Historical Events In May - 15

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

0756  Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain on this day in history.  

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

0884  On this day in history marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies  

0913  On this day in history hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz  

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

1157  On this day in history yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince  

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

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1252  Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition on this day in history.  

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

1482  On May - 15 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 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  On this day in history german boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war  

1536  On this day in history anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest  

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 May - 15.  

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  On this day in history cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold  

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 May - 15 johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law  

1621  On this day in history henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56  

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 May - 15.  

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

1648  Treaty of Munster: Spain & Netherlands ratified on this day in history.  

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

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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  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  

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

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)  

1754  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies  

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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.