Historical Events In May - 15
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
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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