Historical Events In May - 15

0392  On this day in history valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0756  On May - 15 abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain   

0884  Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.   

0913  On May - 15 hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1004  On May - 15 henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy   

1157  Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.   

1213  On this day in history english king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury   

1248  Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral on this day in history.   

1252  On this day in history pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.   

1381  On this day in history eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on May - 15.   

1492  On this day in history cheese & Bread rebellion German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse   

1492  Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse on May - 15.   

1514  Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work on this day in history.   

1525  On May - 15 german boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war   

1536  On this day in history anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest   

1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1567  Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell on May - 15.   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) on this day in history.   

1572  On May - 15 louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes   

1591  On May - 15 dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9   

1602  On this day in history cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold   

1610  Louis XIII appointed King of France on May - 15.   

1610  On May - 15 parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king   

1618  Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law on May - 15.   

1621  On this day in history henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56   

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 on May - 15.   

1625  On May - 15 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria   

1625  On this day in history 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria   

1648  Treaty of Münster Spain & Netherlands ratified on this day in history.   

1648  Treaty of Munster: Spain & Netherlands ratified on May - 15.   

1648  On May - 15 treaty of Münster: Spain & Netherlands ratified   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on May - 15.   

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