Historical Events In May - 15

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

1821  John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54 on May - 15.  

1822  On this day in history christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64  

1823  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1824  On May - 15 alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60  

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

1830  On this day in history laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907  

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 15.  

1833  On this day in history edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46  

1836  Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse on May - 15.  

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1841  Giovanni Bolzoni, composer on May - 15.  

1842  Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1845  On May - 15 ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)  

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

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

1856  On May - 15 2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized  

1856  Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) on May - 15.  

1858  On this day in history royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London  

1859  The birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist on May - 15.  

1859  On May - 15 pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)  

1860  On this day in history ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson  

1862  Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA on May - 15.  

1862  On May - 15 battle of Princeton WV  

1862  On May - 15 confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London  

1862  Department of Agriculture created on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history 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  

1862  -May 17] Battle of Princeton WV on May - 15.  

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

1864  On May - 15 battle of New Market VA  

1864  On this day in history battle of Resaca GA (3rd day)  

1864  On this day in history skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)  

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

1720  On May - 15 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  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer  

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.  

1764  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer  

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

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.  

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.  

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on May - 15.  

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

1174  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies  

1381  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron  

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