Page 3: 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  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on May - 15.   

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 this day in history 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  Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76 on May - 15.   

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

1845  On this day in history samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76   

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

1855  Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1856  On May - 15 2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized   

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

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

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

1862  On May - 15 battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA   

1862  Battle of Princeton WV on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London   

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 May - 15.   

1862  On this day in history -May 17] Battle of Princeton WV   

1862  On May - 15 arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)   

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  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 15 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  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.   

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

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

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.   

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

1174  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

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

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.