Famous Deaths In May - 15

0392  On this day in history death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21  

0884  On May - 15 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 this day in history.  

1157  On this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince  

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.  

1381  On this day in history 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 May - 15.  

1585  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1609  Death of Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557) on this day in history.  

1621  On this day in history henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56  

1622  On May - 15 peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69  

1634  On May - 15 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 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  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  On this day in history death of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)  

1782  On this day in history death of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)  

1785  On May - 15 karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29  

1801  On this day in history louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73  

1821  On May - 15 john Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54  

1822  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

1824  On this day in history alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60  

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

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  

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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  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 this day in history.  

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

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