Historical Events In May - 15

0392  On this day in history valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1157  Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.  

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

1213  On this day in history 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  Cheese & Bread rebellion German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse on May - 15.  

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

1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam on May - 15.  

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 May - 15.  

1572  Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes on May - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

1610  Louis XIII appointed King of France on May - 15.  

1610  Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king on May - 15.  

1618  On this day in history 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  16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria on this day in history.  

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

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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  On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)  

1720  On this day in history birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)  

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.  

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

1759  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz  

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

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.  

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

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

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