Page 3: Historical Events In May - 15

1819  Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1821  John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1822  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on May - 15.   

1823  On this day in history antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69   

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

1829  On this day in history joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith   

1830  Laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 on May - 15.   

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   

1841  Giovanni Bolzoni, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1845  On May - 15 samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76   

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 this day in history.   

1855  Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on May - 15.   

1856  2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized on this day in history.   

1856  Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) on this day in history.   

1858  Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London on this day in history.   

1859  On May - 15 the birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1864  On May - 15 battle of New Market VA   

1864  Battle of Resaca GA (3rd day) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

1720  On May - 15 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 May - 15.   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.   

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.   

0392  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.   

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