Page 3: Historical Events In May - 15

1819  On May - 15 thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

1822  Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64 on May - 15.   

1823  On this day in history antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69   

1824  On May - 15 alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60   

1829  On this day in history joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith   

1830  Laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 on this day in history.   

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

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

1836  On this day in history francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse   

1841  On this day in history giovanni Bolzoni, composer   

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

1845  On this day in history ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)   

1845  On May - 15 samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76   

1849  Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned   

1855  Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) on this day in history.   

1855  On May - 15 jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

1856  2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized on this day in history.   

1856  Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) on this day in history.   

1858  On May - 15 royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London   

1859  The birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)   

1860  Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson on May - 15.   

1862  Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Princeton WV on this day in history.   

1862  Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London on May - 15.   

1862  On May - 15 department of Agriculture created   

1862  On this day in history general Benjamin F Butler issues "Woman's Order" - women of New Orleans to be treated as whores as a result of their treatment of Union soldiers   

1862  -May 17] Battle of Princeton WV on May - 15.   

1862  Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde) on May - 15.   

1864  Battle of New Market VA on May - 15.   

1864  Battle of Resaca GA (3rd day) on this day in history.   

1864  Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign) on May - 15.   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

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  On this day in history birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on May - 15.   

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

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

1381  On May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1470  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)