Historical Events In May - 15

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

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

0884  Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on May - 15.   

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

0913  Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.   

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

1157  Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.   

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

1381  Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.   

1482  On May - 15 paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies   

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  German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war on May - 15.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1648  On May - 15 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 this day in history.   

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  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.   

1759  On this day in history 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 May - 15.   

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

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

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on May - 15.   

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

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

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 15.