Famous Deaths In May - 15

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

1855  On this day in history jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

1872  Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87 on May - 15.   

1873  Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53 on May - 15.   

1879  Death of Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803) on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55   

1889  On this day in history alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies   

1892  On May - 15 death of arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered   

1895  Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1899  Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70 on May - 15.   

1924  Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1926  Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies on this day in history.   

1932  Death of Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered on May - 15.   

1933  Ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54 on May - 15.   

1935  On this day in history death of kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)   

1937  On May - 15 death of phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)   

1940  On this day in history joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75   

1945  Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf on May - 15.   

1948  Death of Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886) on May - 15.   

1952  On May - 15 albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84   

1954  On this day in history death of william March, American writer (b. 1893)   

1956  On this day in history death of austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)   

1958  On May - 15 michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91   

1959  Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61   

1965  Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies on May - 15.   

1967  On this day in history edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84   

1971  On May - 15 death of tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)   

1972  Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 on May - 15.   

1973  On May - 15 willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95   

1976  On this day in history samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88   

1978  Death of Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894) on May - 15.   

1982  Death of Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946) on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85   

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1565  On May - 15 birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.   

1608  On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

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

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

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

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

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