Historical Events In May - 15

0392  Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0756  Abd-al-Rahman I is recorded as becoming emir of Cordova Spain.   

0884  Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope.   

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

0913  Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz.   

1004  Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy   

1157  Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince.   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

1213  English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury   

1248  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   

1381  Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron.   

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician and mapmaker, dies.   

1492  Cheese and Bread rebellion German mercenaries results in the deaths of 232 Alkmaarse.   

1492  Cheese and Bread rebellion: German mercenaries results in the deaths of 232 Alkmaarse   

1514  In this year, 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 5000; ends Boer war.   

1536  Anna Boleyn and Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest.   

1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell.   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1572  Louis van Nassau and huguenots occupy Valenciennes.   

1591  Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9   

1602  Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold   

1610  Louis XIII appointed King of France   

1610  Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king.   

1618  Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law   

1621  Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56.   

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69   

1625  16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria   

1648  Treaty of Munster: Spain and Netherlands ratified.   

1665  Pope Alexander VII convicts Jansenisme.   

1672  The inaugural copyright law enacted by Massachusetts.   

1672  1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts   

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

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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 May - 15.   

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

0913  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

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

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.   

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