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 this day in history.  

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

1004  On May - 15 henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy  

1157  On May - 15 yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince  

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.  

1213  On this day in history 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 this day in history eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron  

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on this day in history.  

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

1492  On May - 15 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  On May - 15 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  Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell on this day in history.  

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) on this day in history.  

1572  On May - 15 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 May - 15.  

1618  Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law on this day in history.  

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

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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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 May - 15.  

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

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 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.  

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

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