On This Day in History for February 15
Events in History
- 399 BC Philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth of the city and for impiety
- 438 The Theodosian Code of Roman laws proclaimed in the Eastern Empire (first law reforms since 295)
- 590 Khosrau II, the last great Sasanian king is crowned King of Persia
- 732 Zen teacher Ho-tse Shen-hui disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line
- 1145 Bernardo elected Pope Eugene III
- 1220 Khwarezmian city of Bukhara taken by Genghis Khan's Mongol army after a 12-day siege, with the death of about 30,000 of its citizens
- 1313 Peace of Angleur, Liège signed
- 1386 Duke Philip the Stout forms Council of Flanders
- More Events in History
Galileo Galilei
Cyrus McCormick
Charles Lewis Tiffany
Susan B. Anthony
Ernest Shackleton
Yelena BonnerWeddings in History
- 1867 Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky (45) weds Anna Snitkina at Trinity Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia
More Weddings in History
Ferdinand II
Henry Addington
H. H. Asquith
P. J. O'RourkeFebruary in History
Last Adventure of Captain Cook
Explorer James Cook was the first European to set foot on Hawaii, where he was thought to be a god. But he would never leave the island alive.
February 14, 1779
We Can Do It!
American wartime propaganda poster produced by J. Howard Miller in 1943 for Westinghouse Electric
February 15, 1943
Soviet Union Leaves Afghanistan
Last Soviet troops withdraw from their war in Afghanistan
February 15, 1989
Angel of the North
The Angel of the North sculpture by Antony Gormley in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
February 15, 1998