Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

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

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

1591  On this day in history death of dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9   

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

1634  Death of Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585) on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 15.   

1740  On this day in history death of ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)   

1746  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 15 death of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)   

1785  Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history 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  On May - 15 antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69   

1824  On May - 15 alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60   

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

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

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  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on this day in history.   

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

1720  On this day in history birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

1749  On this day in history birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

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

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

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