Historical Events In May - 15

0392  Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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  On May - 15 german boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war  

1536  Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest on this day in history.  

1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1572  On May - 15 louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes  

1591  On this day in history dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9  

1602  On May - 15 cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold  

1610  Louis XIII appointed King of France on this day in history.  

1610  Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king on this day in history.  

1618  Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law on this day in history.  

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

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

1648  On this day in history 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 May - 15.  

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1565  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam  

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.  

1608  On this day in history 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 May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)  

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer  

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.  

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

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  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 15.