Historical Events In May - 15

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

0756  On May - 15 abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain   

0884  On this day in history marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

0913  Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.   

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

1157  Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

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

1213  English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury on May - 15.   

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

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

1492  On May - 15 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  German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war on this day in history.   

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

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

1567  Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell on this day in history.   

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

1572  Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes on this day in history.   

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  On May - 15 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 May - 15.   

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

1622  Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 on May - 15.   

1625  16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria on this day in history.   

1625  16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria on this day in history.   

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

1648  Treaty of Munster: Spain & Netherlands ratified on May - 15.   

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

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

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 May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0392  On May - 15 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  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.   

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

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

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