Historical Events In May - 15
Sunday, 18 May 2025
0392 On this day in history valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21
0756 On this day in history abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain
0884 Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0884 Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on May - 15.
0913 On May - 15 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 Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.
1213 On May - 15 english king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury
1248 Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral on May - 15.
1252 On May - 15 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 on May - 15.
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 Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse on May - 15.
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 Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest on May - 15.
1565 Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam on this day in history.
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell on May - 15.
1567 Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) on this day in history.
1572 Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes on May - 15.
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 On this day in history louis XIII appointed King of France
1610 On May - 15 parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king
1618 Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law on May - 15.
1621 Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1622 On May - 15 peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69
1625 On this day in history 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria
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 Treaty of Munster: Spain & Netherlands ratified on this day in history.
1648 Treaty of Münster: Spain & Netherlands ratified on this day in history.
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