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 this day in history.   

1822  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1823  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69 on May - 15.   

1824  On May - 15 alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60   

1829  On this day in history 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 May - 15 edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46   

1836  Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse on May - 15.   

1841  On this day in history giovanni Bolzoni, composer   

1842  Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1845  Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908) on this day in history.   

1845  Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1849  On May - 15 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  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 May - 15.   

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

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 May - 15 ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson   

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

1862  On this day in history battle of Princeton WV   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1864  Battle of New Market VA on this day in history.   

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

1864  Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign) on this day in history.   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history 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  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.   

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

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

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

0392  On this day in history death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.   

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.   

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

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.   

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)