Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

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

0884  On this day in history marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

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

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

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

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

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

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on May - 15.   

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  On this day in history death of giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)   

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1622  On May - 15 peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69   

1634  On May - 15 death of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)   

1685  On May - 15 henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies   

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

1699  On this day in history death of edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)   

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  On May - 15 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  Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1801  Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73 on May - 15.   

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

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

1823  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69 on May - 15.   

1824  Alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60 on May - 15.   

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 15.   

1833  Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1842  On May - 15 emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76   

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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 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 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.