Historical Events In May - 15

0392  Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.   

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

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  Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy on May - 15.   

1157  On May - 15 yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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

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

1482  Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies on May - 15.   

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

1492  On this day in history cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse   

1514  Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work on May - 15.   

1525  German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war on May - 15.   

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

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

1567  On this day in history mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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  On May - 15 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria   

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

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

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

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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 May - 15.   

1720  On May - 15 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  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

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 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  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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