Historical Events In May - 15

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

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

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

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

1157  On this day in history 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  Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on May - 15.   

1492  On this day in history cheese & Bread rebellion German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse   

1492  Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse on this day in history.   

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 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  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam on May - 15.   

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 May - 15 louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes   

1591  On May - 15 dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9   

1602  Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold on this day in history.   

1610  On May - 15 louis XIII appointed King of France   

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 this day in history 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria   

1648  On this day in history treaty of Münster Spain & Netherlands ratified   

1648  On this day in history treaty of Munster: Spain & Netherlands ratified   

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  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  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.   

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

1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

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 May - 15.   

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

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

1036  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

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

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

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

1470  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)