Famous Deaths In May - 15

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.   

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

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

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

1381  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1609  Death of Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557) on this day in history.   

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 May - 15.   

1685  Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies on this day in history.   

1698  Death of Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  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  Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73 on May - 15.   

1821  On May - 15 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  On May - 15 alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60   

1832  On this day in history carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73   

1833  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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