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  On this day in history christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64   

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

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 May - 15.   

1836  On this day in history francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse   

1841  Giovanni Bolzoni, composer on May - 15.   

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

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  Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded on this day in history.   

1851  Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1856  On this day in history lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)   

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

1859  The birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist on May - 15.   

1859  On this day in history pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)   

1860  On May - 15 ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson   

1862  On May - 15 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  On this day in history department of Agriculture created   

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 May - 15.   

1862  On May - 15 -May 17] Battle of Princeton WV   

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

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

1864  On May - 15 battle of Resaca GA (3rd day)   

1864  Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign) on May - 15.   

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

1749  On this day in history birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

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

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

0913  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

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