Famous Deaths Happened In May - 15

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.   

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

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on this day in history.   

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  On May - 15 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  Death of Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585) on this day in history.   

1685  Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies on May - 15.   

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

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  Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history 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.   

1832  On May - 15 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  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

1567  On this day in history 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  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.