Historical Events In May - 15

0392  Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.   

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

0884  On this day in history marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

0913  On May - 15 hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1004  Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy on May - 15.   

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  On May - 15 archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral   

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 this day in history.   

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  German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war on this day in history.   

1536  Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest on May - 15.   

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  Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes on May - 15.   

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  Louis XIII appointed King of France on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.   

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.   

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

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1036  On May - 15 death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

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 this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.