[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History May 15

[Steve K. Rourke]

Born:
1565 Henrick de Keyser architect/master builder of Amsterdam
1567 Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)

Deaths:
0392 Valentinianus II emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21
0884 Marinus I [Martinus II] Pope (882-84), dies
1174 Nur ad-Din Mahmud King of Syria, dies
1470 Charles VIII Knutsson Bonde, king of Sweden (14??-70), dies
1482 Paolo Toscanelli Italian physician & mapmaker, dies
1591 Dimitri Ivanovitch Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9

Other Events:
0756 Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain
0884 Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1004 Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy
1213 English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury
1248 Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Köln cathedral
1455 A crusade against the Turks and for the capture of Constantinople was
proclaimed by Pope Calixtus III.
1492 Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse
1525 German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war
1536 Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
1572 Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes



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