Historical Events in February, Month of February Events
Here is a list of some historical events in February. You can learn What major event happened in February?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 24, 2007 | Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea. |
| February 23, 1981 | In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies. |
| February 16, 1986 | China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard. |
| February 10, 1936 | Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launch the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders. |
| February 10, 1920 | About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites. |
| February 24, 1386 | King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda. |
| February 4, 1703 | In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death. |
| February 19, 1963 | The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread. |
| February 3, 1931 | The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258. |
| February 24, 2016 | Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport. |
| February 2, 1868 | Pro-Imperial forces capture Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground. |
| February 8, 1963 | The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party. |
| February 11, 1584 | A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan. |
| February 20, 2005 | Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. |
| February 20, 1547 | Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. |
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