The May 15th is the 135e Jour of the Année (136e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier.

Events

8th century

• 756 : Foundation of the emirate of Cordoue

14th century

• 1364 : Charles V Wise the returns its duties to his/her father, Jean II the Good, whose remainders mortals were brought back of London.

16th century

• 1525 : In Thuringe, demolished Thomas Münzer, chief of the peasants, which puts a term at the Guerre of the Peasants.

• 1536 : Anne Boleyn and its brother, Lord Rochford, is declared guilty of Adultère and Inceste by the High court of England.

• 1582 : attempted murder against the prince William of Orange with Antwerp

17th century

• 1610 : Louis XIII becomes king de France

18th century

• 1756 : beginning of the War Seven Year old

• 1768 : the king Louis XV buys the Corsica with the République of Genoa on a proposal from the minister Choiseul

• 1790 : Claude-Pierre Dellay d' Agier, appointed of the nobility of the province of the Dauphine , causes a discussion with the Parliament on the right of peace and war.

19th century

• 1869 : Leon Gambetta publishes in the newspaper the national Future , its Programme of Belleville which will become a text founder of the opposition to the Second Empire.

• 1888 : The Re-examined of Paris and Saint-Pétersbourg publishes a news of the Belgian poet Symbolist of French-speaking expression Georges Rodenbach (1855 - 1898), “ the Love in Exile ”.

• 1891 : publication of the Encyclical Rerum Novarum of the Pope Leon XIII.

20th century

• 1902 : Presentation of the Voyage in the moon of Georges Méliès, first film of fiction with Faking S.

• 1917 : The general Pétain replaces the general Nivelle as French commander-in-chief.

• 1930 : Ellen Church, American, first Airline hostess.

• 1940 : The Netherlands, invaded by the German , capitulate.

• 1949 : Canonization of Jeanne de Lestonnac, religious Frenchwoman of the 17th century, by the Pope Pie XII.

• 1955 : Signature of the Staatsvertrag with the palate of the View-point with Vienna (Austria). By this treaty, the 4 combined Second world war cease occupying the Austria which becomes free, sovereign and democratic.

• 1976 : The Iran approves a treaty of friendship with the Iraq.

• 1991 : Edith Cresson succeeds Michel Rocard like Prime Minister. She will resign ten months later.

21e century

• 2003 :

• trade-union Dissension in France in connection with the reform of the retirements: whereas the CFDT and CGC give their agreement to the last proposals of the government, the CGT, FO, the FSU and the UNSA reaffirm their opposition to this project.
• 10  000 articles for Wikipédia France.

• 2006 : Yvan Colonna is returned before the special Court of Assizes of Paris to answer of the assassination of the Corsica prefect of , Claude Erignac in 1998.

• 2007 : the Prime Minister French Dominique de Villepin presents the resignation of the government to the president of the Republic Jacques Chirac.

Births

• 1633 : Vauban, military architect of Louis XIV
• 1773: Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, diplomat and an Austrian politician
• 1848: Carl Wernicke, doctor Polish († June 15th 1905)
• 1859: Pierre Curie, Physicist French († 1906)
• 1867: Hjalmar Johansen, Norwegian polar explorer († 1913)
• 1869: Litri (Miguel Báez Quintero), Spanish Matador († January 14th 1932).
• 1898 : Arletty, French Actress († 1992)
• 1905: Abraham Zapruder, scenario writer amateur († August 30th 1970) having filmed the Assassination of John F. Kennedy.
• 1909 : James Mason, British Actor († 1984)
• 1915:
• Paul Samuelson, American economist
• Mario Monicelli scenario writer and Italian realizer
• 1920: Michel Audiard, Dialogist, Scenario writer and Realizer French († 1985)
• 1923: Richard Avedon, American Photographer († 2004)
• 1930: Jasper Johns, painter and American Sculptor
• 1937:
• Madeleine Albright, American political woman
• Trini López, American Singer
• 1938: Mireille Darc, French Actress
• 1942: Anthony W. England, American astronaut
• 1948: Brian Eno, Musician and British Type-setter
• 1949: Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., American astronaut
• 1953: Mike Oldfield, Musician and British Type-setter
• 1955: Lee Horsley, American actor
• 1964: Alain Louiset, French plastics technician
• 1967: Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
• 1972: David Charvet, actor and singer French
• 1987: Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player.

Death

• 925 : Nicolas Mystikos, patriarch of Constantinople
• 1525: Thomas Müntzer, Pasteur German
• 1634: Hendrick Avercamp, painter Dutch (° 1585).
• 1703 : Charles Perrault, storyteller and French man of letters.
• 1826 : Johann Baptist von Spix, Exploring zoologist and German (° 1781).
• 1832 : Carl Friedrich Zelter, German Musician . (° December 11th 1758)
• 1847: Daniel O' Connell, Irish politician called the Liberator or the Emancipator (° 1775)
• 1873: Alexandru Ioan Cuza, sovereign of Romania
• 1879: Jakob Stämpfli, Swiss politician (° February 23rd 1820).
• 1959 : max of Ollone, Leader, Type-setter and musicographe French (° June 13rd 1875).
• 1991 : Tinder Hampâté Bâ, ethnographer, historian of the Mali
• 1991: Andreas Floer, German mathematician, (Homology of Floer) (° August 23rd 1956)
• 2003: June Carter, American singer of country.
• 2004 : Robert Morgan, colonel commander of the B-17 Memphis Beautiful (° 1918).
• 2006 : Cheikha Rimitti, Algerian singer .
• 2007 : Jerry Falwell, American televangelist, Pasteur ultraconservator (° August 11th 1933).

Celebrations

Catholic or orthodoxe saints of the day

• Holy Denise, 16 year old virgin, martyrized in 251 in minor Asia.
• Holy Primel or Primaël, hermit at the 6th century
• Victorin, pagan priest, converted by holy Austremoine, first bishop of Clermont, martyrized with his/her companion by the senator Cassius, towards 254.
• Denise de Lampsaque († 450), martyrdom with Pierre saint.
• Dymphne de Gheel († towards 700), martyrdom in the Brabant.
• Euphrase de Clermont († 514 or 515), bishop.
• Indalèce
• Liberator
• Pacôme of Tabennesis († 348)
• Pierre de Lampsaque († 450), martyr with saint Andre and their companions.
• Primaël of Quimper († towards 450), hermit also celebrated on May 16th.

Catholic saints

• Isidore the Plowman († 1170), owner of Madrid.
• Jean-Baptiste of the Room († 1719), owner of the teachers.

Orthodoxe saints

• Dimitri the prince martyr († 1591).
• Isaïe de Rostov († 1090), bishop.

See too

• May 15th in sport
• May 15th in the railroads

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