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 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  On this day in history carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73   

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

1836  On May - 15 francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse   

1841  Giovanni Bolzoni, composer on May - 15.   

1842  On this day in history 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  Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 on May - 15.   

1849  On this day in history philadelphia Turngemeinde founded   

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

1855  Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) on May - 15.   

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

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

1856  On this day in history lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)   

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

1859  The birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist on this day in history.   

1859  Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.   

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

1862  Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Princeton WV on this day in history.   

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

1862  Department of Agriculture created on this day in history.   

1862  On May - 15 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  Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde) on May - 15.   

1864  On this day in history 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  On May - 15 birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  On this day in history 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  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.   

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

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

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

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1036  On May - 15 death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

1157  On this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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

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

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