Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

0392  On this day in history 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  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  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

1482  On May - 15 paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies   

1585  Death of Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535) on May - 15.   

1591  Death of Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 on this day in history.   

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

1621  On this day in history 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  On this day in history henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies   

1698  Death of Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642) on this day in history.   

1699  On this day in history death of edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)   

1714  Death of Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar on this day in history.   

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  Death of Alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711) on May - 15.   

1761  Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56 on May - 15.   

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

1782  On May - 15 death of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)   

1785  Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1801  Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73 on May - 15.   

1821  On this day in history john Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54   

1822  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on May - 15.   

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  On May - 15 emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76   

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1565  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 May - 15.   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.