On May - 15 peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69   

1634  On this day in history death of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)   

1685  On this day in history henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies   

1698  Death of Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642) on May - 15.   

1699  On May - 15 death of edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)   

1714  On May - 15 death of roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar   

1740  Death of Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680) on May - 15.   

1746  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1760  On May - 15 death of alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)   

1761  On this day in history jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56   

1773  On May - 15 death of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)   

1782  Death of Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699) on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29   

1801  On this day in history louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73   

1821  On May - 15 john Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54   

1822  On this day in history christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64   

1823  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1824  Alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60 on May - 15.   

1832  On May - 15 carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73   

1833  Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46 on May - 15.   

1842  Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76 on May - 15.   

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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  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

1749  On this day in history 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  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.   

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