Famous Deaths In May - 15

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.  

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

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.  

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.  

1157  On this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince  

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

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on this day in history.  

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 May - 15.  

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  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 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  On May - 15 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 this day in history.  

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

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 May - 15.  

1822  On May - 15 christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64  

1823  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1832  On May - 15 carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73  

1833  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)  

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.  

1749  On this day in history birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)  

1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer  

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

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