Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1585  On May - 15 death of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)   

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

1622  On this day in history peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69   

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

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  Death of Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631) on this day in history.   

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

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

1746  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67 on May - 15.   

1760  On May - 15 death of alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)   

1761  On May - 15 jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56   

1773  Death of Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710) on May - 15.   

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 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  On this day in history christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64   

1823  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

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1565  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

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 this day in history.   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.