Famous Deaths In May - 15

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.   

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

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

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

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

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 May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

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

1585  Death of Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535) on May - 15.   

1591  Death of Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 on this day in history.   

1609  On May - 15 death of giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 May - 15.   

1760  On May - 15 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 May - 15.   

1782  Death of Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699) on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69   

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

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

1833  On May - 15 edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46   

1842  On this day in history emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

1567  On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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