Historical Events In May - 15

0392  On this day in history 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  Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on May - 15.   

0913  On May - 15 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  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

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 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 May - 15.   

1482  On this day in history paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies   

1492  On May - 15 cheese & Bread rebellion German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse   

1492  Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1567  Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell on May - 15.   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) on this day in history.   

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

1610  On this day in history 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 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  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  On May - 15 treaty of Münster Spain & Netherlands ratified   

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

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

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1565  On May - 15 birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

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 this day in history.   

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0913  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

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

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

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

1381  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

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