Famous Deaths In May - 15

1845  Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1855  On May - 15 jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

1872  On this day in history thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87   

1873  Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1879  Death of Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803) on May - 15.   

1886  Emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1889  On May - 15 alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies   

1892  On this day in history death of arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered   

1895  On this day in history joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75   

1899  On May - 15 francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70   

1924  On May - 15 paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71   

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 this day in history.   

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

1935  On May - 15 death of kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)   

1937  On this day in history death of phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)   

1940  Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on May - 15.   

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  Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84 on May - 15.   

1954  Death of William March, American writer (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56   

1964  Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61 on May - 15.   

1965  Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47   

1973  On this day in history willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95   

1976  On May - 15 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  Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 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 this day in history.   

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.   

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