3rd » Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Kingdom of Naples or Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
30th » The East Indiaman 'Arniston (East Indiaman) or Arniston' is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1815
2nd » William Buell Richards, Canadian judge, 1st Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1889)
Famous Deaths for May 1815
7th » Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
23rd » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)