Famous Deaths In May - 15

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

0884  On May - 15 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 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  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on May - 15.   

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

1482  On this day in history paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies   

1585  On this day in history death of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)   

1591  Death of Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 on May - 15.   

1609  On this day in history death of giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)   

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on May - 15.   

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

1634  On May - 15 death of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)   

1685  On May - 15 henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies   

1698  On May - 15 death of marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)   

1699  On this day in history death of edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)   

1714  Death of Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar on May - 15.   

1740  Death of Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680) on this day in history.   

1746  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67 on May - 15.   

1760  On May - 15 death of alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)   

1761  Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1773  Death of Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710) on May - 15.   

1782  Death of Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699) on this day in history.   

1785  Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1801  Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history john Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54   

1822  On May - 15 christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64   

1823  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1824  Alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60 on May - 15.   

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46   

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

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

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