Famous Deaths In May - 15

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

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

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz  

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on May - 15.  

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince  

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 this day in history.  

1482  On May - 15 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  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  On this day in history henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56  

1622  On this day in history peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69  

1634  On May - 15 death of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)  

1685  Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies on May - 15.  

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 May - 15 death of ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)  

1746  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67 on May - 15.  

1760  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)  

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

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

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

1823  On this day in history antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69  

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

1832  On this day in history carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73  

1833  On May - 15 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  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.  

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 May - 15.  

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

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.  

1764  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer