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15 February 1145	Italy [administration]	Bernard of Pisa is elected Pope Eugenius III following the death of Pope Lucius II.
15 February 1483	Uzbekistan [births and deaths]	Babur (original name Zahir-ud-Din Mohammad), emperor of India 1526–30, founder of the Mogul dynasty, descendant of Genghis Khan and of Timur Leng (Tamerlane), born in the principality of Fergana, Uzbekistan (–1530).
15 February 1564	Italy [births and deaths]	Galileo Galilei, Italian mathematician, physicist and astronomer, who developed the astronomical telescope, born in Pisa, Italy (–1642).
15 February 1575	France [political events]	King Henry III of France marries Louise de Vaudémont of Lorraine, thus allying himself with the Catholic House of Guise against the Huguenot (French Protestant) and Politique (moderate Catholic) parties.
15 February 1763	Prussia, Austria-HM [treaties]	The Treaty of Hubertusburg between Prussia and Austria restores the status quo before the Seven Years' War, returning Glatz and Silesia to Prussia. Prussia agrees to support the candidature of the Archduke Joseph of Austria as ‘king of the Romans’ (effective heir to his father's title of Holy Roman Emperor).
15 February 1798	Italy, France [political events]	The French-dominated Roman Republic is proclaimed in central Italy. Pope Pius VI refuses to surrender his temporal power and leaves Rome for Valence, France.
15 February 1806	France, Naples [Napoleonic Wars (1803–15)]	French troops enter Naples, Italy. Napoleon I's brother, Joseph Bonaparte, immediately begins administrative reform in the Italian kingdom.
15 February 1820	USA [births and deaths]	Susan B(rownell) Anthony, US suffragette whose work eventually leads to women's suffrage in the USA (1920), born in Adams, Massachusetts (–1906).
15 February 1849	UK [natural disasters]	Sixty-five people die when the Theatre Royal in London, England, burns down.
15 February 1893	USA, Pacific [administration]	US president Benjamin Harrison's administration submits a Hawaiian annexation treaty to the US Senate, but on 9 March the newly inaugurated president Grover Cleveland retracts the treaty amid controversy over US complicity in the Hawaiian revolution.
15 February 1898	USA, Cuba, Spain [political events]	The US warship Maine explodes in Havana harbour, killing 269 US Navy personnel. Despite a lack of evidence, Americans overwhelmingly blame Spain for the incident and begin to agitate for war.
15 February 1934	USA [legislation]	The Civil Works Emergency Relief Act becomes law in the USA, extending the scope of New Deal relief and work relief provision through civil works projects during the economic depression.
15 February 1942	Malaya, Japan, UK [World War II (1939–45)]	The strategic British colony and naval base of Singapore surrenders to Japanese forces, together with over 70,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers and airmen. British prime minister Winston Churchill later describes the event as ‘the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history’.
15 February 1965	USA [births and deaths]	Nat ‘King’ Cole, US jazz and popular singer, dies in Santa Monica, California (45).
15 February 1971	Israel [political events]	Israel affirms a Jewish settlement policy in its occupied territories.
15 February 1971	UK [banking and finance]	Decimal currency is introduced in Britain: the half-crown and florin go out of use and the pound is now worth 100 rather than 240 pennies.
15 February 1988	USA [births and deaths]	Richard Feynman, US theoretical physicist in the field of quantum electrodynamics, dies in Los Angeles, California (69).
15 February 1998	Cyprus [elections]	Glafkos John Clerides is re-elected president of Cyprus and in March and begins talks with the European Union (EU) on the country's possible accession.
15 February 2005	USA [aircraft]	In response to the European Airbus consortium's new A380 superjumbo jet unveiled in January 2005, US aircraft manufacturer Boeing presents the first of its new generation of long-range airliners at its plant in Seattle. The 777-200LR will be the first passenger jet capable of flying non-stop from London, England, to Sydney, Australia.

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1145 1483 1517 1518 1564 1575 1763 1798 1806 1820 1849 1893 1898 1934 1942 1945 1965 1971 1988			Ireland will also look to break Italian hearts in Rome with a St Valentine's weekend clash on February 15. 6 NATIONS GAMES PLANNED by The Mirror (London, England) Scots Dragoon Nicky Henderson 1st, Fakenham, February 15 Has won all his three handicaps, so there is more than a hint of the stable door being open and the horse having bolted, but not totally so because this was more impressive than the bare result suggests. Horse Racing: GOLD STARS; EXPERT WITNESS by The Racing Post (London, England) A LIMITED number of tickets for the Sunderland show on February 15 are available by phoning Conroy on (0191) 567 6871. Holburn's back for dinner date; SECONDS OUT by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			Faya-Largeau Fayed, al-, Mohamed Fayette Fayette County Fayetteville Fayol, Henri Fayolle, Marie Emile Fayrer, Joseph Fayrfax, Robert FBI FDDI fealty Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Fearing, Kenneth Flexner Feast at Solhaug, The feather feather star Featherstone Febres Cordero Rivadenara, León Esteban February 1 February 10 February 11 February 12 February 13 February 14 February 15 February 16 February 17 February 18 February 19 February 2 February 20 February 21 February 22 February 23 February 24 February 25 February 26 February 27 February 28 February 29 February 3 February 4 February 5 February 6 February 7 February 8 February 9 February Revolution Febvre, Lucien Fécamp			February 12 February 12 February 12, 2011 February 12, 2012 February 12, 2013 February 12, 2014 February 12, 2015 February 12th February 12th February 12th February 13 February 13 February 13, 2011 February 13, 2012 February 13, 2013 February 13, 2014 February 13, 2015 February 13th February 13th February 14 February 14 February 14 February 14, 2011 February 14, 2012 February 14, 2013 February 14, 2014 February 14, 2015 February 14th February 14th February 14th February 15 February 15, 2011 February 15, 2012 February 15, 2013 February 15, 2014 February 15, 2015 February 15th February 15th February 16 February 16 February 16, 2011 February 16, 2012 February 16, 2013 February 16, 2014 February 16, 2015 February 16th February 16th February 17 February 17 February 17, 2011 February 17, 2012 February 17, 2013 February 17, 2014 February 17, 2015 February 17th February 17th February 18 February 18 February 18, 2011 February 18, 2012 February 18, 2013

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