Historical Events In May - 15
Thursday, 10 July 2025
0392 On this day in history 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 Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on May - 15.
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 May - 15.
1157 On May - 15 yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
1174 On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies
1213 English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.
1248 Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral on this day in history.
1252 On this day in history 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 May - 15.
1482 Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on this day in history.
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 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 On this day in history anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest
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 this day in history.
1591 On this day in history dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9
1602 On May - 15 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 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 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria on this day in history.
1625 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria on May - 15.
1648 Treaty of Münster Spain & Netherlands ratified on May - 15.
1648 Treaty of Munster: Spain & Netherlands ratified on May - 15.
1648 Treaty of Münster: Spain & Netherlands ratified on this day in history.
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