Famous Deaths In May - 15

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.  

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

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz  

1036  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)  

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

1174  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies  

1381  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron  

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)  

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

1585  On May - 15 death of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)  

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

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 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  On May - 15 death of ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)  

1746  On May - 15 giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67  

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

1761  Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56 on May - 15.  

1773  On this day in history death of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)  

1782  On May - 15 death of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)  

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

1801  On May - 15 louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73  

1821  On this day in history john Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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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 this day in history.  

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

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.  

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.  

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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