What are the important events that happened on February 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 15 is the 46th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 319 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 2, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 483,216 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontahexagon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 367 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,439 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 15 Historical Events
- 1113 –Pope Paschal II issued a bull sanctioning the establishment of the Order of Hospitallers.
- 1493 –While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.
- 1637 –Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1835 –The first constitutional law in modern Serbia is adopted.
- 1862 –American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- 1944 –World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy, begins.
- 1972 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
- 1972 –Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
- 1991 –The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
- 1994 –Standard of the President of Russia is established.
Who were born on February 15?
- 1896 –Arthur Shields, Irish actor (d. 1970)
- 1909 –Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes, Spanish footballer (d. 1966)
- 1930 –Nico Minardos, American actor
- 1935 –Roger Chaffee, astronaut (d. 1967)
- 1939 –Gerd Bohnsack, German football manager
- 1940 –John Hadl, American football player
- 1960 –Mikey Craig, British musician (Culture Club)
- 1964 –Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
- 1974 –Miranda July, American performance artist
- 1986 –Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
Who died on February 15?
- 1145 –Pope Lucius II
- 1621 –Michael Praetorius, German composer (b. 1571)
- 1835 –Henry Hunt, British politician (b. 1773)
- 1844 –Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
- 1939 –Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter (b. 1878)
- 1956 –Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (b. 1878)
- 1965 –Nat King Cole, American singer and musician (b. 1919)
- 1974 –Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
- 1984 –Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (b. 1908)
- 2005 –Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
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