Historical Events In May - 15

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

0756  On this day in history abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain   

0884  On May - 15 marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  On this day in history 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  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

1213  On May - 15 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  Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition on this day in history.   

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

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1525  On this day in history german boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war   

1536  Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest on this day in history.   

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

1567  On May - 15 mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell   

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

1572  On this day in history louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes   

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

1602  Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history louis XIII appointed King of France   

1610  On this day in history parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king   

1618  On this day in history johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law   

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

1622  On this day in history peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69   

1625  16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria on this day in history.   

1625  On May - 15 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  Treaty of Münster: Spain & Netherlands ratified on May - 15.   

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

1567  On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

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

1749  On this day in history birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

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

1764  On this day in history 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 May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

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  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.