Page 3: Historical Events In May - 15

1819  Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1821  On May - 15 john Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54   

1822  On May - 15 christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64   

1823  On May - 15 antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69   

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

1829  Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907   

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1836  Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse on this day in history.   

1841  On May - 15 giovanni Bolzoni, composer   

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

1845  On this day in history ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)   

1845  On May - 15 samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76   

1849  On May - 15 philadelphia Turngemeinde founded   

1851  Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned on this day in history.   

1855  Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London   

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

1859  Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson   

1862  On this day in history battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA   

1862  Battle of Princeton WV on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London   

1862  On May - 15 department of Agriculture created   

1862  On this day in history 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   

1862  On this day in history -May 17] Battle of Princeton WV   

1862  Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde) on this day in history.   

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

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

1864  On May - 15 skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)   

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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 this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

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

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  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

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  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

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

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

1174  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on May - 15.   

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)