Historical Events In May - 15

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

0756  Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain on May - 15.   

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

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on May - 15.   

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

1004  Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy on this day in history.   

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

1174  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

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

1248  On this day in history archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral   

1252  On May - 15 pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.   

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

1482  On this day in history paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies   

1492  On May - 15 cheese & Bread rebellion German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse   

1492  On May - 15 cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse   

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 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 this day in history mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) on May - 15.   

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

1591  Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 on this day in history.   

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

1610  On May - 15 louis XIII appointed King of France   

1610  Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king on May - 15.   

1618  On May - 15 johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law   

1621  On May - 15 henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56   

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

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

1625  16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria on May - 15.   

1648  On this day in history treaty of Münster Spain & Netherlands ratified   

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

1648  On this day in history treaty of Münster: Spain & Netherlands ratified   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.   

1174  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

1381  On May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

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