📅 Today in HistoryFebruary 15

Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus

Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.

Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople.

At an assembly at Pavia of Lombard nobles, Arduin of Ivrea is restored to his domains and crowned King of Italy.

Pope Paschal II issues Pie Postulatio Voluntatis, recognizing the Order of Hospitallers.

During the Anglo-French War (1213-1214), an English invasion force led by John, King of England, lands at La Rochelle in France.

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.

Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.

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.

The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).