Historical Events In May - 15

0392  Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

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

1004  Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy on this day in history.   

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  On May - 15 english king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury   

1248  On May - 15 archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral   

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 May - 15 eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on May - 15.   

1492  On this day in history cheese & Bread rebellion German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse   

1492  Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse on May - 15.   

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

1536  On May - 15 anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest   

1565  On May - 15 henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  On this day in history mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell   

1567  On this day in history claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1572  On this day in history louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes   

1591  On May - 15 dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9   

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

1610  On May - 15 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 May - 15.   

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 on May - 15.   

1622  On this day in history 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  Treaty of Münster Spain & Netherlands ratified on May - 15.   

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

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  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

1749  On this day in history birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.   

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.   

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.   

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

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.   

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on May - 15.   

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)