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  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

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

1157  On this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on this day in history.   

1585  Death of Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535) on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history death of dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9   

1609  Death of Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557) on May - 15.   

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 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  On this day in history death of ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)   

1746  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1760  Death of Alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 15 karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29   

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  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1833  Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history 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  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.   

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