Famous Deaths In May - 15

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

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  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.  

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince  

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.  

1381  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)  

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1591  On May - 15 death of dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9  

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

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  Death of Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585) on this day in history.  

1685  On May - 15 henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies  

1698  On May - 15 death of marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)  

1699  On this day in history death of edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)  

1714  On this day in history death of roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar  

1740  Death of Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680) on May - 15.  

1746  On this day in history 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  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  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  John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1822  On May - 15 christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64  

1823  On May - 15 antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69  

1824  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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1565  On May - 15 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  On May - 15 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 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  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.