Historical Events In May - 15

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

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

0884  Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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

0913  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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.  

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

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

1514  On May - 15 jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.  

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 May - 15.  

1567  Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell on this day in history.  

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

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  Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold on May - 15.  

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

1610  Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king on May - 15.  

1618  On May - 15 johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law  

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 May - 15.  

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  On this day in history treaty of Munster: Spain & Netherlands ratified  

1648  On May - 15 treaty of Münster: Spain & Netherlands ratified  

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.  

1567  On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)  

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  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 May - 15.  

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

0884  On May - 15 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 May - 15.  

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.  

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

1381  On May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron  

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 15.