Famous Deaths In May - 15

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

1855  Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on May - 15.  

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  Death of Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803) on this day in history.  

1886  On May - 15 emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55  

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

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  Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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1924  Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

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  Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on May - 15.  

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  Death of William March, American writer (b. 1893) on this day in history.  

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

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

1959  On May - 15 berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56  

1964  Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1965  On this day in history adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies  

1967  On May - 15 edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84  

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  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  Death of Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894) on May - 15.  

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.  

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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 this day in history.  

1608  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)  

1720  On this day in history birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)  

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)  

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.  

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.  

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.