Historical Events In May - 15

0392  Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0913  On May - 15 hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

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

1157  On May - 15 yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

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 May - 15 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 May - 15.   

1591  Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 on this day in history.   

1602  Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold on May - 15.   

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  Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law on May - 15.   

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

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  Treaty of Münster Spain & Netherlands ratified on May - 15.   

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

1648  Treaty of Münster: Spain & Netherlands ratified on this day in history.   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

1567  On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1174  On May - 15 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.