Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

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

0884  On this day in history marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

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

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

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

1174  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on May - 15.   

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  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  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1698  Death of Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642) on May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 May - 15.   

1822  On this day in history christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64   

1823  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69 on May - 15.   

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

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

1833  Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.   

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

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