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 May - 15.  

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 May - 15.  

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.  

1381  On May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron  

1470  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)  

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on May - 15.  

1585  On May - 15 death of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)  

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 May - 15.  

1685  On this day in history henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies  

1698  On May - 15 death of marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)  

1699  Death of Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631) on this day in history.  

1714  On May - 15 death of roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar  

1740  Death of Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680) on May - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1785  On this day in history karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29  

1801  On May - 15 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  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60  

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  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 May - 15.  

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on this day in history.  

1608  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)  

1720  On May - 15 birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)  

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

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.