Famous Deaths In May - 15

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

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

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

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

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

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 May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

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

1585  Death of Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535) on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history death of dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9   

1609  Death of Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557) on May - 15.   

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

1622  On this day in history peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69   

1634  On this day in history death of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)   

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

1698  On this day in history death of marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)   

1699  On May - 15 death of edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)   

1714  Death of Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar on May - 15.   

1740  Death of Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680) on May - 15.   

1746  On May - 15 giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67   

1760  On this day in history death of alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)   

1761  On this day in history jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56   

1773  On May - 15 death of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)   

1782  On this day in history death of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)   

1785  Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73   

1821  On this day in history john Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54   

1822  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1824  On this day in history alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60   

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

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

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

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.   

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 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 May - 15.   

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

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