Top Historical Events That Happened on May 15

0392  Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0756  Abd-al-Rahman I is recorded as becoming emir of Cordova Spain.   

0884  Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope.   

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz.   

1004  Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy   

1157  Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince.   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies.   

1213  English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury.   

1248  Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral.   

1252  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.   

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician and mapmaker, dies.   

1492  Cheese and Bread rebellion German mercenaries results in the deaths of 232 Alkmaarse.   

1514  In this year, 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 5000; ends Boer war.   

1536  Anna Boleyn and Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest.   

1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1572  Louis van Nassau and huguenots occupy Valenciennes   

1591  Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9   

1602  Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold   

1610  Louis XIII appointed King of France   

1610  Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king.   

1618  Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law.   

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56.   

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69   

1625  16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria.   

1648  Treaty of Munster: Spain and Netherlands ratified   

1665  Pope Alexander VII convicts Jansenisme.   

1672  The inaugural copyright law enacted by Massachusetts.   

1672  1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts.   

1685  Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies   

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1565  Henrick de keyser: Architect/master builder of amsterdam   

1567  Claudio giovanni antonio monteverdi: Cremona italy, composer (l'orfeo)   

1608  René goupil: French catholic missionary (canadian martyrs)   

1720  Maximilian hell: Slovakian astronomer   

1749  Levi lincoln: Sr., american revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting governor of massachusetts   

1754  Pierre dutillieu: Composer   

1759  Maria theresia von paradis: Composer   

1764  Johann nepomuk kalcher: Composer   

0392  Death of Valentinianus ii: Emperor of rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  Marinus i: [martinus ii], pope (882-84),   

0913  Death of Hatto i: Archbishop of mainz   

1157  Death of Yury dolgoruky: Russian prince   

1174  Nur ad-din mahmud: King of syria,   

1381  Eppelein von gailingen: German robber baron   

1482  Paolo toscanelli: Italian physician & mapmaker,   

1585  Niwa nagahide: Japanese warlord (b. 1535)