Historical Events in February, Month of February Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 21, 1245 | Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. |
| February 16, 1937 | Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon. |
| February 9, 1870 | US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau. |
| February 16, 2006 | The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army. |
| February 22, 2014 | President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion. |
| 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 22, 1979 | Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom. |
| February 13, 1755 | Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into two: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta. |
| February 2, 1989 | Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul. |
| February 1, 2005 | King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers. |
| February 24, 1848 | King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne. |
| February 4, 1801 | John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States. |
| February 3, 1994 | Space Shuttle program: STS-60 is launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle. |
| February 13, 1945 | World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army. |
| February 11, 1938 | BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot". |
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