Historical Events In May - 15

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

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 May - 15.   

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

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

1004  Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy on May - 15.   

1157  On May - 15 yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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

1213  English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1248  Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral on this day in history.   

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 May - 15.   

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on this day in history.   

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

1492  On this day in history cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse   

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 this day in history.   

1536  On this day in history anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest   

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 May - 15.   

1572  Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes on this day in history.   

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  On May - 15 parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king   

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 May - 15.   

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

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1720  On May - 15 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  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.   

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

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

0913  On May - 15 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 this day in history.   

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