Historical Events In May - 15

0392  On this day in history valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0756  On this day in history abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain   

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 this day in history.   

1004  Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy on May - 15.   

1157  Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.   

1174  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

1213  English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

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 May - 15 eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

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

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

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

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  Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest on May - 15.   

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

1567  Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell on May - 15.   

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

1572  On this day in history 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  Louis XIII appointed King of France on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king   

1618  On May - 15 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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 15 treaty of Munster: Spain & Netherlands ratified   

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

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1565  On May - 15 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  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

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

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

1036  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

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

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

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

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.