Famous Deaths In 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 May - 15.   

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1036  On May - 15 death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

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

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

1482  On May - 15 paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies   

1585  On May - 15 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  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  On this day in history death of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)   

1685  On this day in history henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies   

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

1699  Death of Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631) on this day in history.   

1714  On May - 15 death of roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar   

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

1746  On May - 15 giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67   

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

1761  On this day in history jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56   

1773  Death of Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710) on this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history death of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)   

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

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

1821  John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54 on May - 15.   

1822  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on May - 15.   

1823  On this day in history antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69   

1824  Alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1832  On May - 15 carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73   

1833  On May - 15 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  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on this day in history.   

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

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 this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

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

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.