On this day in history
May 15
Graeco-RomanHinduBuddhistEgyptian
YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance
The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on May 15 this year.
- Shmuel HaNavi (Samuel)d. 877 BCE
Prophet who anointed Israel's first kings, Shaul and David
Trace this life →
- 392 CEGraeco-Roman · died
The young western emperor Valentinian II was found dead, hanged, in his residence at Vienne in Gaul; ancient sources dispute whether it was suicide or murder.
- 1817 CEHindu · born
The philosopher and Brahmo reformer Debendranath Tagore, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, was born into the Tagore family of Bengal.
- 1995 CEBuddhist · died
Taizan Maezumi, a Soto Zen priest who founded the Zen Center of Los Angeles and the White Plum lineage, died while visiting family in Japan in 1995.
- 2001 CEEgyptian · died
Jean-Philippe Lauer, the foremost authority on pyramid construction and the lifelong restorer of the Saqqara Step Pyramid, died at the age of 99.