Page 3: Historical Events In May - 15

1823  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69.   

1824  Alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60   

1829  Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith.   

1830  Laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907.   

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73.   

1833  Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46   

1836  Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse.   

1841  Giovanni Bolzoni, composer.   

1842  Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76   

1845  Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)   

1845  Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76.   

1849  Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded.   

1851  Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned   

1855  Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege).   

1855  Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

1856  2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized   

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

1858  Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London   

1859  Pierre Curie, French physicist is born.   

1859  Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)   

1860  Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson   

1862  Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA   

1862  Battle of Princeton WV   

1862  Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London.   

1862  Department of Agriculture created   

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.   

1862  -May 17] Battle of Princeton WV.   

1862  Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)   

1864  Battle of New Market VA   

1864  Battle of Resaca GA (3rd day)   

1864  Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)   

1864  Battle of New Market, Virginia.   

1865  Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion).   

1868  Dutch Government of Zuylen van Nijevelt falls.   

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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 May - 15.   

1608  On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

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 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  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on May - 15.   

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

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

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

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on May - 15.   

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)