Events on 15 February 44
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Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople.
Year 1113
Pope Paschal II issues a bill sanctioning the establishment of the Order of Hospitallers.
Year 1214
During the Anglo-French War (1213-1214), an English invasion force lands at La Rochelle in France.
Year 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.
Year 1690
Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
Year 1764
The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
Year 1798
The Roman Republic is proclaimed after Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome five days earlier.
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Birthdays on 15 February 179
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Deaths on 15 February 77
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