Historical Events in February, Month of February Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 12, 1921 | Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia. |
| February 11, 1903 | Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria. |
| February 3, 1661 | Maratha forces under Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Umberkhind. |
| February 16, 1978 | The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago). |
| February 3, 1509 | The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India. |
| February 21, 1885 | The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated. |
| February 13, 1861 | Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
| February 5, 1810 | Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins. |
| February 2, 1881 | The sentences of the trial of the warlocks of Chiloé are imparted.[7] |
| February 5, 1818 | Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. |
| February 16, 1270 | Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse. |
| February 11, 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2. |
| February 14, 1943 | World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia. |
| February 14, 1924 | The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). |
| February 5, 1783 | In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins. |
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