Page 3: Historical Events In May - 15

1819  On May - 15 thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1821  On May - 15 john Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54   

1822  On May - 15 christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64   

1823  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69 on May - 15.   

1824  Alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60 on May - 15.   

1829  On May - 15 joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith   

1830  Laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 on this day in history.   

1832  On May - 15 carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73   

1833  On May - 15 edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46   

1836  On this day in history francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse   

1841  On May - 15 giovanni Bolzoni, composer   

1842  On May - 15 emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76   

1845  Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908) on May - 15.   

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

1849  Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded on May - 15.   

1851  On this day in history rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned   

1855  On this day in history eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)   

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

1856  2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized on May - 15.   

1856  On May - 15 lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)   

1858  On May - 15 royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London   

1859  On this day in history the birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist   

1859  On this day in history pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)   

1860  Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA   

1862  Battle of Princeton WV on this day in history.   

1862  Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London on this day in history.   

1862  Department of Agriculture created on May - 15.   

1862  General Benjamin F Butler issues "Woman's Order" - women of New Orleans to be treated as whores as a result of their treatment of Union soldiers on this day in history.   

1862  On May - 15 -May 17] Battle of Princeton WV   

1862  On this day in history arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)   

1864  On May - 15 battle of New Market VA   

1864  Battle of Resaca GA (3rd day) on this day in history.   

1864  On May - 15 skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)   

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1565  On May - 15 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  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

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

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 May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

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

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.   

0884  On this day in history marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1036  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.   

1381  On May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1470  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)