Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

1845  On this day in history samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76   

1855  On May - 15 jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

1872  Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1873  Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1886  Emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55 on May - 15.   

1889  Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies on May - 15.   

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

1895  On this day in history joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75   

1899  On this day in history francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70   

1924  On May - 15 paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71   

1926  Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies on this day in history.   

1932  Death of Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered on May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

1937  Death of Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864) on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history death of edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)   

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

1954  Death of William March, American writer (b. 1893) on May - 15.   

1956  Death of Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1958  Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91 on May - 15.   

1959  Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56 on May - 15.   

1964  On May - 15 cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61   

1965  Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies on May - 15.   

1967  On this day in history edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84   

1971  Death of Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88   

1978  On May - 15 death of sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)   

1982  Death of Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946) on this day in history.   

1984  Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 on May - 15.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 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 this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

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.