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 this day in history.   

0884  Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

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

0913  On May - 15 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  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

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

1248  Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral on this day in history.   

1252  Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition on May - 15.   

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 May - 15 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 this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history german boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war   

1536  Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest on this day in history.   

1565  On this day in history 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 May - 15.   

1572  Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes on May - 15.   

1591  Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 on this day in history.   

1602  Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold on this day in history.   

1610  Louis XIII appointed King of France on this day in history.   

1610  Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king on this day in history.   

1618  On this day in history johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law   

1621  On May - 15 henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.   

1608  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.   

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  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on May - 15.   

1157  On this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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

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

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