Historical Events In May - 15

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

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

0884  On May - 15 marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

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

1004  On this day in history henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy   

1157  On this day in history yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

1252  Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition on this day in history.   

1381  Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.   

1482  On this day in history paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies   

1492  On May - 15 cheese & Bread rebellion German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse   

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  On this day in history german boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war   

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 May - 15 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 this day in history louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes   

1591  Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 on this day in history.   

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

1622  On this day in history peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69   

1625  On May - 15 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria   

1625  16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria on May - 15.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.   

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

1764  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

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

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