Historical Events In February - 24
Sunday, 15 February 2026
0303 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued 

0616 King Ethelbert of Kent. 

1208 St Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in Portiuncula Italy. 

1296 Pope Boniface VIII degree Clericis Iaicos 

1304 Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia and Africa) 

1387 King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda. 

1389 Battle at Falköping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden. 

1463 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist 

1496 England's Henry VII ends commercial dispute with Flanders. 

1500 Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor 

1501 Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) 

1510 Pope Julius II excommunicates the republic of Venice. 

1525 Battle at Pavia: Emperor Karel V's troops beat French king 

1525 Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier. 

1527 Ferdinand of Austria crowned as king of Bohemia. 

1528 Hungarian anti-king Janos Zapolyai and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty. 

1530 inaugural imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V 

1530 1st imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V 

1536 Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) 

1538 King Ferdinand of Austria and King Janos Zapolyai of Hungary sign Peace of Grosswardein 

1541 Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia 

1541 Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12). 

1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland. 

1552 Privileges of the Hanseatic League in England are abrogated 

1552 Privileges of Hanseatic League in England are abrogated. 

1557 Matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19). 

1563 Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 

1581 Pope Gregory approves the results of his calendar reform commission 

1582 Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar 

1588 Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist. 

1595 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet. 

1597 Flemish painter Frederick of Valckenborch is recorded as becoming porter of Frankfurt-on-Main. 

1607 Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orfeo," premieres in Mantua. 

1613 English princess Elizabeth marries earl Frederik of Palts. 

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