Historical Events In May - 15

0392  On May - 15 valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0756  Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain on this day in history.   

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 May - 15 hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1004  On this day in history henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy   

1157  Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.   

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  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 May - 15.   

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

1492  On this day in history 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 May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

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 this day in history louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes   

1591  Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 on May - 15.   

1602  Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold on May - 15.   

1610  Louis XIII appointed King of France on this day in history.   

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

1618  Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law on this day in history.   

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1648  On May - 15 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  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.   

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

1720  On this day in history birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

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 May - 15.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)