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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies  

1213  English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury on May - 15.  

1248  On May - 15 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 on this day in history.  

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

1482  On May - 15 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 May - 15 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  Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest on May - 15.  

1565  On this day in history henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam  

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

1618  On May - 15 johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law  

1621  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria  

1648  Treaty of Münster Spain & Netherlands ratified on this day in history.  

1648  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 15 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  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.  

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on May - 15.  

1157  On May - 15 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.