Historical Events In May - 15

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

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

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

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

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

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

1157  On May - 15 yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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

1213  On May - 15 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  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  On May - 15 jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.   

1525  On May - 15 german boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war   

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

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

1567  On this day in history mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell   

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

1572  Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes on May - 15.   

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

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 this day in history johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law   

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on May - 15.   

1622  On May - 15 peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69   

1625  On this day in history 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria   

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  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 May - 15 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0392  On this day in history death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

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

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

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

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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

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

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