Historical Events In May - 15

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

0756  Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain on May - 15.  

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

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies  

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

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

1157  On this day in history yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince  

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

1213  On this day in history english king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury  

1248  On this day in history archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral  

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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 May - 15.  

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

1525  On May - 15 german boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war  

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

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  Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes on May - 15.  

1591  On May - 15 dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9  

1602  Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold on this day in history.  

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

1610  On this day in history parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king  

1618  On May - 15 johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law  

1621  On May - 15 henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56  

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 this day in history.  

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  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 May - 15.  

1720  On May - 15 birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)  

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.  

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

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

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

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

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

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.  

1381  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron  

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