Famous Deaths In May - 15

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

0884  On May - 15 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 this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince  

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

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.  

1470  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)  

1482  On this day in history paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies  

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

1621  On May - 15 henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56  

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

1698  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67  

1760  On this day in history 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 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  Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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 May - 15.  

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1565  On May - 15 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  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.  

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.  

1764  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer