486 Historic Events for February 15
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Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar Nero, emperor of Rome (54-68)
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| 399 |
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Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death
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| 732 |
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Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line
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| 1043 |
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Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52
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| 1145 |
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Bernardo elected Pope Eugene III
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| 1145 |
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Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies
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| 1152 |
Death |
Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58
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| 1313 |
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Peace of Angleur
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| 1368 |
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Sigismund, NĀrnberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)
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| 1386 |
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Duke Philip the Stout forms Council of Flanders
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| 1400 |
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Richard II, British King (1377-99), murdered at Pontefract Castle
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| 1483 |
Birth |
Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30
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| 1497 |
Birth |
Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant
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| 1503 |
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Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies
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| 1519 |
Birth |
Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)
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| 1524 |
Birth |
Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims
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| 1539 |
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Emperor Charles receives Cardinal Pole in Toledo
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| 1552 |
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Dutch coast hit by heavy storm
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| 1557 |
Birth |
Alfonso Fontanelli, composer
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| 1563 |
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Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania
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| 1564 |
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Galileo Galilei, Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist
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| 1568 |
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Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36
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| 1571 |
Birth |
Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer (Syntagma music)
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| 1580 |
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Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies
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| 1597 |
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Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66
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