Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

1845  Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 on May - 15.   

1855  Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1872  On May - 15 thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87   

1873  On May - 15 alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53   

1879  On this day in history death of gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803)   

1886  On this day in history emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55   

1889  On May - 15 alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies   

1892  On this day in history death of arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered   

1895  On May - 15 joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75   

1899  On May - 15 francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70   

1924  On this day in history paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71   

1926  On May - 15 mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies   

1932  Death of Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered on this day in history.   

1933  Ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1935  Death of Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878) on this day in history.   

1937  Death of Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75   

1945  On May - 15 major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf   

1948  Death of Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886) on May - 15.   

1952  On May - 15 albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84   

1954  On this day in history death of william March, American writer (b. 1893)   

1956  Death of Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886) on May - 15.   

1958  On May - 15 michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91   

1959  On this day in history berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56   

1964  Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61 on May - 15.   

1965  Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies on this day in history.   

1967  Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history death of tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)   

1972  On May - 15 nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47   

1973  On this day in history willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95   

1976  On May - 15 samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88   

1978  Death of Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894) on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history death of gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)   

1984  On this day in history lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85   

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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 May - 15.   

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

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.   

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

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