Famous Deaths In May - 15

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

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies  

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz  

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.  

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.  

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

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  Death of Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535) on May - 15.  

Advertisements

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

1609  Death of Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557) on May - 15.  

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on May - 15.  

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

1714  On May - 15 death of roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar  

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

1746  On May - 15 giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67  

1760  On May - 15 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  On this day in history death of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)  

1782  Death of Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699) on this day in history.  

1785  On May - 15 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 May - 15.  

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

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

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

1842  On this day in history emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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 this day in history.  

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  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)  

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

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer  

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.