Page 3: Historical Events In May - 15

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

1821  John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

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

1830  On this day in history laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907   

1832  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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

1841  On May - 15 giovanni Bolzoni, composer   

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

1845  Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908) on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76   

1849  On this day in history philadelphia Turngemeinde founded   

1851  Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned on May - 15.   

1855  On this day in history eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)   

1855  Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1856  On May - 15 lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)   

1858  On this day in history royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London   

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

1859  Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson   

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

1862  On May - 15 battle of Princeton WV   

1862  Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history department of Agriculture created   

1862  On May - 15 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  On this day in history arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)   

1864  Battle of New Market VA on May - 15.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Resaca GA (3rd day)   

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

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1565  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

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 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  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.   

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

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  On May - 15 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  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

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