Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

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

0884  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56   

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 May - 15.   

1699  Death of Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631) on May - 15.   

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

1740  On this day in history death of ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)   

1746  On May - 15 giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 15 alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60   

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  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  On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  On May - 15 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  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.   

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