Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

1845  Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

1872  Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87 on May - 15.   

1873  Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53 on May - 15.   

1879  Death of Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803) on May - 15.   

1886  Emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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  Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75 on May - 15.   

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

1924  Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71 on May - 15.   

1926  Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies on May - 15.   

1932  On May - 15 death of ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered   

1933  Ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54 on May - 15.   

1935  On this day in history death of kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)   

1937  On May - 15 death of phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)   

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

1945  Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf on May - 15.   

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

1952  On this day in history albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84   

1954  On May - 15 death of william March, American writer (b. 1893)   

1956  On May - 15 death of austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)   

1958  Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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 May - 15.   

1967  Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84 on May - 15.   

1971  Death of Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900) on May - 15.   

1972  On this day in history nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47   

1973  Willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946) on this day in history.   

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 May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

1749  On May - 15 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  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.