Famous Deaths In May - 15

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

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies  

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

1482  On May - 15 paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies  

1585  Death of Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535) on this day in history.  

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1591  Death of Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 on May - 15.  

1609  Death of Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557) on this day in history.  

1621  On this day in history henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56  

1622  On this day in history 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 May - 15.  

1698  On this day in history 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  Death of Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar on May - 15.  

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  On this day in history death of alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)  

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 May - 15 death of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)  

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

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 this day in history.  

1822  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on May - 15.  

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

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

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam  

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.  

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.  

1720  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer  

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

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