Historical Events In May - 15

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

0756  On May - 15 abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain   

0884  Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on May - 15.   

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

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

1004  Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy on this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

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

1514  Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work on this day in history.   

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  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  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  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 May - 15.   

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  On May - 15 henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56   

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  On May - 15 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria   

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

1648  On May - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

1720  On this day in history birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

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

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.   

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

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.   

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