15 February

15 February (the Fifteenth of February, February 15th, &c.) is the forty-sixth day of the year and the fifteenth day of the month of February under the Gregorian calendar, as first promulgated by Pope Gregory XIII, Bishop of Rome, in 1582 A.D., as well as the earlier Julian calendar, as first promulgated by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C. The date of 15 February is followed by either 319 days or 320 days during leap years, which are calculated differently in Gregorian and Julian calendars; in both calendars, regardless of its leap year status, the date that follows is 16 February and the date that precedes it is 14 February.

Note that for the purposes of the following indices, the Gregorian date trumps the Julian date, unless otherwise indicated.

Births

• William Miller (1782-1849), Baptist minister who prophesied the Second Coming of Jesus Christ in 1843 (and 1844)
• Solomon Andrews (1806-1872), inventor of the airship Aereon
• Lilla D. Windsor (1858-1934), "The Queen of Phrenology"
• Chan Thomas (1920-1998), psychic, author of "Earth Tumbling" theory

Deaths

• James M. Peebles (1822-1922), Spiritualist and Theosophist
• Adriaan C. M. Beers (1924-1998), contactee