Famous Deaths Happened 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 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 this day in history.   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 15.   

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

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 May - 15.   

1621  On May - 15 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 May - 15.   

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

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  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 May - 15.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 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 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  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

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

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.