Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

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

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

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  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on May - 15.   

1585  On May - 15 death of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)   

1591  On May - 15 death of dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9   

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

1621  On May - 15 henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56   

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 on May - 15.   

1634  Death of Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585) on this day in history.   

1685  Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies on May - 15.   

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

1699  On May - 15 death of edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)   

1714  On this day in history death of roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar   

1740  On May - 15 death of ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)   

1746  On this day in history giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67   

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

1761  On May - 15 jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56   

1773  On May - 15 death of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)   

1782  Death of Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699) on May - 15.   

1785  On this day in history karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29   

1801  On May - 15 louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73   

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

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 this day in history.   

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 15.   

1833  On May - 15 edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46   

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

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1565  On this day in history 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  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

1720  On May - 15 birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

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

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

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