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 May - 15.  

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

0913  Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.  

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

1157  Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.  

1174  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies  

1213  English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury on May - 15.  

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  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 May - 15.  

1536  On May - 15 anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest  

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  On this day in history louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes  

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  On May - 15 louis XIII appointed King of France  

1610  On this day in history 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 May - 15.  

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1625  16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria on May - 15.  

1625  On May - 15 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria  

1648  Treaty of Münster Spain & Netherlands ratified on May - 15.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1608  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)  

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 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 this day in history.  

0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21  

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

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

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

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

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.