Historical Events In May - 15

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

0756  On May - 15 abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain   

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

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

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

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

1157  Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.   

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

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 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  On May - 15 paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies   

1492  On this day in history 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  German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war on May - 15.   

1536  Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest on this day in history.   

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

1567  Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell on this day in history.   

1567  On May - 15 claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

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 May - 15.   

1602  Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold on May - 15.   

1610  On this day in history louis XIII appointed King of France   

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  16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria on this day in history.   

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

1648  On this day in history treaty of Münster Spain & Netherlands ratified   

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

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

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

1567  On May - 15 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  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.   

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  On May - 15 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  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on May - 15.   

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

1036  On May - 15 death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

1157  On this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

1174  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

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

1470  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)