Historical Events in February, Month of February Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 16, 1962 | The Great Sheffield Gale impacts the United Kingdom, killing nine people; the city of Sheffield is devastated, with 150,000 homes damaged. |
| February 11, 1826 | University College London is founded as University of London. |
| February 26, 1876 | Japan and Korea sign the Treaty of Kangwha, which grants Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights in Korea, opens three Korean ports to Japanese trade, and ends Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China. |
| February 22, 1632 | Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems . |
| February 25, 1916 | In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight. |
| February 16, 2021 | Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the two year anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria. |
| February 26, 1909 | Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London. |
| February 6, 1778 | American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic. |
| February 15, 1214 | During the Anglo-French War (1213–1214), an English invasion force led by John, King of England, lands at La Rochelle in France. |
| February 21, 1804 | The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales. |
| February 13, 1503 | Challenge of Barletta: Tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta. |
| February 7, 987 | Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. |
| February 8, 2010 | A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers. |
| February 3, 1830 | The London Protocol of 1830 establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. |
| February 20, 1792 | The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington. |
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