Historical Events In May - 15

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

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

0884  Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0884  On this day in history marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

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

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  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

1213  English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury on May - 15.   

1248  Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral on May - 15.   

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 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 May - 15 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  On May - 15 henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

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  On May - 15 cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold   

1610  On this day in history 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  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

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

1625  On this day in history 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 May - 15.   

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

1608  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

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

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.   

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

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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