Historical Events In May - 15
Monday, 20 January 2025
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 Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.
0913 Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.
1004 Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy on this day in history.
1157 On May - 15 yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
1174 Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.
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
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 On May - 15 eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
1482 On this day in history paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies
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 this day in history.
1525 German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war on May - 15.
1536 Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest on this day in history.
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 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 Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9 on this day in history.
1602 On May - 15 cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
1610 Louis XIII appointed King of France on May - 15.
1610 On May - 15 parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king
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 On May - 15 peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69
1625 On May - 15 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria
1625 On May - 15 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 On this day in history treaty of Münster: Spain & Netherlands ratified
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