Famous Deaths In May - 15

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  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  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies  

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on May - 15.  

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)  

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

1585  On this day in history death of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)  

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1591  On May - 15 death of dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9  

1609  On May - 15 death of giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)  

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

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 on May - 15.  

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

1685  Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies on this day in history.  

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

1699  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)  

1746  On this day in history giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67  

1760  On this day in history death of alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)  

1761  On May - 15 jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56  

1773  Death of Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710) on this day in history.  

1782  Death of Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699) on May - 15.  

1785  On May - 15 karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29  

1801  On May - 15 louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73  

1821  John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1822  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

1824  Alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1833  On this day in history edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46  

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

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

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

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 May - 15.  

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.  

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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