Historical Events In May - 15

1819  On this day in history thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers)  

1821  On this day in history 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 May - 15.  

1824  On this day in history alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60  

1829  Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith on this day in history.  

1830  On May - 15 laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907  

1832  On this day in history carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73  

1833  Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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

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1841  On this day in history giovanni Bolzoni, composer  

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

1845  On this day in history 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  On this day in history philadelphia Turngemeinde founded  

1851  On May - 15 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 this day in history jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75  

1856  On this day in history 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  On May - 15 the birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist  

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

1862  On May - 15 battle of Princeton WV  

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

1862  Department of Agriculture created on May - 15.  

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  On May - 15 -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  Battle of Resaca GA (3rd day) on May - 15.  

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

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1565  On this day in history 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  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 May - 15 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  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.  

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

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  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  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.  

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)