Famous Deaths In May - 15

0392  On this day in history death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21  

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

0913  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz  

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

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 May - 15.  

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

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

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

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1634  Death of Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585) on this day in history.  

1685  On May - 15 henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies  

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

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  Death of Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680) on this day in history.  

1746  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1760  Death of Alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711) on this day in history.  

1761  On this day in history jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56  

1773  Death of Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710) on this day in history.  

1782  On this day in history death of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)  

1785  On May - 15 karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29  

1801  On this day in history louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73  

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

1824  On May - 15 alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60  

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 15.  

1833  Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46 on May - 15.  

1842  Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76 on May - 15.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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