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

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

1036  On May - 15 death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)  

1157  On May - 15 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  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  On this day in history death of dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9  

1609  Death of Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557) on May - 15.  

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 on May - 15.  

1634  On this day in history death of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)  

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 May - 15.  

1714  Death of Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar on this day in history.  

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 May - 15.  

1761  Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

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

1821  On May - 15 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  On May - 15 alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60  

1832  On May - 15 carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73  

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

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  On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)  

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 15.  

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

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer  

1764  On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer