Famous Deaths In May - 15

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.  

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.  

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.  

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

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.  

1174  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies  

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)  

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

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

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

1609  Death of Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557) on this day in history.  

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

1634  Death of Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1714  Death of Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar on May - 15.  

1740  Death of Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1773  Death of Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710) on May - 15.  

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

1785  Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29 on May - 15.  

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

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

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

1823  On May - 15 antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69  

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

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 15.  

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

1842  On this day in history emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76  

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

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 this day in history.  

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.  

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer  

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer  

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