Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

1845  On May - 15 samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76   

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

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

1873  On this day in history alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53   

1879  On May - 15 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 this day in history.   

1892  Death of Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered on this day in history.   

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

1899  On May - 15 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 May - 15.   

1932  On this day in history death of ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered   

1933  On May - 15 ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54   

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  Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1948  On May - 15 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  On May - 15 death of austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)   

1958  On this day in history michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91   

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  On this day in history adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies   

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

1971  On May - 15 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  Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 on May - 15.   

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  On May - 15 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 this day in history.   

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