Famous Deaths In May - 15

0392  On May - 15 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 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 May - 15.  

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

1381  On May - 15 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 May - 15.  

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 May - 15.  

1609  On this day in history death of giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)  

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

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1634  On May - 15 death of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)  

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

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  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  Death of Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699) on this day in history.  

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

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

1821  John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1822  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

1824  On this day in history alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60  

1832  On this day in history carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73  

1833  On this day in history edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46  

1842  On May - 15 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  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  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 this day in history.  

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