Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.   

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

1036  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

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

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.   

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

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

1585  On this day in history death of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)   

1591  On May - 15 death of dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9   

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

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on May - 15.   

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)   

1699  Death of Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631) on May - 15.   

1714  On May - 15 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  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67 on May - 15.   

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

1761  On May - 15 jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56   

1773  On this day in history death of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)   

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

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 May - 15.   

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

1833  Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46 on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.   

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

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